mindAnon lives on the margins.
They can get by on working 25 hours a week and they’re complaining?
driving_croonerAnd imagine blaming it on the government instead of the shitty business practices (that was put in that place by the businesses).
I bet this guy will gladly vote for an R every election. Idiot doesn’t even realize that he wouldn’t even have insurance if it weren’t for obongo care.
Yeah doesn’t the aca require insurance companies to cover people under 26 on their parents policies? Also I remember only getting limited hours for the same reason back in the 80’s long before anybody heard of Obama
Something like that yes. I don’t remember the number but one of the features of that program was a lower threshold where businesses need to start kicking in benefits. Previously the threshold was 30 hours so people weren’t allowed to work 30 else the company needed to provide healthcare. ACA attempted to catch more workers, but shitty businesses just cut hours
This guy wouldn’t have insurance, or he’d have to get it on the marketplace. He’d qualify for some subsidies but it wouldn’t be free. If you’re part time you usually don’t get insurance, and Obamacare means tests who gets subsidies for insurance.
This is it. To be super clear, the guy is complaining that he only gets 25 hours a week because of ACA- this implies that his employer would have to offer insurance if they gave him more hours.
Businesses will do what they’re allowed to. The government sets the rules.
You must be new to América
Mossy Feathers (She/Her)Just because you can get by on 25hrs a week doesn’t mean you want to. Anon probably doesn’t want to be trapped in small-town nowhere. Anon probably doesn’t want to risk bankruptcy every time he has a sniffle. Anon is scraping by, of course he’s going to complain about 25hrs a week. His workplace is trying to avoid offering healthcare so they only schedule him for 25hrs a week, cheating him out of health insurance (aca requires 30hrs before you’re considered full-time). But he doesn’t have the money to move to another town to try and find a better job; and god forbid he tries to move to an actual city because at $100 left at the end of the month, there’s no way he’d ever get an apartment.
That’s not to say that we should have to work more than 25hrs a week, but anon’s complaints are completely reasonable. Anon is trapped.
Yeah that’s shitty, but he has abundant free time to go make more money elsewhere if he wants. I don’t know anyone who can meet their basic needs on 25 hrs/wk without some sort of high-skill career experience or extenuating circumstances like nepotism, etc. I don’t think that qualifies as trapped
It’s not easy to get a second job when you already have a job. Scheduling conflicts happen all the time and both jobs will assume they have a monopoly on your time. Getting 25 hours at a place you want to have 40 and being unable to find a second job is pretty common. Not to mention you don’t get health insurance at either place.
Just because something’s a part-time job doesn’t mean it it’s a part-time commitment. At one point I worked as a projectionist part-time, and let me tell you, I didn’t have time for a second job despite working less than 20hrs a week average (it depended on the time of year, November/December I’d typically average over 20hrs, January was usually bare minimum required to keep things running). The schedule was chaotic due to special/private events, new movies sometimes opening a day early, advanced screenings, employee meetings (I had to be there even though they typically weren’t relevant to me so someone could work the projector), etc. I wasn’t on-call, I wasn’t working full-time, but the only thing I could count on was that I was typically working Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, not including special/private events that happened on other days (including weekends). My hours on those days changed depending on what was happening the following week as well. Most of the time it was evening Wednesday and Thursday, then mornings on Friday for weekly maintenance. However, sometimes I’d work Wednesday morning, Thursday afternoon, Friday morning or some other combination of whacky hours. Sometimes I’d work 10hrs in a single shift (those were horrible, imagine having to sit around and pretend to be busy for 10hrs despite only having a minor task every hour or two), sometimes I’d only work 2hrs. The result was that the job was a full-time commitment despite technically being a part-time position.
CharlesDarwinYes, this. During university, I’d try to work odd jobs during school year. Coordinating that was “fun”, and these were uncomplicated jobs. At one point over the summer, I was trying to juggle three rather menial jobs. Luckily, one was fairly flexible, but the other two just assumed they could set you up with less than 12 hours notice for a schedule, and would threaten firing if you could not make it.
Still later, I had a work-study job that paid very low (for the university) and I still had to juggle something else, since that was only about 4 hours per day.
I have nearly always worked 40+ hours since in IT, but I remember those early days well. It’s no picnic to have more than 1 job and trying to live anything like what would be considered a normal human life. And that’s when I still had the cushion, part of the time, of living with my parents, or having some of their help with campus housing. I cannot imagine trying to do the same while juggling children, their school, their homework, and getting them to school/activities as well as spending any meaningful time with my wife…
You’re a cunt. 😀
Yes, America has failed. Move. Pack your bags and go. You’ve literally came to the conclusion your life will always suck, but you’re not willing to move anywhere?
With $100/mo? What budget are they supposed to move with?
People from the third world with literally nothing can move on, how is that they can’t?
Imagine how easy it is to move when you don’t emigrate lawfully and you’re escaping even worse conditions?
Why do you assume they don’t emigrate lawsuit? And how is that make it easier?
AlwaysNowNeverNotMeThey need a case for their preserved Funko pop collection with better wheels.
They can move, but choose to stay in the 3rd world?
They often die in the attempt
Yeah sure if you’re willing and able to leave everything behind you can move anywhere.
