A state audit in March 2011 first outlined the problems in the unemployment phone system and a follow-up audit last month confirmed the issues are very serious. It worked like a charm. It worked in my second attempt! I have been going around in circles for almost 2 hours. I tried every hack & trick posted online without luck, this time I called my local EDD office at 3 pm Friday. Holy Cow!!! Hi, Ive tried this multiple times and after I press 1, I dont hear any prompts to enter my social or other info. Oh wait, I have no money to do that. It took 3 attempts, and I was finally on hold. When I tried to explain my problem, she again blabbed away, put me on hold and dropped me. They know. I thanked him for his hard work and apologized for dialing the employer line, he said "its ok, whatever you need to do to get through". Then I found this and got thru immediately. It sent me straight thru. YES! For more information, please see our OMG!!!!!!! What number did you use? Just do what is prompted 5, 1, 1, 0 took less than a minute. I just called today and waited 2 min then the nicest lady answered , she was having problems looking at my claim then said she would call me back ! A polite woman assisted me with re-scheduling a phone interview which I needed to make a call, not online. After the new year, when EDD froze 1.4 million accounts in a sudden effort to stop fraudulent activity, the number of calls skyrocketed. You are an Angel for posting this information thanks! I still needed to be tenacious to get through where I needed to be - but only ordinarily tenacious - not impossible tenacious as EDD regularly requires. Worked the lady came on in 1 minute and helped with my claim As of 07/27/2015, this trick still works :) less than 5 minutes. Been trying for two weeks now at all hours of the day. THANK YOU!!!!!! Agree with Tony copy and paste link sign petition. THANK YOU!!!! *** TL;DR :-(. thank you so much. My claim forms were turned in on time and filled out perfectly. Yayy! Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU for the tip!! Hope it works for you. they need to be seriously hiring right now! It was really easy, I got through to a rep within a couple of minutes. How to get through edd disability? I would start with the 909 number. What worked to get through EDD?? Got a live person in 30 secs on the FIRST try! This worked perfect! They will tell you your waiting time, i waited 3 min., and you'll get a LIVE person to answer your question. Make sure you call (800) 300-5616 and not (866) 333-4606. I have been stuck there for hours/days and I can not move on until that is done but there is NO drop down menu or arrow to pick anything! I cannot thank enough the one who invented this trick! adventure book, where almost every option leaves you with no option to contact a Story of my LIFE!!! Now let's see if someone answers after hearing this music. I guess they are on to this already, but they haven't updated the Spanish line to block the 0 option yet as they are slow as molasses! This worked like a charm. Claims Filed and Benefits Paid by Month - including data since January 2020 in California. didnt even have a wait time. I spent 2 hours re-dialing and not getting anywhere. You are a life saver! Report 2020-128/628.1 - California State Auditor You have to listen through that whole message until it gives you options. EDD quadrupled its available call center staff to more than 5,600 people in response to its call center problems, but these . THANK YOU FOR WHOMEVER POSTED THIS TRICK! Again, thank you so much for this post. Recording coming on saying we are receiving more calls than we can answer. Note: If you are getting a phone call from the EDD, your caller ID may show "St of CA EDD" or the UI Customer Service number 1-800-300-5616 or 833-978-2511. ago. To find a rural county office, search EDD on Google Maps.