Comments on: The California unemployment office is a fiasco

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:38:19 +0000

That’s fantastic news! I’m glad you were able to find help.

By: panda

panda — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:29:37 +0000

I also received the ‘incorrect or incomplete’ mail. And I tried the ’130′ trick about 4 times, and it got me through! I talked to a very nice lady and she helped me solve the issue pretty fast (it turned out I mailed back the form too early – you have to submit it after all two weeks in the form pass). She also told me that after 8/14, I would be able to submit the claim online weekly (which is awesome), but just do not submit both online and by mail.

Hope this helps.

By: GoneMad

GoneMad — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:23:17 +0000

Called the EDD at 800 300 5616, and as soon as you hear “welcome” dial 104. This worked the first time for me. Only a 4min hold time. Thanks for the info christopher michael!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:18:29 +0000

Just in case people don’t see my updated blurb in the post, here’s something I tried:

What ended up working for me was directly contacting them through their email form. It surprised me that they even HAD one. But after 3 days, someone responded to me and things were quickly resolved! They mentioned a check was on the way and that my benefits had been extended.

In my email to them, I basically listed my situation and what I had done up until that point. I listed all relevant info I could find: case numbers, date of last check, dates of reapplying for UI benefits, etc.

The extended benefits lasted until August 2009, but by then I had found steady work. I actually received a letter stating that I could apply for a *third* round of benefits, but declined.

Anyway, that might be the best bet at the moment.

By: Ana

Ana — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:48:31 +0000

THANK GOD! I know this is frustrating I just filed my claim over the phone it only took me about two hours, I must have googled every trick out there. I even did the vietnamise line but that was no help. I suggest trying the 130 or 140 trick within those two hours I got through twice using the 130 wait a second….. ok yes they answered but it was silence, thought they hung up. So I suggest trying the 130 140 trick. it did me wonders!

By: pam

pam — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:30:45 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this. I too have been dealing with the “incomplete or incorrect” form crap. And have gone through the whole phone cycle crap to no avail. It’s like a rat maze – it’s full of dead ends and you never can find the cheese – I’m not quite convinced there is any cheese to be found. Is there really a human to talk to on that line? Every thing ends in “were sorry….. goodbye.”

Whose brilliant idea was it to send paper letters that direct you to a phone line that tells you to go to a website?

Anyhow, I digress. My story – been on unemployment for longer than I care to admit and have had zero issues until now. Then before the holidays I dropped my form in the mail on a thursday rather than friday (it was a holiday people!). So I got my first “you screwed up” letter/form and filled that out. I was uber careful filling that badboy out so that I didn’t get another similar slap-on-the-wrist letter. But nope, apparently I screwed up (or they screwed up but that doesn’t fix the fact that I haven’t gotten paid in a month). So now I’m in this cycle of hell that is the 800-300-5616 number. I”ve tried at least 20x a day for four days, and I have to get through by the 21st. I have written down just about every possible combination of phone selections they offer!

I will try your “tricks” tomorrow and/or attempt to visit the EDD office in SF. Will report back.

How do they expect me to actually look for a job if I’m on hold all day long? Yeesh.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:02:29 +0000

My situation is nearly identical to the ones above. I lost my job as a project engineer. After receiving a check for 1 week worth of unemployment, duplicate paperwork came back stating I incorrectly filled out the last form. So I diligently filled the second set of paperwork out. Six days later, expecting a check the notice said, please contact the EDD office with a phone number. It is impossible to get through on that line! 3 weeks later now so today because of the advice on this blog I contacted my senator’s office, he was helpful and said someone will be getting a hold of me From EDD. All i can do now is wait.

I sympathize with everyone out there who is going through this situation.

By: john smith

john smith — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:19:38 +0000

I read that after you recieve you first denial letter stating that the form was incomplete you will automatically recieve the second denial letter stating that the form is incomplete again this starts the cycle of delay. but I was told that if you list some small amount of earnings on the second form under $ 100.00 that about 80% of the time the dumb idiot on the other end of the line will just process your reduced pmnt.I did this and recieved a check for around $800.00 the edd fund is scheduled to go flat broke in feb of 2010 unless huge loans are taken out by the state at high interest. so for now it seems that if they can reduce your pmnt somewhat they will still cut a couple more checks I hope this works for some of you as it did for me. Good luck as this may not last long with the looming bankruptcy of the edd fund…..

By: Sam McCall

Sam McCall — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:45:05 +0000

Has anyone ever tried driving t Sacramento to hand deliver the form?

I was expecting a check this week and instead got that form saying that I had filled it out incorrect or incomplete and need to do it all over again. That’s fine but now I don’t have money this week so wondering if driving up to Sacramento to deliver the form might make a difference. What do you guys think? The address is a P.O. Box so not sure what to expect once I get up there if I do it.

By: private

private — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:12:44 +0000

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