From winning my 2nd biggest bet ever yesterday to finding out I'm gonna be FIRED the next day!

[dougtushyterror]

That’s a terrible pay. Walmart pays $20 here.

Was actually $16.48 when I started in 2022 before they bumped it up 8 cents when I told them my co-worker who started after me makes $16.65. They couldn't even bump it up the full 17 cents.

 

[Wagerallsports]

Congratulations on the big hit Doug

 

[BobbyFK]

sorry to hear dougie. NOt official though

100% be fired over quitting. Fired means unemployment. quitting means you get jack shit

I think it varys From state to state Sam. I think if you get fired with cause they can deny the unemployment claim

 

[sharpsquare]

congrats on the nice hit although sorry for hear about the job loss. and 1000% take advantage of the unemployment benefits, they are there for a reason.

another door will eventually open

 

[djefferis]

Good plan

I’ve been fired a few times - never once from a job I regretted losing. Never had a problem finding something as good of paying and ultimately most times it turned out better.

I’ve quit more than a few too - again - not many I regret leaving - some I just miss coworkers or customers - but not the management. Right now hate my coworkers/manager - but love everything else so I stay - might take a step back position wise just to get away - but paid unemployment and not needing the paycheck - I’d absolutely take the break.

 

[BobbyFK]

Sorry to hear that Dougie. Keep your head up. If you do end up getting fired, something better will come along

 

[djefferis]

I think it varys From state to state Sam. I think if you get fired with cause they can deny the unemployment claim

In general - correct.

Quit - you volunteered to be unemployed.

Fired - you’re involuntarily unemployed (you f not for cause).

Of course the new reality - employers can and will make up cause - in many cases it’s hard to dispute. Hell - 25 years ago as commissioned sales person on telesales - my “cause” for termination was i spent to much time helping someone who wasn’t a qualified lead - but needed advice. I was supposed to just hang up on them vs spending 30 minutes helping her on a super slow Saturday night. They fired with cause - but offered me a “new” position doing exactly what I was doing - but forfeiting all of my earned commissions (which was 5x my hourly pay - my commission bank was insane). That is how I won the unemployment case - demonstrating they were just lying about the cause to try to reduce my salary.

At the same time - people “quit” all the time - only to show back up with a lawyer citing “hostile work environment” “harrasment” or “discrimination” - real or imagined. No way in hell I’d ever want to work in HR at some places or have to defend these cases. Usually the best ones though are the person who’s on their 18th warning but can’t be fired for fear of retaliation.

 

[Archie]

depressing

 

[dougtushyterror]

Congratulations on the big hit Doug

congrats on the nice hit although sorry for hear about the job loss. and 1000% take advantage of the unemployment benefits, they are there for a reason.

another door will eventually open

Good plan

I’ve been fired a few times - never once from a job I regretted losing. Never had a problem finding something as good of paying and ultimately most times it turned out better.

I’ve quit more than a few too - again - not many I regret leaving - some I just miss coworkers or customers - but not the management. Right now hate my coworkers/manager - but love everything else so I stay - might take a step back position wise just to get away - but paid unemployment and not needing the paycheck - I’d absolutely take the break.

Sorry to hear that Dougie. Keep your head up. If you do end up getting fired, something better will come along

Thanks fellas..I'm only considering the UE route to try to build up my bankroll for the next 6 months while collecting enough to cover my monthly nut. (UE was $794 3 yrs ago with the $300 wkly Covid boost so let's assume $494 before taxes so a little over $400/wk. Obv not much but my rent is only $800 so that $1600+ UE benefits would be more than enough). Ideally I'd like to have 100k both in the bank & DraftKings to feel I could reasonably sustain living off of my DK payouts not to have to work. Not quite there yet with 50k/70k so the foreseeable goal would be to achieve that 100k/100k split while on UE.

 

[edawg]

Fukk em and feed them fish heads. It is comical how people take it so too heart when they get fired like any of those people actually gave two $hits about you. Your a man who is smart and has balls of steel. Trust me you'll be fine going forward

 

[ruder.de.rudy]

dougy what are you doing at CITI man? you make no interest

At the very least move your money to somewhere like Upgrade with over 5% interest

 

[BigJay]

dougy what are you doing at CITI man? you make no interest

At the very least move your money to somewhere like Upgrade with over 5% interest

I was actually just going to ask @dougtushyterror something similar. There are even a few local banks here that are offering between 4-5.25% for savings, where your $$ isn’t locked up in things like a CD.

I imagine it’s because he can move his $$ in and out of DK/FD easily.

But when you’re talking that much $$ it’s hard to turn down $200-300 monthly in interest on the $50k and twice that monthly on 100k

 

[samsncharge99]

dougy what are you doing at CITI man? you make no interest

At the very least move your money to somewhere like Upgrade with over 5% interest

respect to rudy here. only 2% of his posts are meaningful and we found one of those posts worth something

 

[dougtushyterror]

I was actually just going to ask @dougtushyterror something similar. There are even a few local banks here that are offering between 4-5.25% for savings, where your $$ isn’t locked up in things like a CD.

I imagine it’s because he can move his $$ in and out of DK/FD easily.

But when you’re talking that much $$ it’s hard to turn down $200-300 monthly in interest on the $50k and twice that monthly on 100k

respect to rudy here. only 2% of his posts are meaningful and we found one of those posts worth something

Started looking into HYSA back in May when I had at least 70k at the time. Jay's exactly right about not doing so yet for ease of FD/DK reload purposes. With going bust & reloading/winning it back since then the plan was once I hit 100k in savings I'll transfer into 1 of these for at least a 4.5%-5% ROI.

 

[fiftycint]

Getting fired does es not mean unemployment

getting laid off does

THIS

 

[rdalert447]

Doug, Unemployment Departments have a team of investigators that look for shit like this. I would pull those pics down and a lot of your statements. Just an FYI from someone who knows UI investigators in both NYC and Fla.

 

[dougtushyterror]

Doug, Unemployment Departments have a team of investigators that look for shit like this. I would pull those pics down and a lot of your statements. Just an FYI from someone who knows UI investigators in both NYC and Fla.

Appreciate the advice but it's not that serious. In NY they don't even bother checking to see if you're meeting the weekly requirements to keep collecting benefits (actively looking for work)

 

[BigJay]

Appreciate the advice but it's not that serious. In NY they don't even bother checking to see if you're meeting the weekly requirements to keep collecting benefits (actively looking for work)

Twice I’ve quit jobs (one college job I was at for a couple of years that was crazy stressful) and another I loved I was at for 15 years and happened to get a horrible boss that made it unbearable.

Twice I applied for unemployment benefits, writing a long letter letting them know about the working conditions made it tough on mental health, hostile work environment yada yada. Was granted unemployment both times. Places I worked for didn’t even fight it.

 

[rdalert447]

Appreciate the advice but it's not that serious. In NY they don't even bother checking to see if you're meeting the weekly requirements to keep collecting benefits (actively looking for work)

This isn’t true. But good luck to you, my man!

 

[dougtushyterror]

This isn’t true. But good luck to you, my man!

Can't speak for everyone on UE but it was for me in 2021 when I was on it the 1st time.