Hey, so, I got laid off last week. One of many during the late '08/early '09 recession, and we're all in the unemployment lines.
Massachusetts added extra hours and staff to handle all the unemployment requests. I'd really heard nightmares about waiting in line for hours and hours and hours only to be turned away at closing time because the center was over-capacity.
Thankfully this unemployment site in Woburn has its act together. I got there just as it opened, and instead of being instructed to take a number and wait all day (oh god how I wish I was exaggerating, this economy BLOWS), I was directed to a classroom full of other newly-unemployeds. We were addressed as a group on how to start the claim process, the instructor answered our questions (so many exceptions, so much confusion), and then shown how to fill out the forms we needed to get done and sent on our way.
The process couldn't have been more painless or quick, all things considered. I was there only an hour and a half, all my questions answered, all my paperwork done.
Thank you Woburn Career Place. But I hope I don't have to see you guys ever again. read more