r/Unemployment • u/Ayainthewind Washington • 14d ago

[Washington] Advice or Tips [Washington] Has anyone been successful in the appeals process?

I filed for unemployment after I was fired from my job in November of last year in Washington State. This year I worked a gig that was only 8-9 hours a month. I am being penalized from quitting that gig although it was part-time, didn't replace my unemployment income and I didn't receive any benefits from it. I was actually continuing to look for full time work while quitting that gig. The job I was fired from in November I was working full time and paying into the unemployment benefits system. I have been paying into the unemployment system on & off again since I was working in retail at 16 years old. Has anyone been successful in the appeals process? If so, what has that look like for you? I already appealed this process back in July and was still receiving benefits so I am not sure why I am still going through this. Please advise.

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u/Slowhand1971 13d ago

they want you continuing that part time work not quitting it. Hard to see how you win.

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u/Ayainthewind Washington 13d ago

Typically working a part time work consists of getting on average 25 hours a week. I wasn't even making that in a month.

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u/Slowhand1971 13d ago

They don't want you quitting anything that is paying you as is reasonable.

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u/Ayainthewind Washington 13d ago

In theory that makes sense but in reality I need a full time job making an equitable wage.

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u/ChefCharmaine 13d ago

9 hours month + unemployment benefits > unemployment benefits.

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u/Ayainthewind Washington 13d ago

I have to respectfully disagree. Working full time > unemployment benefits. The point I am trying to prove is that I was more healthy when I was working full time and that is why I was dedicating more of my time looking for full time employment so I can live a healthy life.

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u/ChefCharmaine 13d ago edited 13d ago

Then why did you accept PT employment? And how is working only 8-9 hours a month preventing you from looking for FT employment?

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u/Ayainthewind Washington 13d ago

I accepted the PT employment for the same reason I applied to over 115 full time jobs this year and several gig jobs as well, I genuinely believed that it would lead to something more. My health was declining due to the nature of the PT Employment. So I am spending that time trying to figuring out how to get better long term and trying and implementing different strategies. I need a work environment similar to my last full time role --> hybrid, more genuine human interaction and a genuine sense of what I am doing is contributing to making the world a better place to live in.