EDD phone number San Diego - can't reach anyone at local office

That's so frustrating! I thought maybe there was still a local number that might be less busy.

Same system whether you're in San Diego, LA, or San Francisco. We're all competing for the same phone agents unfortunately.

Wait, you dial the menu options before the prompts finish? I've been waiting for each message to complete.

Yes! You can save 30-45 seconds per call by pressing buttons early. When you're making 50+ calls it adds up to hours saved.

This is gold - I had no idea you could skip ahead in the menu system.

Never heard of Claimyr - is that legit? How does it work exactly?

It's a service that dials EDD for you automatically, waits on hold, then calls your phone when an agent picks up. Check out claimyr.com - they have a demo video that explains it.

I was skeptical about paying for something like this but honestly it saved my sanity. Got through in under an hour vs the days I spent calling manually.

I drove there last month thinking I could talk to someone in person. Waste of gas - they won't even let you in without an appointment.

Yeah they changed everything during the pandemic. No more in-person help unless you have a scheduled appointment, which you can only get by... calling the main number.

Wait seriously? The WHOLE call center takes lunch at the same time? That seems like poor planning.

Yep, complete dead zone. You'll never get through during lunch no matter how many times you call. Best times are Wednesday/Thursday afternoons after 2pm.

This explains why I could never get through when I called during my lunch break from work!

This is heartbreaking. The dropped call thing happens to about 30-50% of people who finally get on hold. The system is just broken.

I can't keep doing this. I'm going to lose my apartment if I don't get my benefits sorted out soon.

Have you considered using an auto-dialer service? At this point the cost might be worth it compared to losing more time from work to call.

Tuesday and Wednesday seem to be the sweet spot for me. Got through twice on Wednesday afternoons.

Exactly! Mid-week is definitely better. Also avoid the first few days after holidays - everyone's calling then.

Thank you for this! I wasted so much time thinking the 833 number was different.

Yeah a lot of outdated info from pre-2020 is still circulating. The whole system got consolidated during COVID.

How much did it cost? Trying to decide if it's worth it.

I think it was like $20 something. When you calculate I was losing $150+ per day calling manually instead of working, it paid for itself immediately.

Same here - used Claimyr last week and got through in 18 minutes. The demo video at https://youtu.be/JmuwXR7HA10 shows exactly how it works.

At least we're all suffering together! Misery loves company I guess.

True! Though I'd rather we all be getting through easily instead of bonding over phone hell.

Those are depressing statistics but probably accurate. I'm at 91 calls since Tuesday with zero success.

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.

Interesting - I've been calling at 7:55 thinking I'd get ahead of the rush.

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.