[clamper1797]

Well rule of thumb is 6 months salary ... which of course has run out for people who have been out of work longer than 6 months (and a LOT of people have). I was out 9 months. Hard to make a mortgage payment on $330 a week in Calif.

[psjones]

6 months, or even a year, for someone in his 50s or 60s, you'd think they'd have enough money saved to last quite a few months. Many people get severance pay when laid off, at least 2 months, sometimes more, depending on the severance package and sometimes for long time employees it could amount to quite a few months.
$330 a week unemployment tops is not much if you live in CA. In addition to that, my husband got paid for about the first 4 weeks and for a week after that did not get anything, for whatever reason, the state did not pay a week of unemployment for the 2 months he was eligible.