Comment on Anon lives on a budget
qarbone@lemmy.world 2 days agoIf 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.
papertowels@mander.xyz 2 days ago
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 called at 25 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 significantly improves his financial outlook.
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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.
papertowels@mander.xyz 2 days ago
Yeah that’s fair. When I was working multiple jobs I was lucky enough that none of them demanded full time availability.
JokeDeity@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
How old are you and what type of jobs have you worked in your past?
papertowels@mander.xyz 2 days ago
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.
JokeDeity@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
No, what type of work? And is it fair to assume under 25 years old?