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[CanadaMatt3004]

@bbb7979

There’s probably a lot of people trying to file unemployment who just can’t get through on the phone too, since all reports are that the phone lines are basically just endless busy signal.

From the bailout thread.

@CanadaMatt3004

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but since my circumstances are fairly unique (Quit a job to take another job that I had an offer letter from that was withdrawn prior to starting) I need to make sure I fill out everything perfectly to prevent delays.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.

So that 3.5 million has to be low. Not everyone who is going to make a claim knows how to do so or has the means to do so online.