Off the dole
I received my last unemployment check in the mail today. Sniff, sniff.
It's been a great six months, living off the hand of the government. Well, not really. I mean technically, I paid for it through payroll deductions for all those years. Plus the former company had to kick in some, so it was like sticking it to the man in a way.
But now that I actually have to start pulling my weight in this family -- because clearly, gestating this child is not paying the rent -- I am working on the Next Big Thing.
As in, working eight hours a day on said Next Big Thing. And that leaves precious little time for things like my blog. But never fear! I am going to power through it and get 'er done. I am committed to providing mindless pregnancy and parenting chatter for the masses in spite of my workload.
Now please excuse me while I go look in the mailbox for my severance check. WHICH HAS STILL NOT ARRIVED SIX MONTHS AFTER THE COMPANY AND I PARTED WAYS. No really, dick me around a little more why dontchya?
I am not allowed to "disparage" them as part of the severance agreement, but if they don't send me the damn money, there could well be some disparaging coming right up. We could start with some IM transcripts of chats with my old boss, where she belittles a chatroom full of her subordinates in realtime.
4 Comments:
Do you realize that unemployment compensation is only for people who are actively looking for full-time employment? And to collect unemployment otherwise is fraud?
I never respond to comments, but I felt the need to set the record straight.
I was indeed looking for a job. But funny thing, there's not a whole lot of work-at-home sports writing jobs out there. Not to mention, I'm sure it's easy as pie to get hired when you're pregnant.
If you know of any sports writing jobs in Chicago for pregnant women who need to work at home, please feel free to send them on to me.
And welcome Anonymous! I love anonymous posters.
Well...seeing as how you have to send out 2 resumes a week and the unemployment office does check to make sure you sent them to said companies (at least they're supposed to), it makes it tougher to get unemployment pay...I would actually think it'd be tougher to keep your friends apprised of which company they're supposed to pretend to be from would as it would be more trouble than it's worth.
Hey you,
I can't wait to learn more about this Next Big Thing...
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