I just found out that I may be furloughed soon for a month.
I'm a responsible guy, I've tucked money away in case of troubles, and I can survive without a months pay with little impact on my life. It's annoying, and I'm unhappy, but I'll live. I'm not swimming in money though, it'll come out to be about 10% of my savings. I'm also single with no dependents.
I'm told I can put in for unemployment, which includes that sweet $600 weekly Federal Coronavirus bump on top of it. The problem is that I don't feel comfortable collecting unemployment when I don't need it.
I've always been angered by the deadbeats that leech off of the system, collecting unemployment when they don't need it, when they're able bodied and can work. I want to just say no and not file, but there's a part of me that wants to take it anyway. I can work, I want to work, but I'm being told I cant, it's not my choice.
What do y'all think? What would you do? Has anyone else been in this situation yet?
I just found out that I may be furloughed soon for a month.
I'm a responsible guy, I've tucked money away in case of troubles, and I can survive without a months pay with little impact on my life. It's annoying, and I'm unhappy, but I'll live. I'm not swimming in money though, it'll come out to be about 10% of my savings. I'm also single with no dependents.
I'm told I can put in for unemployment, which includes that sweet $600 weekly Federal Coronavirus bump on top of it. The problem is that I don't feel comfortable collecting unemployment when I don't need it.
I've always been angered by the deadbeats that leech off of the system, collecting unemployment when they don't need it, when they're able bodied and can work. I want to just say no and not file, but there's a part of me that wants to take it anyway. I can work, I want to work, but I'm being told I cant, it's not my choice.
What do y'all think? What would you do? Has anyone else been in this situation yet?
You don't mention where you live, so that $600 could be extra in the emergency fund/savings account depending on your monthly budget. In parts of the USA, that $600 will go really far.
I think the $600 is a trap. The people that got used to it are going to end up going back to work and not having that $600 and the demand for increased minimum wage will be more and louder than before. $600 a week is an extra $15 an hour for a 40 hour week.
You don't mention where you live, so that $600 could be extra in the emergency fund/savings account depending on your monthly budget. In parts of the USA, that $600 will go really far.
I think the $600 is a trap. The people that got used to it are going to end up going back to work and not having that $600 and the demand for increased minimum wage will be more and louder than before. $600 a week is an extra $15 an hour for a 40 hour week.
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