tired of working for nothing

[tacoma man.]

well for over the past year i have been working making 5.50 and hour,
i usually get around 50 hours a week. and i maybe draw 490-520 every 2 weeks, after taxes. after i pay my tacoma payment and insurance i have maybe $75 to live on til the next payday. im tired of it, im sick of worrying about how im going to make it til payday, i dont spend anything on myself. my truck needs new tires that will cost 600 or more
the starter is giving me trouble, i had to take the insurance off of my camaro so that i could buy groceries. i cant get a better job because there arent any. unless you work in an under ground coal mines, then i could make --15-17 an hour. i am a certified underground miner, but my dad was nearly killed in january over a boss that needed to get his quota in for the month and he was told to go out into un supported top to clean the miner off and was nearly crushed by a huge piece of slate rock. it broke his leg in two places. so im not going back in there ever again. but i just wish things would work out for once. im 22 and still live with my parents, i cant afford to go to college. i like my current job, but i work for a security outfit and work at a company the people here are nice and i dont want to leave them. i just dont know it sometimes

[crayzayjay]

You have two cars?

[Oz]

Move somewhere else, get rid of the cars and buy something cheaper or keep job hunting.

[superpino]

Move to Arizona theirs like thousands of jobs waiting to be fill with good pay it took me just days to find my second job. The only thing that sucks is the weather.

[twospirits]

Whats wrong with Arizona weather, I thought it was always nice. No snow, earthquakes, floods. I wouldn't mind living there one day.

As for the topic on hand, I've noticed that the more one makes the more one spends and if one is not careful about managering their money it will go as fast as one gets it. I make now 5 times as much as I did at your age and it still seems like its not enough to make ends meet. But theres always money for beer.

Seriously, have you talked to your supervisors/boss about your problem. Sometimes when an employer hears that a good worker might have to leave elsewhere because of money they may change you to do something else that brings in a bit more pay. How about going to school at night to learn something that might bring in bucks. Computers and Computer Graphic design is a great field, even painters believe it or not, shoot here at work the painters make as much if not more than most professional college degree managers, go figure. Look around your area to see where the money is going. How about refinancing your car for a lower rate. If you have two vehicles, get rid of one and keep the one that is less problems or less to manage and insure. Other than that I do not know what else to say. Just, that I wish you luck.

TS out

[tacoma man.]

well my camaro which is a 90 model is paid for. i worked all through high school to pay for it, so it really isnt a drain on me. winter time is rolling around and i was going to take the insurance off it anyway. the car is in show room condition, but i couldnt get no more than 3,000 out of it if i tried selling it, and 3,000 wouldnt last very long and after the money is spent the car is gone and id have nothing but my truck which is my transportation to work.

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Originally Posted by tacoma man.

well for over the past year i have been working making 5.50 and hour,
i usually get around 50 hours a week. and i maybe draw 490-520 every 2 weeks, after taxes. after i pay my tacoma payment and insurance i have maybe $75 to live on til the next payday. im tired of it, im sick of worrying about how im going to make it til payday, i dont spend anything on myself. my truck needs new tires that will cost 600 or more
the starter is giving me trouble, i had to take the insurance off of my camaro so that i could buy groceries. i cant get a better job because there arent any. unless you work in an under ground coal mines, then i could make --15-17 an hour. i am a certified underground miner, but my dad was nearly killed in january over a boss that needed to get his quota in for the month and he was told to go out into un supported top to clean the miner off and was nearly crushed by a huge piece of slate rock. it broke his leg in two places. so im not going back in there ever again. but i just wish things would work out for once. im 22 and still live with my parents, i cant afford to go to college. i like my current job, but i work for a security outfit and work at a company the people here are nice and i dont want to leave them. i just dont know it sometimes

My only advice to you is, join the Military. You still live with your parents. Join the Military. You can't afford college. Join the Military. Your only making minium wage. Join the Military. You have to cancel your insurance on your camaro just so you can eat. Join the Military.

