Their employer is a scumbag. Instead of being mad the actual problem, they choose to believe their exploitative employer, who throws their hands up and claims “it’s not MY fault you aren’t paid enough!”
Do you know if they get a second part time job and still qualify for Obamacare? If they can subsist on 25 hours a week, then adding another 15 would really help with savings.
If I’m understanding comments in other parts of this post, I don’t think Obamacare is cutting into his profit. His employer is making sure his hours are sub-full time, i.e. less than 40 hrs a week, to ensure they don’t have to provide him with healthcare, which is required by Obamacare.
So getting a second job and qualifying for Obamacare are not part of the equation.
My impression from the rest of the thread is that his current employer is the one that wants to avoid Obamacare.
So if he just finds a second job with another employer, he can at least be earning more money, instead of being capped at 25 hours at his current one. And since he already is able to sustain himself on the first job, the 15 hours of working can significantly boost his savings from ~$100/month to 4 weeks *15 hours per week * 7.25 (fed min wage) ~$500/month. Doesn’t solve all problems, but just finding a full 40 hours of work quintuples how much financial slack they have, which is very significant.
Don’t feel great dropping personal info online just to prove a point. I’ve had 3 concurrent part time jobs in the past, but one was tapering one off, so it was only 3 jobs for a few months, rest was 2 jobs. I was lucky that I had a regular schedule for all of them so I could make it work.
I mean, yeah it sucked, but so does only being broke and I wanted out of it.
I’m going to guess that this comment beat you to the punch?
So yeah, if you’re being scheduled for irregular shifts it’s not going to work out. Maybe something like Uber could help earn some extra income? But car wear and tear could cancel that out, unsure.
Their employer is a scumbag. Instead of being mad the actual problem, they choose to believe their exploitative employer, who throws their hands up and claims “it’s not MY fault you aren’t paid enough!”
Do you know if they get a second part time job and still qualify for Obamacare? If they can subsist on 25 hours a week, then adding another 15 would really help with savings.
If I’m understanding comments in other parts of this post, I don’t think Obamacare is cutting into his profit. His employer is making sure his hours are sub-full time, i.e. less than 40 hrs a week, to ensure they don’t have to provide him with healthcare, which is required by Obamacare.
So getting a second job and qualifying for Obamacare are not part of the equation.
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My impression from the rest of the thread is that his current employer is the one that wants to avoid Obamacare.
So if he just finds a second job with another employer, he can at least be earning more money, instead of being capped at 25 hours at his current one. And since he already is able to sustain himself on the first job, the 15 hours of working can significantly boost his savings from ~$100/month to 4 weeks *15 hours per week * 7.25 (fed min wage) ~$500/month. Doesn’t solve all problems, but just finding a full 40 hours of work quintuples how much financial slack they have, which is very significant.
A lot of part time jobs are inconsistent and demand full time availability so there’s no way to have 2 at once without them inevitably overlapping.
Yeah that’s fair. When I was working multiple jobs I was lucky enough that none of them demanded full time availability.
How old are you and what type of jobs have you worked in your past?
Don’t feel great dropping personal info online just to prove a point. I’ve had 3 concurrent part time jobs in the past, but one was tapering one off, so it was only 3 jobs for a few months, rest was 2 jobs. I was lucky that I had a regular schedule for all of them so I could make it work.
I mean, yeah it sucked, but so does only being broke and I wanted out of it.
No, what type of work? And is it fair to assume under 25 years old?
I’m going to guess that this comment beat you to the punch?
So yeah, if you’re being scheduled for irregular shifts it’s not going to work out. Maybe something like Uber could help earn some extra income? But car wear and tear could cancel that out, unsure.
What type, how old?