Hi everyone,
Need to get something off my chest.
I got back into working minimum wage back at the start of April after being unemployed for two months but it's been absolutely terrible. I just spend $10 for nearly two and a half gallons of gasoline in my 14.5 gallon tank and I'm depressed. I'm currently working at [redacted] brand grocery store for $10.50/an hour going up to $13 next week. It's just absolutely depressing how I get paid every week for less than $200 dollars and my monthly expenses for my car has surpassed $450 dollars this month.
I remember after the first week my manager in my department said “work for that $13/hr”. I know he didn't mean anything negative by it but it felt almost demeaning. Why do have have to put effort into a job if I'm not even going to get a wage I can be comfortable living off of while I'm currently going through school?
I can't even pay my tuition for this past semester because my income has been dirt poor any my expenses have been sky high. I passed out at work and had to be taken away in an ambulance because I was so stressed and tired with everything.
Luckily I applied to another job after the first week I started that pays $19/hr and after training I get a free work truck with a gas card. A GAS CARD. I could do over 40-50 hours a week this summer and have a bonus per check up to $350. I'm ready to say good bye and put my two weeks in but I'm waiting to hear back from that employer about my drug test I did earlier this week.
I'm just tired of having to eat shitty ramen noodles, not paying off my credit card and not being able to do my hobbies because I have to ration the little I get from my paychecks for shit like $4.19 a gallon for gasoline or car expenses. I want to go on vacation and pay for school without assistance and be free from a shitty low paying job.
Once I hear back from that job I'm submitting that two weeks asap or I just might abandon this job and they'll just have to notice I'm not there for two weeks.
Thank you for anyone bothering to reading my rant and sorry if It doesn't fit this sub but I really needed a good stress reliever after this month.