So, my boss decided to halve my hours. I'm now at 16 hours a week; barely enough to cover our car payment and phone bill. It really sucks, because I missed out on half of the Challenge this year over having to go into work for a shift that I'm "not cut out for".
I'll take this opportunity to take on some money-generating side projects and get into school. Does that sound like the right path to you guys? It sure as hell does to me.
BTW, thanks to Challenge sweetheart, dollraves, for the words of encouragement Friday night.
i feel your pain...i used up all my vacation over the summer in order to keep my 40 hours of pay, and now that i'm out of vacation and sick days to use up i only get 33 hours in on a good week and don't have any sick or vacation time to use to make up for it...
I think a better plan would be to take your new spare time and find a better job.
Dr. Hess wrote: I think a better plan would be to take your new spare time and find a better job.
This.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbGthv-dJp4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Don't forget the first step, which is to get out of Palatka.
Spoolpigeon wrote:Dr. Hess wrote: I think a better plan would be to take your new spare time and find a better job.This.
+1
So much for having insurance......
Derick Freese wrote: ...I'll take this opportunity to take on some money-generating side projects and get into school. Does that sound like the right path to you guys? It sure as hell does to me.
More education is always a good plan, just don't go into debt over it. I would recommend a trade school in a discipline that interests you.
Dr. Hess wrote: I think a better plan would be to take your new spare time and find a better job.
..and this is also always a good plan.
Getting more schooling is alwas good BUT there is no substitute for experiance. Use this as an opportunity to figuar out what you want to do or what you want to be doing to earn money and start looking for a job in that field. You sound like you are young with out many responcibilitys at the moment. Use that to your advantage. School or taking a job that pays a bit less in a field that will promote you to a position you want or to a job that does pay well. I started in the mail room and eventually made it to VP. Now I am a partner. It takes time and pashence and more importantly knowing where you want to get to.
Mental wrote: More education is always a good plan, just don't go into debt over it. I would recommend a trade school in a discipline that interests you.
I am not the anti-school debt advocate some on here seem to be. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the plan of getting an education and going into a moderate amount of debt for it, so long as you have researched it thoroughly before pouring tens of thousands into it.
I went back to school and incurred about $40k in debt after finding myself in a situation where work was dwindling and my prospects of finding a better job were poor.
3 years after graduation I have 3 years of experience, a job that will always provide gainful employment, a job that I love going to work. And no debt.
So go back to school, but choose your major wisely. The only 4 year degrees I know that are sure to have decent prospects and salaries involve engineering and health sciences.
2nd to what Bastomatic says...
Go in with your head up as to what you are going to do coming out of it.
I know a few people who majored in pointless things that are fighting to keep retail jobs, much less pay off school loans.
Engineering has treated me ok, but its still rough getting started. Pretty much applies to any field.
Hot stuff right now seems to be IT fields. We are still in a tech boom regarding that stuff.
Probably not at all applicable for you, but the oil biz is really hot now, but a long way from FL. With that huge oil strike in western Australia, wonder how many will make that trip?
cwh wrote: Probably not at all applicable for you, but the oil biz is really hot now, but a long way from FL. With that huge oil strike in western Australia, wonder how many will make that trip?
If I was single, I would be all over that. Or North Dakota for 5 or so years. Really get a jump start on the retirement funds.
dean1484 wrote: Getting more schooling is alwas good BUT there is no substitute for experiance. Use this as an opportunity to figuar out what you want to do or what you want to be doing to earn money and start looking for a job in that field. You sound like you are young with out many responcibilitys at the moment. Use that to your advantage. School or taking a job that pays a bit less in a field that will promote you to a position you want or to a job that does pay well. I started in the mail room and eventually made it to VP. Now I am a partner. It takes time and pashence and more importantly knowing where you want to get to.
nothing clever or deep to add, i just found the various spelling errors somewhat humorous given the message of the post- which is a good one..
I currently have nearly free housing. Utilities, insurance, taxes, and the occasional repair are all I have to pay to live here, so that's a +1 for staying in this E36 M3hole.
There are plenty of educational opportunities nearby. This place is a geographical oddity. It's an hour away from everything.
As for a field, I'm looking into electrical engineering. Of course, I'm not 100% sure that's where I'm going to land up, but it's something I've been interested in as a kid. Electronics used to be sort of a black magic for me. I could solder and put together kits, but now I'm putting together my own simple circuits, and it's exciting.
There is no way on earth I want to end up in management. My interests lie in making products, not managing people to make products.
Derick Freese wrote: There are plenty of educational opportunities nearby. This place is a geographical oddity. It's an hour away from everything.
I lol'd
Well, I just got the news that they're doing more layoffs. Chances are I'll be out of work until the middle of next month.
Yay.
To honestly answer the money-no-object question, I'd probably become a career student.
AngryCorvair wrote: what would you do if money were no object?
Race car driver.
How is this not the answer?
Because I want to be learned everything.
Derick Freese wrote: Because I want to be learned everything.
Read on the plane in between races.
You can even download nearly every course syllabus from MIT.
z31maniac wrote:Derick Freese wrote: Because I want to be learned everything.Read on the plane in between races. You can even download nearly every course syllabus from MIT.
I just started downloading a couple. I'm beginning to remember why I dropped out.
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