Well, they can leave everything behind or lose everything with one medical bill. Their description doesn’t sound like they have much to leave behind if they wanted to move.
On the flip side they’re only making an extra $100/month, what do they have to lose? They don’t even have to leave the country, just go to another state or city.
Leaving your support network, renting a moving truck, applying for citizenship in another country, finding a new job, learning a new language…
Many countries only let you stay in very specific circumstances. Reality is, most people are stuck where they are, and their only option is to identify the problems in their society and start talking about them.
Yes, if your life is miserable and always will be, absolutely leave your support network. Absolutely rent a moving truck. Absolutely apply for citizenship in a new country. Absolutely find a new job. Absolutely learn a new language. How much of a victim are you trying to make yourself be?
God, imagine reading that anon only has $100 a month left after paying for necessities and still typing, “JuSt MoVe LoL”.
If they don’t change their circumstances, how do you expect them to improve their life? What do they have to lose by walking away from a crappy paying job during a time when there are jobs available nearly everywhere?
Food, shelter, support network…god you people are naive
Because they don’t have food and shelter in other cities? What good is their support network doing them right now as they struggle to scrape by? I think you might be the naive one. I’ve moved several times for better opportunities. Don’t let a bad situation make you feel stuck.
What good is their support network doing them right
Providing them food and shelter.
I’ve [x]
Yes, you have [x], and you were privileged enough to be able to [x]. Not everyone has the opportunity to [x], so just because you did doesn’t mean everyone can. In fact, the majority of people would probably find it very difficult to [x], because you have so many little things giving you a leg up that you take for granted and don’t even think about.
Just because you could [x] doesn’t mean [x] is a feasible solution for most people.
(for [x], insert “move”, “learn to code”, “get a loan”, “start a business”, “buy a house”, etc)
Okay, so just don’t change anything and expect things to get better. See if that turns out well for you. Good luck
Providing them food and shelter.
Except it isn’t. Those are both clearly budgeted for and coming out of their own pocket.
Just because you could [x] doesn’t mean [x] is a feasible solution for most people.
It honestly doesn’t bother me if someone isn’t willing to make a change. Go ahead and keep that crappy job because of some mythical support network that is clearly not providing the help they need. Stay afraid to make a change.
Denial is a helluva drug.
You just HAVE to believe that you somehow deserve every good thing that’s happened to you, huh. Because you’re a Good Person. You Worked Hard. You Earned your place in society.
What a mental sickness.
Right, I’m just privileged because I believe change only comes from making a change.
It must be awesome living life thinking that way. Just continuing to do the same thing over and over because good things only happened to the privileged so there is no point in trying to improve your own life. You’re free to live that way if you like, but I’ll continue to try improving myself and my position. Good luck with your belief that it’s not worth trying.
How are they supposed to pay first, last, and deposit on their likely $0 savings? Even if they run into zero issues for a year, they still don’t have enough saved for a single months’ rent in a city where jobs are.
Uh… time to use all that free time to find a new job with more hours. Fuck’n works 25 hrs per week then complains about no money.
Agreed. When I was hard up I worked a full time retail job that paid commission, used that wage to pay for community college in cash, and had a part time job that both furthered my career and gave me spending money. Slept in my car and bathed at the college gym. A few years later I’m making 6 figures.
If this is the American dream, I’m good over here in Europe.
It literally is. This is what every conservative thinks life should be.
Slept in my car and bathed at the college gym
Jesus Herb Christ man, that's fucking rough
It’s really easy if you make it up.
You think no one ever does this? I did it, worked 2 jobs + gig work, saved up enough for a security deposit at a place.
I was also very lucky in that I had a friend willing to loan me the 1st month rent, but I could have saved it eventually
The American Dream: scrimp and save long enough and you too might be able to not own a house.
Oh, get a job? Just get a job? Why don’t I strap on my job helmet and squeeze down into a job cannon and fire off into job land, where jobs grow on little jobbies?!
Yeah, get a different job. There are tons of them out there right now. Unemployment rates are the lowest they’ve been in decades. Ten years ago you could have made this complaint, but these days there are plenty of jobs and especially at ~$15/hour.
It’s just a reference to It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
These guys are frothing at the mouth to peddle Fox News talking points, they don’t have time for humor.
Lol, me peddling Fox News? That’s rich. I can’t stand Faux News and the propaganda they spread.
Even if you don’t get a job immediately, with a 25h week you should have a lot of time to upskill and get yourself employable.
There are a lot of free resources for anything from programming, MS Office (seriously, Excel will get you a job), languages, and even science (though probably more as a setup for any kind of degree).
One 5 hour furry art commission and they doubled their do-whatever income. Make it 4 a month and they can buy all the tendies they want,no more rice and beans.
Where dat 750 at?
No shit. Wish I could find a place for 750.
Good news, anon definitely qualifies to live for free in a state facility
All he has to do is get caught smoking weed, and he can spend the rest of his life in state run facilities
NumbersCanBeFunI got a decent idea for a business. I’m fucked either way so I’m just going to borrow as much money as I can and go for it.
I’d say to most people if you can make your own way just put the money directly in your pocket and fuck everything else. It’s the American way.