[Rick Lee]

I was fired in late July after a written warning and I was able to collect unemployment. I knew it was coming long before the warning, but knew it was imminent when I got the written warning, which, from its wording, was very obviously dictated to my boss from above. I was given two weeks "dismissal pay", which HR said was not the same as severance. They said severance is only when your position is eliminated. My position was eliminated. They did not replace me and they handed all my accounts off to others. I filed for UI, but, because of vacation and dismissal pay, had to wait a month to collect. I got two weeks of UI before I started a better job.