astroman said...
And at least you are not alone. I’ve been jobless a few times by myself with a Home, it was not a good feeling with lyme at it’s worse and probably from the stress of being unemployed. I had a couple of jobs in between that didn’t last too long, my prospect slowly improved.
Absolutely. I'm in this situation myself -- sick, unemployed, no income, no spouse, no family, and no assistance.
While the scenario with the employer is unfortunate, it's nice to have a working spouse who is also supportive -- not only financially, but physically and emotionally. Many of us have lost our emergency savings, job, income, medical insurance, dental insurance, retirement savings, friends, family, etc. If we had any of those to begin with.
Today, there are many people working more than one job, in order to cover the basic necessities. They're working more than one job, because the jobs are low-wage jobs. In some cases, despite working a lot of total hours, they may not work enough hours at any one employer to qualify for benefits. Or, if they do qualify, they might not be able to afford the cost of the medical and dental insurance. Such people are unlikely to have any emergency savings or contribute to a retirement plan, either.
Earlier this evening, I actually had a related conversation with a friend. We were discussing teachers in her state who make so little that they quality for low-income housing. This is despite a shortage of teachers. Firefighters there are paid $11.00 per hour to start. Over the past decade, many have died of cancer. These folks, much like fast food workers, literally cannot afford to miss a shift. As a result, many will go to work even when sick.
Girlie said...
I’m a “ casual “ meaning that shift offers come in by text.
I apply for the ones I want to work.
This year so far I have accepted 5 or 6 so far.
Yesterday I received a registered mail saying I may be terminated because I haven’t worked enough and I hadn’t worked recently.
Huh??
I worked a shift three weeks ago.
Try not to let them rattle you, Girlie. Once they give you the criteria for how often and/or how many hours you have to work, you can set a calendar reminder to alert
you that it's time to accept a shift.
Checking the calendar, Friday was the 308th day of the year. Since you mentioned working six days this year, that means you worked one shift every 51.33 days or every 7.33 weeks.
Assuming you work eight hour shifts, that's (obviously) 48 hours worked so far this year. Or, if they go by hours worked per calendar week, that's 1.09 hours (65.45 minutes) per week that you averaged for the 44 weeks ending Friday.
So, just keep those numbers in mind, when you speak to them. Good luck.