Originally posted by: slycat
I heard that if u quit your job you will not be entitled to unemployment or cobra. So, if you're unsure of your prospects or just wanna be safe, whether or not you will file unemployment, its better to get yourself fired.
any one who knows for sure?
Originally posted by: PawNtheSandman
If you quit, you get no government assistance.
Originally posted by: PawNtheSandman
BTW, here in NY, COBRA is about $800 a month.
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Laid off>quit>fired.
You only get unemployment benefits if you are laid off, barring extraordinary circumstances. Quitting is better than firing, if it comes to that choice. I've had a lot of job applications in the past ask if I had been FIRED, and why. It's easier to explain quitting than getting fired. Laid off is a no-fault way of separating from a job.
Originally posted by: Nik
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Laid off>quit>fired.
You only get unemployment benefits if you are laid off, barring extraordinary circumstances. Quitting is better than firing, if it comes to that choice. I've had a lot of job applications in the past ask if I had been FIRED, and why. It's easier to explain quitting than getting fired. Laid off is a no-fault way of separating from a job.
In Oregon, you can get unemployment if you get fired too. You can get unemployment if you quit too. I did temporarily on both occasions. Of course, I was fired because I refused to succumb to their gestapo tactics and the state found out about it when I went to them after getting fired. They launched an investigation and I got a letter in the mail after that from the employer kindly "reminding" me that I had signed an NDA and that I "didn't have to" tell anyone anything about being employed there. :laugh:
Oh man... the joys of knowing the labor laws and sticking it to employers who knowingly and flagrantly violate them
Originally posted by: slycat
I'm in California so i guess if its that hard to get unemp anyway, then i guess no harm quitting vs fired. Besides quitting saves more ego.
Originally posted by: PawNtheSandman
BTW, here in NY, COBRA is about $800 a month.
Originally posted by: Kalbi
try to get "laid off" and not "fired." if you get laid off it's easier to get unemployment.
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Originally posted by: slycat
I'm in California so i guess if its that hard to get unemp anyway, then i guess no harm quitting vs fired. Besides quitting saves more ego.
Fired or laid off? There is a big difference.