So I am a part time per diem employee who makes 15 an hour in NY.My job shockingly provided ubers to and from work up to 500 a day.The uber allotment of 500 was way more than I made on an avg day and more than I made some weeks.Now with ubers it would take me on avg about 2 hours to and from work,which I hated but it was a free ride.I even had drivers ask If I have this commute everyday and how if ny job could pay for ubers can't they pay you to live closer like they really peeped how messed up my job is.Due to needing more experience in my field to get a full time job I have stayed on as long as possible as the company name is well known.
Due to covid allegedly being over,the ubers are now gone and I just can't afford to stay on due to commute costs.During the week,I'd be paying about 30 a day on train,subway,and bus fare.Since I am per diem,I also have been getting weekend shifts that are only 4 hrs.Now with the free uber the 4 hour shifts were just annoyance as it took up most of my weekend days but it was a free ride Now I'd be paying 24 dollars for 4 hrs of work at 15 an hr.Now when you do the math it makes no damn sense to go into work.There is also safety issues as ppl on the subways are wylin.On top of this with ubers I already had to get up at 5:30 to get ready to leave at 6:30 to be at work by 8:30.Now Id have to be up by 4:30.Everybody I have talked to has said its not worth it and I agree.I did ask for remote work but they'd have to take shifts from someone else.The section of the job I am in is basically me standing all day for no reason just like my past retail job which I hated.Even though this job involves many of the same annoyances of retail,I at least felt it was getting me somewhere to my first full time job in a field I am interested.Now I may have to go back to retail and be stuck there until who knows when.Sorry this is so long but I am stressed.