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Bottom line - collect your unemployment benefits and don't worry about SS. They're apples and oranges. Your future SS is based on your 35 highest earning years from actual employment, period.
Perfect summary. I feel so much better about this now. Thanks everyone for all the helpful responses!
This thread was really helpful. I had the same concerns and now I know I was worrying for nothing.
One last thing - make sure you're thinking ahead about health insurance between when your UI ends and when you become eligible for Medicare. That gap can be expensive if you're not prepared.
Check if you qualify for any subsidies on the health insurance marketplace. At certain income levels you might get help with premiums.
Definitely worth looking into. The gap between employer insurance and Medicare can be brutal financially.
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Just to add one more confirmation - I work for a nonprofit that helps people with benefits applications and we always categorize unemployment as unearned income. It's consistent across pretty much every program and form we deal with.
Thank you! It's great to have multiple professional confirmations.
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I got confused about the base period when I first filed. Turns out Washington ESD uses a 'lag quarter' system, so your most recent quarter usually isn't included in the calculation. That's why my benefit was lower than I expected.
Yeah that trips up a lot of people. The base period is usually quarters 2-5 before you file, not the most recent four quarters. There's an alternate base period they can use in some cases if you don't qualify with the regular one.
Wish they explained that better upfront. Would have helped set expectations.
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Is that legit? Seems too good to be true that there's actually a way to skip the hold times.
I was skeptical too, but it actually worked. Got connected to a Washington ESD agent in minutes instead of hours. They helped clarify my benefit calculation that I'd been trying to understand for weeks.
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The key is staying on top of any requests for information. I got a request for wage verification that I almost missed and it would have delayed everything by weeks if I hadn't responded within the 10-day deadline.
How did they notify you about the wage verification request? Email or through the website?
It showed up in my SecureAccess Washington messages but I didn't get an email notification. That's why you need to check regularly.
Bottom line for OP - if everything is straightforward you're looking at 2-3 weeks max. But definitely keep filing weekly claims and checking your account for any messages or requests. And if you hit the 3 week mark with no word, start making some phone calls to find out what's up.
Perfect summary, thanks everyone! This thread has been super helpful for setting expectations.
Jamal Carter
Anyone know if the weeks count calendar weeks or just the weeks you actually collect benefits? Like if I had a gap where I worked for 2 weeks, do those count against my 26?
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Freya Larsen
•It's based on the weeks you actually collect benefits, not calendar weeks. So if you worked for 2 weeks and didn't collect, those don't count against your 26-week maximum.
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Jamal Carter
•Perfect, that's what I was hoping to hear!
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The whole benefit duration thing stressed me out so much that I ended up calling Washington ESD through that Claimyr service just to have someone walk me through my specific situation. Best decision I made - got all my questions answered and could focus on job searching instead of worrying about timelines.
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Ravi Kapoor
•I think I'm going to do the same thing. This thread has been helpful but I really need someone to look at my specific account.
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AstroAdventurer
•It's definitely worth it for peace of mind. Having concrete information is so much better than guessing.
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