I'm a 911 dispatcher(full time job) I hardly make $29,000/year. I'm barley scraping by even with the help of my significant others (SO) income which is 3 times more than what I make. And I now have to door dash on the side to make extra cash so I can get the things that I need.
My SO and I split the bills and with everything rising, so is our mortgage, lights, gas, and water. So my $600/month towards house bills is about to be a lot more.
I can't make it anymore with just my one salary, even with the tons of mandatory overtime I have to do because of my dispatching job.
And yes, I'm applying for other, higher paying jobs, but I haven't heard anything back. So for now, I'm working 2 jobs, almost 3 jobs if you count all the mandatory overtime.
I hate American capitalism so much…