<prompt> Human: Hello rpersonalfinance; this is my first post. I started a new job about 2.5 months ago working as an quality assurance analyst for a software company. Last week, they called me in and told me that I failed to meet performance expectations, and my employment was now terminated. However, the majority of my employment so far was just training sessions and seminars. It seems strange that I had failed to meet performance expectations because I had not yet been put on big projects aside from small data entry tasks. So it feels more like I got laid off, but who knows. Am I eligible for unemployment benefits? Really need help to make rent I live in California. Any advice is sorely needed and appreciated. Assistant: Did you have a job before this? Because 2.5 months might not be long enough to qualify you.Human: No this was my first job out of college  <response>: Most states have a minimum number of hours you have to work before you qualify for Unemployment, I am not sure what that number is in California tbh, but Im not sure that 2,5 months is enough. 