Called the unemployment office for Washington state and hit the button to connect to an operator as soon as my phone switched to 8 o clock (the time when they open the phone lines to operators.)
It is now 8:53. I am still on hold.
I would normally just do everything online, but since my circumstances are fairly unique (Quit a job to take another job that I had an offer letter from that was withdrawn prior to starting) I need to make sure I fill out everything perfectly to prevent delays.
This is going to be bad for a lot of people. If you don’t get on line as soon as the phone lines open, you won’t get on all day. I tried calling multiple times throughout the day yesterday and received “All circuts are currently busy, try your call at another time” messages.