Pa. unemployment claims skyrocket to 540,000 since statewide coronavirus shutdown, shattering records
"There are going to be a lot more," says the ranking Democrat on the Senate labor and industry committee.
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Pennsylvania unemployment claims skyrocket to 540,000 in less than 10 days
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Pittsburgh is like a ghost town.
Hopefully these people get taken care of or else many won't have homes to stay in.
Hopefully these people get taken care of or else many won't have homes to stay in.
Exactly, most of the Governors will ignore him (the good ones anyway)
He can and probably will talk about how those states are driving the people to unemployment / suicide. Blaming everyone but him.
Shit sucks yo
Had a Skype meeting this morning where they announced over 30% G&A reduction. Fun times ahead my dudes
Had a Skype meeting this morning where they announced over 30% G&A reduction. Fun times ahead my dudes
Pennsylvanian here. Can confirm, my area is like a ghost town. Normally it's at least a semi-bustling place with a reasonable amount of tourism.
I usually commute by bicycle and it's bizarre to see the weather getting warmer here without a commensurate increase in traffic. I've had the roads mostly to myself lately (not to say that I don't still follow traffic laws/safe biking protocols). It's eerie. But not Erie. Hah, ahah...ugh.
Fortunately the local hospital where I work seems to be taking it seriously. There's a no-visitors policy, outdoor handwashing stations, a testing tent outside of the ER, and they're cancelling all nonessential procedures/trying to free up as many beds as possible. There's information posted absolutely everywhere about COVID-19 and flattening the curve.
I'm counting my blessings to be employed for the foreseeable future, but it's pretty clear at my workplace that we're gathering our strength before the real shit hits the fan.
I usually commute by bicycle and it's bizarre to see the weather getting warmer here without a commensurate increase in traffic. I've had the roads mostly to myself lately (not to say that I don't still follow traffic laws/safe biking protocols). It's eerie. But not Erie. Hah, ahah...ugh.
Fortunately the local hospital where I work seems to be taking it seriously. There's a no-visitors policy, outdoor handwashing stations, a testing tent outside of the ER, and they're cancelling all nonessential procedures/trying to free up as many beds as possible. There's information posted absolutely everywhere about COVID-19 and flattening the curve.
I'm counting my blessings to be employed for the foreseeable future, but it's pretty clear at my workplace that we're gathering our strength before the real shit hits the fan.
yeah, i mean its anecdotal but most of my friends who still live in Philly and my family closer to Wyoming Valley area are pretty much ALL laid off/fired from their positions. i dont know how good Philadelphians are being about social distancing (id imagine Not Very) but im also sure its nothing compared to what its like under normal circumstances.
very curious to what things are going to look like on the other end of this, if such a thing exists.
very curious to what things are going to look like on the other end of this, if such a thing exists.
So with a googled number of near 13m population that's a near 4% spike in unemployment (edit: in 10 days)? Jobs report gonna be crazy.
Yep, that's Cali too. Can't even get coffee at 7-11 no more, they shut all self serve machines and health department is about to go business to business to enforce the whose essential part with warnings first then possible citations or shutting off of utilities.
This is why judging the economy on the stock market is the dumbest shit ever when a massive % of the country relies on a second or third job (most in the gig sector) to make ends meet. Even then, they don't have savings.
Yeah - the number employed is around 6.2 million, so they went from a 4.5% unemployed rate to ~8.7% in a week.
Shit. its going to get worse. That seems small considering theres 40 million californians
Insane numbers. Just the other day the Economic Policy Institute was projecting 639K in CA and 354K in PA. Absolutely blew past those. I imagine other states will follow suit.
Coronavirus Pandemic Has Led to a Record-Breaking Spike in Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims
An estimated 3.4 million workers filed for unemployment last week
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they can order people back to work all they want, I think a significant chunk of people will just ignore them. What are they going to do, fire the entire country?
It'll get worse.
Companies can reduce their staffs now without paying for the unemployment.
If you think many companies haven't been planning on using this stimulus as a free chance to dump salaries, I got news for you...
Companies can reduce their staffs now without paying for the unemployment.
If you think many companies haven't been planning on using this stimulus as a free chance to dump salaries, I got news for you...
Some analyst predict total unemployment in the second quarter of 2020 to be 30% which is higher than the unemployment in the great depression which was 24.9%
To be fair, it looks like a lot of places have been re-assuring their employees that they will be re-hired when this is over. From what I can tell, everyone here in PA is very optimistic. No suicidal thoughts yet.
This is one of the reasons conservatives want a blood sacrifice for stonks during this pandemic.
The one position they used to justify all of the...let's call it what it is, evil that this administration has done, was always backed up LOLJOBS. Much easier to be okay with the psychological torture of children if you can say "how bout ur 401k tho?" Anyone notice that they've become the most bitter when you reflect that back at them in this crisis? It shows their true colors.
The one position they used to justify all of the...let's call it what it is, evil that this administration has done, was always backed up LOLJOBS. Much easier to be okay with the psychological torture of children if you can say "how bout ur 401k tho?" Anyone notice that they've become the most bitter when you reflect that back at them in this crisis? It shows their true colors.
Yeah, shit's gonna get wild. Either the economy totally craters or we reopen and the medical system will get totally overwhelmed and people will die. 2020 is going to be a shit year for a lot of people.