<prompt> Human: I had a meeting with managmentHR and I fairly certain I will be let go this month. I am in a union, and my union rep who attended the meeting advised me to resign to avoid a letter of dismisal that would prevent posibillity of rehire. However, I feel like this is not a good decision, as I believe I am no longer eligible for unemploymentIn Alaska if I resign. I have a very healthy emergency fund built upabout 30k in the bank and 30k in a roth IRA outside of my other retirement investments that I consider my liquid fundsSo my options are: A Give my 2 weeks notice today. No unemployment. B Waive my two weeks notice when I am dismissed later this weekmonth. C Work out my two weeks when I am dismissed later this weekmonth.I am leaning towards option B. I would rather not stay for two weeks in a uncomfortable environment since I do not need the cash. I have been preparing for this, and I have sent out applications to grad school for the fall, and have updated my resume and begun jobhunting and had a few interviews so far this month. I am not too worried as my mandatory monthly expenses are less than the unemployment benefits that I will receive for 6 months, but what else should I do to prepare? Assistant: Depending on the local laws, if you are let go with cause, you will not collect your unemployment benefits. Considering you attended the meeting with your union rep and his advise was to resign, it sounds like there is something that may prohibit you from collecting...Human: My understanding is that for cause would include something such as failing a drug test, embezzling, etc. I am being fired because I was not able to meet the performance metrics my boss wanted. They put me on a PIP first, but this meeting has showed they still arent happy. Assistant: Yes, eligibility is generally unemployed through no fault of their own. Human: Right, although I am sure many people would argue that failing to meet performance metrics is a fault of their own...However, I regardless of that debate, I believe I will be eligible.  <response>: You will be eligible. Stay and continue to work until the last day. Dont burn bridges, you never know when you can get hired again from some connection at your current job. 