Job Frets

[tanaise]

Meh. On the one hand, this job has work for me through the end of the summer, they say. On the other hand, I'm taking home less than $300 a week, which means rent takes over two weeks' worth of paychecks, and my bills take up a full week's worth, plus about half of what's left over from the third week. I'd end up with about $150 a month, if that, for transportation, eating anywhere other than at the house, my $100 a month allergy medicine, etc. So I'm already in the red, and I'm working full time. It's not that I mind making very little money, it's just that at that much money, I can't even afford health care once I've worked enough to qualify for it. I can't afford much of anything, and it's not as though I have very expensive tastes. If this job was paying 12.50-15 an hour I'd be deliriously happy, basically.

But I don't know what my options are. I don't know if I can ask to be making more money at this job. I know I'm using skills that are worth more than $10 an hour--they're having me use HTML and XML, I'm working with Dreamweaver, Photoshop, etc. I've never worked for a temp agency before, so I don't know how anything works. Meh. I really like working here. I don't mind the work, there's enough variety that I've at least got something more interesting to look forward to after the boring stuff (which is pretty much one of my main criterias for a job). I like the people I work with, and the people that I haven't worked with but associate with, so it's all good. Except that I'm going to go into debt at this pay rate, and my credit cards are already fussed about my balances. Meh.

Maybe I could sell something fancy. If only I had something fancy written.

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Re: money frets

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

But I'm really not working here. I'm a temp, so they have nothing directly to do with what I get paid. If I worked here, I a) would be making more than $10 an hour without benefits and b) would know how to kick up a fuss about my money.

And so far as school loans are concerned, $65 a month is really the least of my problems. :)