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Literally, just now. His boss called on a Saturday morning and talked to him, and told him he just felt he didn't have time to give my husband the training he needs. He has to go in Monday and pick up his last paycheck.
Luckily rent is paid for the next month, but we still have things due; we were struggling to get along as it was, catching up from when he was making $9.50 an hour and never hitting full-time. Now he's got even less than that. I sew a few hours a week for a lady who makes ballet costumes, but that's very unpredictable and not steady or very much. (I do it on the "something is better than nothing" premise.) I can't make enough to offset child care costs if I get a job; this is really, really scaring me.
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I am so sorry to hear that. I hope that this is the storm before the calm. Weather this and hopefully there will be bluer skies on the other side.
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Ketchupqueen, I'm really sorry to hear that. What is it that your husband does? I hope he's able to find something quickly.
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If it's feisable for you and if the job market in your area is really bad, perhaps you could both look for jobs and whoever finds one first goes back to work, and the other stays home with the kid(s)? Might increase your chances of finding something fast and getting money coming back in.
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I remember what this was like, KQ. We wound up moving, actually, because we got tired of the see-saw.
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Call a temp agency. I did when things looked bleak and they had me working within a week. Wages weren't bad, either, and they set me up for the schedule I wanted to work.
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((KQ)) My dh went through that a few months ago. Its really rough. It will take us months to recover when we were finally recovered from the last financial setback. Sigh. It gets better someday I know. Hang in there. Check out monsterjobs.com and see if your city has a local helpwanted web site. I found my job through a local site.
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(((ketchupqueen and king))) I'm sorry to hear about that. Kind of a crummy way to find out that you'd lost your job.
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quote: His boss called on a Saturday morning and talked to him, and told him he just felt he didn't have time to give my husband the training he needs.
Why does that strike me as a really dumb reason to fire someone??? Sad to hear it ketchupqueen. Just have faith. Things always get bad before they get really really really good.
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A place that would fire someone over the phone on a Saturday is not a good employer anyway. I've done the temp thing more than once and I agree that it's a good way to bring in money in a pinch. It's often a good way to find a permanent job too.
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Thanks for the support, everyone. He's been scheduling interviews all over the place; not many of them look promising, but we're of the opinion that something is better than nothing, and he'll take a job that doesn't pay enough while he looks for something better, to keep us from sliding so fast. Please keep thoughts and prayers going; I think they're at least helping to keep up his spirits.
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And I suggest going in to a temp job company with an idea of what you would like to do.
For me, I had done some customer service work before, and they had tons of openings for that. I had a paycheck and 40 hours a week, the very next week. Also, I was able to dictate the hours I worked and I could get benefits from the temp company.
Since the temp companies make money only when you work, they keep you working. They also get you a decent (compared to no income) wage. I started at $10 an hour and it has gotten much better since then.
It's not Donald Trump money, but it has made the difference in paying the bills. As freelance opportunities pick up, I'll probably stay here because it's a fun place to be, the extra income is a help, and it keeps me busy.
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You know, if he gets unemployment benefits, it might not be totally out of the question that you get a job at McDonald's or something for a while and let him take care of the kids. Places like McDonald's are pretty flexible, so they would schedule you around any interviews he might have and you'd have the money from the unemployment along with the money you'd be making, which would probably be closer to what he would be making by taking the wrong job right away and losing unemployment benefits. Or maybe not. Just a thought.
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I started at the company I am now as a temp - I love working here. When I left to have my son I wasn't sure if I would be able to come back to the same job, but they contacted me and hired me as a full time salaried employee who since I have been here 3 years in Jan will recieve profit sharing and part of the company if I stay on a few more years. I highly suggest looking into getting a tem job - you never know where it will lead.
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I'd like to make a recommendation / suggestion I seem to make fairly often. Have him look at UPS or FeEx for a job. It's backbreaking work, but it isn't boring and pays quite well. Very well if you stay for any length of time and put some effort into it. There are shifts that you can occasionally choose from, but that all depends on the need at the moment.
Plus, they are liable to be hiring pretty heavily right now for the holiday season that is fast approaching. UPS offered the opportunity to stay on after the holidays, or leave with no hard feelings while I was there.
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He's looked at UPS before, and they're paying barely above minimum wage for very hard work, with little or no chance of advancement. He may look into the temp thing; however, his skills are in areas that aren't widely sought after for temp positions. As for McDonald's, let me first say that I refer to it as "the evil place". If it was that or starve, he would take it, and so would I. However, I'm nursing the baby, so the sewing I'm doing right now is about as much as I can be away from her. I really don't want to stop that any time soon, since we have a huge family history of allergies and asthma.
Thanks for the advice, everyone. It is nice to have him home when I have to work in the morning and the baby has an ear infection and needs to go in. I'm hoping he'll get something soon, though; he's got two vet tech interviews on Friday (that's what he's got the most experience in).
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