Long story short: I ran an unlicensed marijuana dispensary and ended up getting busted. Charged with 100lbs. Hired a good lawyer, was able to plead down my case and ended up doing 48 days in county and two months probation.
About ten months left of probation.
Wife is in law school, one year left then bar exam.
Have about 30k in savings
I work full time for a custom home builder for $17.5hr. Been there for almost one year.
Job isn’t to bad, just not very rewarding and I don’t see much room to move up financially (there’s 2 people in the company minus the two owners). Based on what I do, I don’t see them paying me much more then what I currently make. Main reason I stay is they are flexible with my hours, there are two-three days a week I have to be home at 3pm to get my sons off the bus while wife is at school.
I’m 32. Very reliable, on time, work my ass off, common sense, trainable. I have never been fired from a job ever. If you met me, you would never guess in a million years I have a record or did two months in jail a year ago.
Obviously with my record it’s been hard to find work. Only reason I have my current job, they never asked or ran my background. I interviewed several places before this, hired me, then couldn’t hire me once background check came back.
My question: What could I do to obtain a real job, 50k+? I live in Chicago Burbs. Most of my previous jobs I got lucky through friends, but now that I have a record it seems no one wants to put there neck out for me, understandably.
I look online for jobs but never really seem to find anything that fits my strengths or when I do reach out never hear back. Never really obtained a real job organically. I currently don’t make enough to pay the bills until my wife is a working attorney and feeling the pressure to provide for my family, but my precious mistake is costing me more then I anticipated.
Submitted June 03, 2019 at 09:44PM by Hendrixsrv3527 http://bit.ly/2F2wDZt
