Adaptation to COVID world

Ouch!

 

The weekday daytime NHL and NBA is great. And no deadline pressure.

 

Call 61, I got through. But I had a 50-minute wait listening to the worst elevator music.

Then I was told that due to the identity theft I need to file the weekly claim in person. Average wait time from the end of the line to the door is currently at 3-plus hours.

 

I'm so sorry you have to go through this.

 

The cruelty is the point.

 

These systems are not equipped to handle the amount of applications. Add to that the fact that their workforce are remote and it is really bad. Sprinkle on that the “dignity of work” crowd who think it is fun to make it as hard as possible to get benefits.

I have a former coworker who is very involved in these policy decisions. When I texted her about the lack of enhanced UI, she said that there are 15 million jobs out there and people are too lazy to find them.

 

There are a shit ton of jobs here ... for $10 an hour. Big pay cut from my old gig.

 

Or they feel like the amount of risk to their health during a pandemic is worth more than $10/hr.

 

Since I've become an expert jobs board searcher over the past few months, I really question how people arrive at the X number of jobs available figure. I've seen locals throw that around here too. But then I get in there and search Indeed or Zip or Glassdoor for ANY job within 25 miles of the city and see the same trucking company posting the same ad for every little town. So does that count as 22 job openings are just one? Same thing goes for travel nurse positions. They'll post the opening on every zip code, so is it one opening or six in the city?