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Has she tried city of county water labs ? I'm sure some of her experience would make her a good candidate. City of Austin has a Lab as does the City of Houston. With her TCEQ experience she will be aware of the rules and guidelines Labs have to adhere. It might not pay as well or be what she wants but it will be good benefits. Just a thought.

I tried posting a link but my tablet is dying and won't co-operate. Check the City of Austin jobs.

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Is it the employer disputing the unemployment claim, or the state? There is an appeals process in Illinois Is there one in Texas?

Also, if it's any help.

https://texaslawhelp.org/article/rep...on-your-rights

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Thanks, she has been trying to get a City of Austin job for years as they pay more than the State! :lol: Now she open to trying for jobs anywhere. She wasn't been paid that much from PUC which is why she checked where she was on the Texas Tribune which led to one of her complaints.
thanks for all the replies Sugarmooma, they are appreciated.

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Is it possible she sold back vacation or sick leave and is technically still employed until it runs out?

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Nope, They actually helped her file for unemployment when she did her exit interview and it was due to start about the 15th May. She only got 2 wks for her last pay check. But yes, payroll is the root of the problem.

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Thanks for setting this up, whoever did it!

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I hope she gets something soon. Working for the City would be great for the benefits.
Fingers crossed for her :fingerscrossed:

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Obs I cannot help but just wanted to say how sorry I am to read this. Really hope something, anything turns up somehow.

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Some of the entities jjmb mentioned were who I had to deal with when I was Lab Manager. Your face really has to fit . It's very male dominated as well. If you understand the stress they can cause you will know why I was so ready to retire. It was like a weight lifted knowing i didnt have to deal with any of them any more.

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Just a thought ... not knowing how their algorithm works ... could they start penalizing you for not picking up any jobs? That is - you are currently 'signed up' just so you can observe the traffic, but what if they have a 'rule' in their algorithm that says, anyone who is logging on as 'available' but not picking up jobs after 'x' days, stop showing them jobs ... You never know ...

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Woo Hoo! The GFM is over $2,500 already.

Kelowna looks absolutely wonderful! Is there a more appropriate thread to discuss this actual move?

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Could be. The way these things work is above my knowledge and they are of course pretty vague about how it done and probably a trade secret I imagine.

We do pretty good at the shopping part, really the only thing that slows us down is most of our shops were at Wal-Mart and they have a stupid store set up (city of Vancouver hates Wal-Mart and wont let them build a proper store so they are in an old warehouse they converted into a store but much smaller compared to a normal Wal-Mart Super Store) so while you would think cake icing would be with baking stuff its not, its in a random aisle with rice and beans, same with freezer stuff, some frozen meat is with the frozen foods, some are in freezers in the meat section on the opposite side of the store.

Just takes a few times to really get the store layout down and instantly know where to go, once you have done that its pretty quick, but every order seems to have all groceries but then the last item is in electronics in the far back of the store, usually batteries.

2nd hardest thing is people not answering while you shop for them, sometimes you want to make sure a replacement is suitable or such, but all one can do is try, not our fault if they dont answer back and we have to make an educated guess on replacement or refund.

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In the Canada Maple Leaf, there is a job, turmoil or something thread, its where I generally post my stuff, and probably where most of the specifics and how things and move are going, its not a dedicated thread for that, but that thread has morphed into many things over the years.

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We had the worst experience with a customer today on the app while shopping, luckily majority are easy but omg this one about made me want to just shut the phone off and leave....

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I can well believe it. Most of my customers were somewhere between indifferent and wonderful, but I had a few that were ridiculously demanding and entitled. One guy absolutely lost his mind upon delivery, yelling and cursing when he discovered that I wasn’t able to bring the exact brand of bottled water he wanted, a premium one* that is almost never in stock. He only discovered this ‘upon delivery’ because he hadn’t responded to the text I’d sent about it, or picked up his phone when I also called. And then took 10 minutes to answer his door (this was way back, pre-Covid) and had clearly been asleep (it was mid-morning, and I was delivering exactly at the time he’d requested) and then denied that I’d ever texted or called him.

‘Well, it was definitely your voice on your answering machine recording, where you’ll find that I left a message about this - have a good day’. And then I got him blocked from my profile so I’d never receive his orders again. It goes without saying that why yes, this was in the obscenely affluent part of town at a house worth many millions.

Have you joined any of the Facebook Instacart groups? The one with National in brackets at the end is the most active and activist for better IC shopper rights - there are some absolute horror customer stories on there. It’s also extremely useful research to learn of things that shoppers can accidentally do which might get them deactivated - an app boss is a soulless, tyrannical one with no right of appeal, which is why I switched to a regular job instead, for more security.

*He’d also ordered a mid-brand one which I did bring, but apparently ‘I only use this s**t for making coffee - I NEED THE OTHER ONE!’