March 8, 2005
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Five years.
For five years I've worked for BossMan. For five years I've complained about Evil Manager. In that five years I've seen people come and go from this department. I've also redefined this job. I've acquired a window. I've even gotten married and had a baby.
I've come to a crossroads now. I don't know what to do. This job, as much as I b&m is a very good job. Admin's all over the city should be so lucky. The job, however, is a dead end. If I stay, I'll be doing this and nothing more than this for as long as I'm here. How do I leave such a good and secure position now that I have a family to worry about?
My older brother told me he was going to get me a job with his company where I could work from home... setting my own hours. That was supposed to happen in January. It was then postponed to March. Now, they don't know what's happening with it. Though it is no fault of my brother's, I'm not surprised. I've grown up expecting him to not deliver on his promises (that, however, is another blog). My point is, in the back of my mind I was always expecting this to fall through. You know what they say, if it seems too good to be true, then it probably is.
I have to make money. If we want to keep our house and both our cars, I have to have an income in addition to Husband's. If I quit altogether, our income would be cut nearly in half. I actually sat down and did some math though. If I could make $500 a month we could do it. That's all it would take... $500 a month. Of course, that's after we cut DSL, sattelite TV, all our magazine subscriptions, got rid of one of the cell phones and didn't renew our NRA memberships.
See, we'd be giving up the child care expense, but we'd have to pick up the health care premiums so we'd only be saving $400 a month.. If I go to work part time, it would have to be in the evenings because daycare would only give me a $40 a week discount for part-time care... plus keep in mind if I left here we'd be incurring the health care premiums same as if I didn't work at all. That would just be stupid to have to pay for both health care AND child care. Did that make sense? Eh, who cares... I know what I was trying to say.
I've considered becoming a Creative Memories consultant for over a year now. I was actually going to do it until I found out I got pregnant. The only catch to that is, I don't know who I'd sell to. All the people I know who do any scrapbooking in this area are clients of MY Creative Memories consultant. She's a widow with 7 kids. I'd feel like such a complete jerk if I took any of her clients away.
So here I am. Sitting at the crossroads... staring ahead into what looks like oblivion. Anyone got a road map?
Comments (5)
I don't know if you were asking for advice... but mine would be to stick it out where you are, for now. Keep looking in the Post, on career sites, even with headhunters, for better opportunities. But it sounds like you need the steady income and the health insurance benefits for the time being. Something better will probably come along soon enough. Maybe you could look into temp work? You could easily make $500/month, probably more, if you temped, and if you weren't working every day it might cut down on your child care expenses. Of course that doesn't fix the health care issue, but it might be worth looking into and seeing how the numbers come out.
Good luck - I hate decisions like this, personally, and I don't envy you having to make this one.
Okay well first off I would buy from you because the lady I have been trying to buy from for over 3 months has been dicking me around. I have thought about doing Creative Memories on the side just so I can get some stuff.
I dont' know if you want my two cents but if I were you I would have to stay for now. But then again I am a little play it safer kinda gal especially when it comes to health care and such things. Hmmm...that is a crossroads the more I think about it.
Quit your jobs, sell all of your shit and you, hubby and itty bitty just move to an island and live off of the land selling sarongs to tourists?
5 years fly by fast don't they?
Lots of tough choices. I don't know. Maybe a part time job to help with the health insurance stuff? Never heard of Creative Memories, but it sounds great. I'm sure you can find your own new clientele, or however it's spelled.
Can I tell you a secret? Josh loves watching Gilmore Girls with me. He's probably watch it on his own, if he could get over the embarrassment.
You're in a tough spot. I wish I had advice. I've never known anybody who was able to support a family (even just her cshare of the family) by selling candles, tupperware, or scrapping stuff. It always sounds great at first because everybody wants to help out by buying things from you, but then the business dries up. It sounds like toughing it out where you are seems like a good plan, but keep you eyes open for something better to come along.
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