I applied for pandemic assistance with my state unemployment office last year. I didn't know what I was doing to apply for this, the instructions were terrible, but from everything that I read, the process for a self employed person was to apply for unemployment benefits, get denied, then you can proceed to the state/federal pandemic assistance. In my application I tried to make it very clear that I voluntary resigned and was just doing this for pandemic assistance (as I got legit assfucked in 2020 by the pandemic)

For some reason, they made me have an actual hearing to determine whether or not i qualified for unemployment benefits from my old employer (which I did not qualify).

I applied for this a year ago, and just now had my hearing.

I went into it and explained what I went through last year and the hardships that I had due to covid, that I applied with sketchy instructions and did what I thought was proper regarding my application, that I felt bad that my old employer had to take the time to attend this hearing, and that they do not owe me unemployment benefits but I was just trying to apply for pandemic assistance.

My boss got on to testify that he wouldn't hire me again after "this" (the unemployment claim), and that I was just trying to get pandemic "bucks" that he didn't think I deserved (he literally said "he doesn't deserve them"). I get that they were trying to defend the unemployment claim against them, but man come on.

Of course the unemployment judge corrected him and said that i followed the process exactly right (with filing for unemployment first) and that I was entitled to pandemic assistance.

Still chaps my asshole that my old mentor made these digs at me. 2020 and 2021 suck bros.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4848906&forum_id=2.#42567356)

When you left, he lost an Earner. Now you've forced him to take time out of his day to attend some Hearing. I'm assuming he's a Boomer, so he believes ANY KIND OF ASSISTANCE from the Government is just "mooching" and that a REAL MAN would just go get a job or clients.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4848906&forum_id=2.#42567362)

They used that email as an exhibit against me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4848906&forum_id=2.#42567393)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4848906&forum_id=2.#42567537)

But some of their "exhibits" against me were literally taken from my instagram - one was a pic from my lyft app where I had a 5.0 rating after 569 rides. There was, for some reason, a link on the pic that says "view as driver" and they asked me all sorts of questions about being a lyft driver, as some way to show that i was getting extra income. I was like "i never ever drove for lyft, no idea why it says that." they wouldn't let that go for like five minutes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4848906&forum_id=2.#42567423)

They used another IG pic as an exhibit as well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4848906&forum_id=2.#42567432)

Mr. Mentor, what is the point of this?

Nothing, really, I just thought it was kind of funny

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4848906&forum_id=2.#42567438)

you can't just let this go. this guy has clowned you hard. it's on you to make this right.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4848906&forum_id=2.#42567510)

not legal advice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4848906&forum_id=2.#42568047)

Legal advice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4848906&forum_id=2.#42568052)

The gist of the advice in this thread is right man. You have to find a way to let all of this go and not just internally rage about it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4848906&forum_id=2.#42568326)

Not flame

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4848906&forum_id=2.#42568782)

she fucking puts together this spreadsheet and memo that she might as well titled "howtofuckpeoplewelaidofffromcollecting.pdf" i have a call with her and tell her to stand down on this, don't fight them. "but isabel was offered the same position at another location and turned it down." 'it was literally an hour away from her current location and was a midnight shift. she's has kids at home.' "but we should still fight it as it sets a bad precedent." 'no. we're not fighting any of these.' and she kept on and i just had to check her finally.

some people are really fucked up and shitty.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4848906&forum_id=2.#42571103)