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Yes, all this, plus most of those out of work today are doing fine because of the stimulus and additional $2400 a month in unemployment from the federal govt.

• schaefer 6y ago
  i qualify and filled for unemployment benefits over a month ago after a several hundred employee layoff at my company. I still have not seen a penny. Many others I've talked to in my state are in exactly the same position. in Nevada, the department of employment has dropped business hours to just three days a week. there are no queues when you call in. there is no "your call will be served in the order this call was relieved". there is only the busy signal. day after day - the busy signal. people's ability to actually work with the employment office differs dramatically state by state. please don't generalize. Platitudes about how the unemployed are "doing just fine" aren't universally true. Many of us are watching personal savings vanish week by week while with no resolution in sight.
  • Jommi 6y ago
    That shouldn't mean you will never see a penny. AFAIK you will be prorated on the payments for sure, but of course if it's been over a month seems like there is a bottleneck in the governmental process for the benefit. That doesn't disprove what the OP was saying.
    • treyfitty 6y ago
      Prorated isn’t the correct term here. It’s retroactively paid. And that assertion is false. The $600 per week is only until July 31.
• redisman 6y ago
  I thought that ran out in July or somewhere around then? I can’t imagine most service sector jobs will be back for at least a year