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I had such a nightmare trying to get through to NYS Department of Labor on the phone when I had questions about my claim. Kept getting hung up on after waiting for hours. Finally used this service called Claimyr (claimyr.com) that helped me reach an actual agent. They have a video demo at https://youtu.be/qyftW-mnTNI showing how it works. Saved me so much frustration dealing with the phone system.
I had trouble getting through to NYS Department of Labor when I needed to verify my partial claim status. After weeks of busy signals and dropped calls, I ended up using Claimyr.com to get connected to an actual agent. They have this system that calls you back when an agent is available instead of waiting on hold forever. There's a video demo at https://youtu.be/qyftW-mnTNI that shows how it works. Made the whole process so much easier.
ugh the whole system is so confusing!! I've been on unemployment for 2 months and still don't understand half the rules. Why can't they just make it simple???
The truth is that unemployment compensation has specific eligibility requirements that must be met continuously. You can't just qualify once and then ignore the ongoing requirements. This includes filing your weekly claims on time, reporting any income accurately, and maintaining your work search activities. Missing any of these can result in benefit suspension or overpayment issues.
Noah Torres
The whole unemployment system is designed to confuse people and trip them up. They add these random questions hoping you'll mess up so they can deny your claim. It's ridiculous that we have to guess what they want to hear just to get benefits we're entitled to.
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Alexis Robinson
•I understand the frustration, but these questions usually serve a legitimate purpose for maintaining program integrity. The key is being honest and consistent in your responses.
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Samantha Hall
omg yes! I got that same question last week and had no idea what to put. I ended up calling my cousin who works in HR and she said just answer honestly about how being unemployed affects you personally and professionally
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Ashley Adams
•That's basically what I did too. Hopefully we both answered it the right way!
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