Hi folks. I need to vent, and this seems the place to do it. Also, some feedback/advice would be wonderful. So let me tell you the condensed version of what has been going on in my life. This might take a few paragraphs.
About 3 years ago I was working in my normal profession (I.T/I.S/Sys Admin/Help Desk/ Computer Guy) and was making pretty good money. Long and short was I went from a salaried full time to salaried part time due to an injury and as soon as I was cleared for full time work, that VERY week I was let go. Not only me but the person who worked under me. So I was unemployed for 2 years.
Fast forward to about 9 months ago. I was offered a gig at a start up. It was weekends only, with occasional weekday work when my supervisor was away. Let's just say my "standard" paycheck was supposed to be 32 hours. After 9 months my "average" during my time there is 45 hours. I work a lot of OT. Well I was just told that I am getting my hours cut, SEVERELY. Like I get 6 hours a week now. OUCH, right?
I asked what happened and both my direct supervisor and the OWNER of the company wrote to me, in separate e-mails that there is NO WORK for me to do. So where I live, in California, the state is pretty understanding that if you are laid off, or "partially employed" (aka what just happened to me, hours cut drastically) through no fault of [my] own, I can collect partial unemployment. Basically if I am working 12 hours each pay period and report that, the basically will pay me 32 hours worth of pay to make up the difference.
My thought is, should I go ahead and file once my drastic cut in hours kicks in? (It kicks in second week of January) I am frantically job hunting since receiving this news, but I would greatly appreciate any feed back. And thanks for reading.