Unemployment Benefits if I Quit

[mgr madness]

I live in Texas. I am a salaried manager and have had 4 managers in less than 4 years during my 1 year employment with this company. My current manager is very curt and speaks down to me. I recently spoke to HR about her as she has not had "time" to speak with me since I began working for her 4 weeks ago. Each of my requests for a meeting have been either ignored or declined. Since my meeting with HR, she has been every more short with me and down right rude. She does not support me and berates me at every chance. Can I quit and sue for unemployement?

[Texas709]

A claim for unemployment benefits isn't really a 'suit'. It's a claim that you should be compensated by the State because you can't work at a qualifying job. The question, for you, is whether you resigned a job (if you do) for good cause related to the work. There is no way the information you provided here establishes that.

If you file a claim, your employer will be notified, and given an opportunity to contest. If your claim is denied, you will be given an opportunity to appeal, and a Hearings Officer will make a determination as to "good cause".

I don't think you can expect an open forum on an internet website to give a definitive answer to your question, although I'd venture to say you have not established a persuasive case yet.

[cbg]

If you quit for the reasons you describe, it is about 99.99999999% certain that you will NOT qualify for unemployment.

[Texas709]

All those 9s to the right of the decimal are superfluous. There is at least a 1% chance the employer won't contest.

[cbg]

At least in my state, it's not necessary for the employer to contest if the employee left for a reason that disqualifies them for benefits. I've had at least one employee denied benefits on the basis that the reason for her termination disqualified her when I did not contest and was, in fact, willing for her to collect. Since my state is considerably more employee-friendly than Texas, I have no reason to believe that Texas would be any different. With VERY rare exceptions, most of which involve the employee having been subjected to illegal treatment (which is not the case here) when you quit you don't get benefits. That's the rule in any state.