Can't reach California Unemployment? Claimyr connects you to a live EDD agent in minutes.
Claimyr is a pay-as-you-go service. We do not charge a recurring subscription.
Using Claimyr will:
- Connect you to a human agent at the EDD
- Skip the long phone menu
- Call the correct department
- Redial until on hold
- Forward a call to your phone with reduced hold time
- Give you free callbacks if the EDD drops your call
If I could give 10 stars I would
If I could give 10 stars I would If I could give 10 stars I would Such an amazing service so needed during the times when EDD almost never picks up Claimyr gets me on the phone with EDD every time without fail faster. A much needed service without Claimyr I would have never received the payment I needed to support me during my postpartum recovery. Thank you so much Claimyr!
Really made a difference
Really made a difference, save me time and energy from going to a local office for making the call.
Worth not wasting your time calling for hours.
Was a bit nervous or untrusting at first, but my calls went thru. First time the wait was a bit long but their customer chat line on their page was helpful and put me at ease that I would receive my call. Today my call dropped because of EDD and Claimyr heard my concern on the same chat and another call was made within the hour.
An incredibly helpful service
An incredibly helpful service! Got me connected to a CA EDD agent without major hassle (outside of EDD's agents dropping calls – which Claimyr has free protection for). If you need to file a new claim and can't do it online, pay the $ to Claimyr to get the process started. Absolutely worth it!
Consistent,frustration free, quality Service.
Used this service a couple times now. Before I'd call 200 times in less than a weak frustrated as can be. But using claimyr with a couple hours of waiting i was on the line with an representative or on hold. Dropped a couple times but each reconnected not long after and was mission accomplished, thanks to Claimyr.
IT WORKS!! Not a scam!
I tried for weeks to get thru to EDD PFL program with no luck. I gave this a try thinking it may be a scam. OMG! It worked and They got thru within an hour and my claim is going to finally get paid!! I upgraded to the $60 call. Best $60 spent!
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- DO post tips & tricks to help folks.
- DO NOT post call problems here - there is a support tab at the top for that :)
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I'm in Pasadena and had the same exact experience. Location doesn't matter, we're all calling the same overwhelmed phone system.
Good to know it's not just me. Misery loves company I guess.
At least we're all in this together. The whole system needs an overhaul but that's not happening anytime soon.
Word of advice - don't call on your lunch break expecting to get through. You'll just waste your lunch and still be hungry and frustrated.
Too late, I've already done that multiple times. Just ends up ruining the whole afternoon.
Same here. Now I pack my lunch and eat while making calls from home. At least I don't go hungry.
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PSA: If you're tracking your calls like I am, the success rate seems to be about 1 in 73 attempts to even get on hold, then about 50/50 whether the call stays connected. So you need roughly 146 calls to actually talk to someone.
It's brutal math. That's why I finally gave up and paid for help - the time investment just wasn't sustainable.
This is exactly why services like Claimyr exist. Sometimes you have to admit the system is too broken to handle manually.
For what it's worth, I finally got through after 4 days of calling from San Diego. Key was calling at exactly 8:00am, not 7:55 or 8:05. Something about that exact timing seemed to work better.
I tried that too but 8:00 sharp worked better for me. Maybe their system resets right at opening time?
I'll try this tomorrow. At this point I'm willing to try any timing theory that might work.
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For anyone still struggling: certification deadlines are serious. If you miss it your benefits can be delayed for weeks. Don't risk it if manual calling isn't working - find an alternative solution.
Then honestly consider Claimyr or keep trying with the lunch break timing strategy. Missing certification is worse than the calling hassle.
Agreed. The stress of potentially losing benefits isn't worth trying to save a few dollars on a calling service.
Final success story: took me 8 days of calling 4-6 hours per day. Finally connected Thursday at 11:47am, waited 2.5 hours on hold, but got through and certified. Persistence does work but it's absolutely brutal.
Basically, yes. Had to treat it like a job. Set alarms, took breaks, kept detailed notes of when I called.
I don't think I can dedicate 8 days to this. Might have to look into that Claimyr option everyone's mentioning.
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Update on Claimyr for skeptics: used it again last week for my wife's claim. 15 minute callback time. It's become our go-to solution.
Alright, you've all convinced me. Going to try Claimyr tomorrow instead of burning another day manual calling.
Smart choice. Check their website first to read reviews if you want more confidence in the decision.
Final reality: this Reddit thread has more useful EDD calling info than 90% of the posts in r/unemployment. Save your time and bookmark this.
Thanks everyone for the real advice. Finally feel like I have a plan that might actually work.
Good luck OP. Whether you go manual or automated, at least now you know the actual patterns and timing.
Sofía Rodríguez
The most frustrating part is that there's no acknowledgment from EDD that their phone system is broken. They act like it's normal for people to spend entire days trying to reach them.
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Aiden O'Connor
•Exactly! Some transparency about the technical issues would go a long way. At least let us know they're working on fixing the dropped calls.
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Tate Jensen
•That would be nice, but I'm not holding my breath. Seems like they've just accepted this as the new normal.
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Zoe Papadopoulos
Final thought: if you're employed and trying to call during work hours, the math really doesn't work out. Missing work to maybe get through to EDD (if your call doesn't drop) just isn't sustainable long-term.
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Jamal Brown
•This is why I ended up using Claimyr. I couldn't keep taking time off work for a phone call that might not even work. Now I just get a callback when they reach someone.
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Tate Jensen
•That's a really good point about the work situation. I've been lucky my boss is understanding but that won't last forever.
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