Now, these very reason (minus the camaro thing and living with the parents) are the very reason why I joined the Navy for four years. I was living in a shitty studio apartment that was costing me $500.00 a month. My car insurance was a whooping $279.00 a month and all I was making was $500.00 every two weeks. Then you add in little things like food, gas, cigarettes (which I need to give up already), cell phone bill, clothes, etc.. I was broke all the time. Then I took a good look at my future and realized that if I didn't try to better my situation I will be working dead end jobs for the rest of my life.

In order to better myself I needed college. I don't have the money to go and I didn't want student loans to haunt me for the rest of my life. So I joined the Navy. I got the G.I. Bill and the Navy college fund. Also, the Navy (so does the Marines but I'm not sure what the Army and Airforce are doing. I would guess the same thing.) has a 100% tution assistance program. This means, if you can make the time, while serving the military will pay for you college class without you having to use the G.I Bill. All you'll have to pay for is your books (just as long as you pass the class).

Plus, while in the service, the military will always put a roof over your head by putting you in the barracks or paying for your rent (depends on your command and rank if you get to have your own apartment). If you do live in your own apartment,the service will also give you a monthly allowance to pay your bills (water, electric, heat, etc). The service will always put food in your belly. If you live in the barracks then you will be eating at the Galley/Mess hall. If you live out on town you will receive another monthly allowence for food.

Look, you may not join the service for whatever reasons but its a viable option for you. I never wanted to join the military but I decided to make some sacrifes in to better myself. Plus, theres always the coast guard.

[ledhedsymbols]

Been there, done that. It has been the best of times, and the worst of times. All in all I wouldn't trade it for the world! If you think you can do it, talk to a recruiter and see what they are willing to offer. Post in here, and those of us old military men and women, can help you sort the wheat from the chaff. It can't help to look into it. They can't just come take you in the middle of the night.

[Rbraczyk]

Dude here's a plan. Find somewhere down south where there is a good job. use monster.com to help find a career, list your proficiencies and let them find you. Take your pick of vehicle, and dump the other. If you find something else up north, dump the camaro, the other way around down south. find a cheap apartment until you can make more. For christ's sake dude, I made more money than you working this summer washing cars at a dealership and I'm 17. What do you do that pays minimum wage?

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Originally Posted by Rbraczyk

For christ's sake dude, I made more money than you working this summer washing cars at a dealership and I'm 17. What do you do that pays minimum wage?

Congratulations! Your only 17 and you have the rest of your life ahead of you. Sure you can work at the car wash for the rest of your life and brag about how much money your making but of course chances are your still in high school and living with mommy and daddy. Until you graduate HS (or finally, college) and step into the real working world like so many of us, you have nothing to say. Jobs with good income are hard to find. True, maybe he should move to another state that has better jobs but moving is also expensive, unless he plans on putting everything he owns in his Tacoma. Life is hard, my friend.

[Rbraczyk]

You need to keep your eyes open my friend. Hell he could work at home depot and make 12 bucks an hour. Let him respond.

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Originally Posted by Rbraczyk

You need to keep your eyes open my friend. Hell he could work at home depot and make 12 bucks an hour. Let him respond.

Open my eyes? Mkay.

Look, its obvious he's not making a lot of money. He works for a security company or something. Maybe he is a security guard for Home Depot. Who cares?

All I was sayin was that you making more money at a cash wash at the age of 17 is great but don't put him down cause you claim to make more money than him.

You gave him some advice, as did I. Lets just hope he takes some of it to heart. Life is tough, job wise, in America right now.

[89tracerman]

yeah life sux i have worked for 4 months and saved up to buy this RX7 with in the first month i spent over $1000 and the car now overheats. i think life is like a car when you get out of one problem you run into another. i suggest you look for another job im 18 and make $7.50 per hour not the best salary in the world but it gets me just enough to have a good life, and i also live with my dad so he helps me out with rent and bills i just pay phone and all my car problems.

[jcsaleen]

I kno how u feel it sux!!!

[Fully_Sick]

Whatever you do, dont join the military