The payment I received for my two weeks laid off was $450. This was an average of my hours the past year. This did not include tips which are a major source of my income as a server.
The unemployment check was for $2150. I'm not sure where that number came from. I would obviously rather take this than the $450 tipless check from my serving job.
Furthermore I am a college student and my college sent out a message saying I was automatically qualified for assistance and not to do anything but make sure my address is correct on my portal. I have not received anything from this yet. Perhaps this is part of the unemplpyment check they sent me?
My roommate who works in finance said to keep the money but put it in savings. He said they are so busy and I am such a small fry they wouldn't do anything about it, but to just keep it in savings in case they audit me and want that back since my employer kept paying me (without telling me).
I am poor and qualify for state insurance and SNAP benefits. I'm not using that as a moral defense - I just don't want to let this opportunity to start a savings account slip for "doing the right thing" when I actually truly did get less money than normal
Submitted May 16, 2020 at 05:55PM by HandHoldingClub https://ift.tt/2WGZrjr
