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| Mon, 12-20-2004 - 6:21pm |
Well if you read my introduction post you know that dh and I have like $30,000 in debt. We were looking to go into debt consolidation because he was getting a promotion and a raise to $40,000\yr (double what he was making). Well last week he got fired on a technicality:( He does loss prevention and he was required to make a case (catch someone stealing) at least once a week, and the week b4 last he didn't he only got a credit card fraud case (evidently doesn't count). So he is now delivering pizzas and looking for a new job. We are hanging on ok but the idea of debt consolidation is out the question now. So as soon as we can make some money to save we'll start saving toward filing bankruptcy:( Just had to vent a little. Things were looking so good, but I'm trying to stay in the holiday spirit. Even on a tight budget we managed to throw together a fairly good Christmas, so it should be a good holiday.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!
Jessi

I'm so sorry this happened to him.
Becky
CL of 4th, 5th & 6th grade Scoliosis
Well he is doing the pizza thing under the table so it is paying just as much as his $10\hr after taxes that we were living off of. With unemployment don't you get to take what you've paid in or something? He is only 20 and if that is the case he hasn't paid all the much in. Besides in MD to be on unemplyment I think you have to prove that your job searching and such ( he is, but I wouldn't want them to find out about the pizza job). He wasn't given any warning but MD law doesn't require any to my understanding, however he was working in DE now that I think of it hmmmm.... He agreed to make a case every week during his probationary period which was until the end of Dec. and he failed to make an official case that week.
Thank you for your kind words, they are appreciated.
Jessi
Jessi
Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Hi Jessi,
I used to live in MD, and I can remember when members of my family had lost their jobs, but they knew they had another opportunity coming around (someone who was going to guarantee them a job after a certain date, etc), so in order to keep their unemployment benefits until then, they would only ask for applications at businesses that said they weren't hiring. For example, they'd go in and ask for an application, and when the employee said, "I'm sorry, we're not hiring right now", they would say, "Thanks. Could I have an application anyway for when you do begin hiring again?", and they'd always get one.
This might be a way for your husband to keep his under-the-table pizza delivery job and still be able to obtain unemployment pay for a short while until he finds another job he likes.
Patty