A crush of people filing for unemployment benefits in Florida is creating problems for some trying to navigate the state’s website.
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WPTV NEWSCHANNELFIVE'S MATT SCZESNY SPOKE WITHSOME LAID OFF WORKERS LOOKINGFOR ANSWERS.<< 63552“I CANWEEKS, I CANBENEFITS.
HOW LONG HAS THISBEEN GOING ON?
SINCE FRIDAY”GENEVA JARMAN IS OUT OF WORKAND OUT OF PATIENCEÃFILINGFOR UNEMPLOYMENT ON THEFLORIDA JOBS WEBSITE FOR HER -RESULTS IN AN ERROR MESSAGE.SHE CAME HERE TO THE CAREERCENTER FOR HELP.
63618“I CAMETUESDAY AND ITODAY AND NOW TODAY THEYCOMPLETELY CLOSED YESTERDAYTHEY WERENAT ALL” THE CENTER IS CLOSEDNOWÃDIRECTING PEOPLE TO THESTATECENTER.
ITREMSON HAS BEEN TRYING TO DOWITHOUT RESULTS SINCE SHESTARTED AN APPLICATION LASTWEEK.“I CANTHERE ISNON THE WEBSITE TO TRY AND GETHELP, IIYOUR LICENSE, YOUR FLORIDADRIVERTRYING TO START ANAPPLICATION, WE DISCOVERED &TOOK TIME.
A SYSTEM WE ARETOLD THAT IS NOW BEING FLOODEDWITH TRAFFIC.
64200“IF YOUARE HAVING TROUBLE FILING YOURCLAIM PLEASE TRY AGAIN LATERAND PLEASE CONTINUE TO TRYTHROUGHOUT THE DAY ANDTHROUGHOUT THE EVENING WITHTHE INCREASED VOLUME AND USERSOUR SYSTEM IS MOVING SLOWER”THE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT IEXPANDING SERVER CAPACITY ASWELL AS ADDING WORKERS ANDHOURS TO THEIR CALL CENTER.BUT THE DELAYS ARE PROVINGCOSTLY EVERYDAY FOR THEUNEMPLOYED.
63631“EVERYONE INMY HOUSE ME AND MY SON, MYHUSBAND EVERYONE HAS BEEN LAIDOFF THEREPERIOD” MS, WPTV NC 5.
The downturn on the economy has created massive job losses and the main worry for many is how to pay the rent or mortgage.