Same here, David and Bob. I too appealed a disqualification and it was overturned and I have not been paid since the decision was released. Currently they owe me for 9 weeks plus the overpayment refund. I have contacted my local assemblyman, chief deputy director, sharon hilliard, all to no avail. The weeks owed are

10/5
10/12
10/19
10/26
11/2
12/7
12/14
12/21
12/28.

Sorry I too have a warning flagged on my account and the only information I am getting from the representatives at EDD is that it is a programming issue. I have asked to communicate with the programmers, but I was told they cannot take phone calls from tens of thousands of claimants. I too am desperate.

Hey David, I have the very same problem, a warning message which prevents me from getting paid. I had to appeal an EDD decision, the judge sided with me and reversed the EDD’s decision. But the EDD is still not paying me.

Most of the employees are either incompetent or rude and unhelpful. There are a few that actually know their job and are good at their job. I genuinely feel sorry for ANYONE that has to deal with EDD. They’re THE WORST department in the State. Even worse than the DMV, if you can believe that.

And management there is absolutely HORRIBLE. Incompetent people are promoted to supervisors and they have NO CLUE what they’re doing. The Office Manager was an absolute tyrant and had been kicked out of every other EDD office and the call center was stuck with her. She treated all of the employee like garbage.

Good riddance EDD!!!

Let them enjoy….and to the rest….do you want Fanta or China Black Tea with your sorta warm soft pretzel at your local run down covered mall.

It doesn’t take a lot of work to find out what Deloitte is all about. A simple review of the Wikipedia entry(even allowing for Wikipedia inaccuracies) will make you shudder. They are responsible for system overruns in LAUSD and CA State Court Systems, both of which were systems which were supposed to make payroll systems (LAUSD) and case management (Court Systems) upgrades but ended up costing the agencies involved double/triple + costs to ‘fix’ problems (sound familiar?). And that doesn’t include thier international escapades. And yes, the former Director of EDD retired just before the system went ‘active’. He’s sitting somewhere enjoying a fat retirement at state expense. He continued to assure the state that the upgraded system would eliminate the need for live calls and enable unemployed folks to do everything online. Even those that don’t have computer access. To justify the elimination of live phone rep’s,
EDD started pulling people off the phone for weeks at a time back in the spring. Now they claim we are matching numbers of calls answered in half days. Meanwhile the public can’t get through for days and months at a time. Something doesn’t add up. It’s not really about getting you your benefits, folks. Instead, every effort is made to make sure you don’t get money if they can keep you from it. Make a mistake on a claim form and under report your wages? You get an overpayment notice, pay back every cent + 30% penalty and serve a false statement penalty for a minimum of 5 weeks. Have trouble getting through on the overcrowded phone line? Too bad. You’re disqualified for benefits if your claim form doesn’t arrive in 10 days.

The accusation of laziness, favortism and nepotism in the workplace is true. In Southern California, every single manager is Hispanic and if you don’t at least have a Hispanic surname, you can’t get anywhere. And you have trouble getting a promotion if you don’t have a relative somewhere in state service. So, if a manager passes by and finds her best friend/aunt/neighbor’s niece talking on the phone/snoring/chatting with friends, the likelihood of repercussion is small and smaller. Yes, Virginia, restructuring is needed at EDD. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t other dedicated, hardworking and caring workers.

As for the huge hiring binge: EDD hired many ‘Permanent Intermittents’ – a status without security. They can reduce hours with as little as a 72 hr notice. The department spent 3 years training this large work force, but in March put a freeze in place that specifically denied them the opportunity to be hired for permanent positions. And since we PI’s are now labeled as EDD subclass, other departments don’t want us either. How on earth refusing to hire a trained, pre-screened employee for a job that is available in the department a bad financial move? Most certainly, training a new employee with no experience and no knowledge of EDD systems is going to cost more, but that’s what’s happening.

One example is that the cops would come to the firehouses to watch movies with their FF buddies. While on duty a cop stopped by and fell asleep, he was awakened by an emergency call, ran out to his car and drove away but his gun and ID had been left behind on the couch.

In another episode a FF that was sent out to get chips and dip didn’t return for hours, he was tracked down with the help of the PD and located at a dimly lit bar on Beach Blvd, he had to much to drink and didn’t want to have an accident on his way back.

There isn’t a story that could be outrageous enough about a RAGUWUS feeder or their cabals that I would in anyway doubt!!

Good work Katy!!!! 🙂

Katy