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How to intentionally get terminated from a job without sacrificing unemployment benefits? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My friend is a customer service rep who is ready to retire. Her company is talking about layoffs with 13+ weeks of severance, but when she asked (anonymously) if they were accepting volunteers, they said no. In case she's not one of the ones told to clean out her desk, what are the ways she could get terminated while preserving her ability to claim unemployment (which would equal the 13 weeks of severance)?

UPDATE: She took my advice and saw her doctor. He agreed that she's experiencing a job-related stress injury, set her up with a Disability claim, and referred her for psychiatric counseling.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Does lemmy have an unethical life pro tips community yet? You'd probably get better results if we did.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Funny thing is I see nothing unethical in this request. Companies have no ethics that are not enforced by laws, so it is not unethical for employees to adopt the same behaviour.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

What's unethical is the unemployment process.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

We do, I just don't know how to link to communities in lemmy.

Edit: Did this do anything?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

Works for me!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the effort!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I really don't think there's anything unethical about this. They're going to be laying people off anyway; they may as well lay off someone it will hurt less.