Ya'll I have an amazing husband, who has spent the last 2 years working hard for this complex as a Maintenance Technician. He is quiet, reserved and just does his job. no extra talking or wasting time. He is working from the time he clocks in til clock out. Worked 6 weeks straight doing on-calls when both other maintenance people caught covid and were out for several weeks sick. Did not complain. The first time he ever took off sick for himself in december, they made him use all his sick hours and saved time to limit what they had to pay in short term disability.
Here is a Man, working a shit ton of hours for this company because he is the only one that can work in our small 2 person family. I have severe health problems and im immunocompromised so been avoiding the world for 2 years so far. We also have 2 homeless men staying with us through the winter. 1 is working a part-time job, and 1 doesnt have legal id and cant work most jobs due to his seizures.
I have no clue how much longer we can stay afloat. We have medical bill piling up that we just can not pay. My health insurance was just cancelled because I cant afford to pay 450 per month to NOT be able to see doctors. Since my last heart attack in July of 2021, I have been able to see a doctor 1 time. Cant even get my GP to do a tele-visit. My medications cost several hundred a month. Husband makes too much for us to qualify for SNAP in IL because IL's minimum wage they accept is 11 per hour. (yeah we'd still be homeless if he was making that much still). Hell the only reason we were able to close on our house is because I had a massive heart attack that required open heart surgery. His company does provide a few benefits, and one was Aflac. but it took all of it to close and move in. I have no clue what the status of any of my health problems are right now.
My husband is afraid that if he speaks up about only getting a 50 cent raise it will just cause problems we cant afford.
Sorry just needed a place to vent. This struggle sucks. Just tired of seeing this good man pushed around. He deserves better. honest hardworking, treats everyone respectfully, and cant catch a break for nothing.