I work for a licensed Starbucks store in Texas. I was hired as full time, and in the past couple of weeks my hours have been drastically reduced because of “too many labor hours” in the store overall. So they’re reducing them. How is that my fault that they have too many labor hours? Why should I have to suffer for their mistake?
My roommate recently moved out and I have a $700 rent staring me in the face next month. I can’t work 21 hours a week and survive. I can’t. Working 40 hours was perfect; I could balance school full-time and work. I was able to actually save some money too!! I only make $12.85 an hour, but I built a nice little savings and I was able to afford a down payment on an older car and I didn’t have to walk to work anymore.
But with my roommate suddenly moving out and my job reducing hours, I just want to cry about it all. I’m very careful financially. The most valuable thing I own is my 2015 MacBook Pro for school. I don’t eat out hardly ever. I shop at Walmart and the dollar store for food. I keep the lights out and the heat off as much as possible. I just don’t know how I can cut my expenses further and survive.
I applied for more jobs on indeed tonight. But it just seems so fruitless, you know? I’m usually an optimistic person but how can I make this work??
I called my mom about it and she gave me the most boomer response ever, “well, maybe you just need to work a little harder.”