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The system is totally rigged against working people anyway. They'll find any excuse to deny you benefits that you paid into through your taxes. I've seen people get disqualified for the most ridiculous technicalities.
OH NO this is exactly what I'm worried about happening to me! I just filed my first claim last week and now I'm panicking that payments are going to be unreliable. How am I supposed to budget if I can't count on when the money will actually arrive?? Did you guys have to do anything special with your bank or is this just random?
Ugh the whole system is so stressful! I've been trying to get through to NYS Department of Labor for weeks about my claim and their phone lines are always busy. When I finally got connected last month, they hung up on me after being on hold for 2 hours. Someone told me about this service called Claimyr that helps you get through to the agents - you can check it out at claimyr.com and they have a video demo at https://youtu.be/qyftW-mnTNI. I haven't tried it yet but I'm getting desperate to talk to someone about my adjudication.
The whole system is so frustrating!! I've been dealing with unemployment for months and nobody can give me a straight answer about who's actually making these decisions. Sometimes I think they just throw darts at a board to decide who gets benefits and who doesn't. The adjudicators probably don't even read the cases properly.
Ingrid Larsson
If you're having trouble getting through to NYS Department of Labor to verify your benefit calculation, I had good luck using Claimyr (claimyr.com). They help you get connected to actual agents without waiting on hold forever. There's a video demo at https://youtu.be/qyftW-mnTNI that shows how it works. Really helped when I needed to understand why my benefit amount seemed wrong.
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Carlos Mendoza
•Interesting, never heard of that service. The NYS Department of Labor phone system is definitely frustrating - might be worth checking out.
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Zainab Mahmoud
The whole system is rigged anyway!!! They calculate it to give you as LITTLE as possible while making the rules so complicated nobody understands them. I've been fighting with NYS Department of Labor for months over my benefit amount and they keep giving me different explanations every time I call.
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Ava Williams
•I feel you on the frustration but the formula is actually pretty straightforward once you understand it. The problem is they don't explain it well on their website.
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