Filing for Unemployment in Colorado
Saturday May 10, 2008
If you've recently been laid off from your job, you can apply for unemployment benefits from the state of Colorado. The amount of unemployment benefits is calculated on the basis of your previous salary. Benefits last up to six months for qualified applicants. If you're currently looking for a job, also check out our handy job-hunting guide for the Denver area.
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PLEASE HELP!!!!!
Hello, I have been calling for approx. 2 weeks now, and the line is always busy.
I need to know how I can apply for the extention, or if it is automatic.
I was told that if I do not file for the 9 weeks extenstion before November the 23rd I would not qualify.
Please help!!! I can not find a job and I desperatly need the extenstion.
***MY SIX MONTHS IS ALMOST OVER****
Mc Cray
Thank you so much and have a good day!
Hello,
I have been trying to get through on the phone to talk to an associate. My file has been locked because i did not put in the right pin number. Can you please tell me an easier way to get a new pin so i can start recieving benefits.
John Mark Yacovetta Jr.
****** I FIGURED OUT A WAY TO GET PAST THE BUSY SIGNAL *******
It mearly requires you call a different number and then when it asks you to enter the extension of the person you are trying to reach you enter the Customer Service Ext.
EXAMPLE:
I called 303-318-9100 (I think employers number for UI).
Once getting trough all the BS that doesn’t apply to us Benifits receivers, it will say “If you know the extension of the person you are tryihg to reach you may enter it at any time” They use Cisco VoIP and have a 5 digit extension. The FOREVER BUSY number of 303-318-9000 would be 89000 as an extension. Once I entered that ext. I was taken to the proper place and was able to repeat this process 3 times in a row skipping the busy signal all together!!!!
I KNOW THAT WILL HELP!!! lol Enjoy!!
-Jason G
THANK YOU for posting this shortcut. Worked for me – I am still “On Hold” but anything is better than redialing for hours at a time!
I hope they invest some energy into making this a less frustrating experience for all the unemployed workers.
Thanks!
I’m now on hold…but at least I didn’t have to dial over and over again for hours. The work around *does* work.
I wonder if it’s qwest’s fault…with their whole “we’ll call you back when it’s open” thing for $.95 lol!
It seems that they have closed that loophole. I am going crazy trying to get through to the unemployment line, and have been for months. The line is ALWAYS busy.
I got locked out of my on-line account because I entered the wrong pin. (You have two for different reasons so it is really confusing to begin with.) This means that you are also not allowed to call in and file your claim anymore until you call into the office and get an agent to reset your pin. This means that you instantly lose your benefits. This has been SO devastating to me!
I get up in time to start calling immediately at 7:30 when the line opens and yet it is busy every single day. I try randomly throughout the day, every single day, ALWAYS busy. I have tried dialing, hanging up, redialing immediately…over and over again…still no luck. What the hell! Why doesn’t the state DO SOMETHING?! This is starting to feel like it is set up this way on purpose so that the state doesn’t have to pay out claims.
Yeah, the 9100 number trick worked like a charm!
these people should not be able to control our lives. They cant even figure out how to figure out a pie chart and they re CHURN ratio to fix the over whelming calls!! but the state is allowed to pass judgment on you what consider to be fit!! i dont know about you people but i am most definitely going to start participating and taking a more part into the political issues in this state. i cant even pay my bills due to the lack or caring from our state THAT WE PAY TAXES TOO!!!!
I tried the 9100 trick this morning after spending four days trying every half hour to get to a real person. i got into a person who handles employer issues, but she very kindly took a detailed message. i’m not hopeful that someone will call me back, but she was nice to try.
the one time i got one real person, who identified herself as a “temp,” apparently gave me bad instructions, because i got a letter saying my claim had been cancelled. now i’m back in the horrible loop of calling every half hour.
like being unemployed doesn’t make you feel powerless enough… the state can’t get it’s crap together enough to actually give us the dignity of getting in touch with a real person!