I [26] am not sure if this is the right sub but I have been needing some solid advice for months and hoping this is the place to find it.
At the beginning of this year, I left my Restaurant job I have had for 4 years. I had done it all: started as a host, then promoted to server, then bartender. I was offered a management position, but declined because it would be a pay cut AND I knew this wasn’t what I wanted to do long term.
Anyways, I landed my next step dream job. It was a start up restaurant and venue and my boss (who was a regular at my restaurant) hired me on to be the Banquet Captain/events coordinator. After 2.5 months of working my ass off to get the place going and ready for business and trying to learn the job exactly the way SHE wanted it done, she let me go because she couldn’t afford to pay me and she was taking some huge financial gambles with the Restaurant, I later found out.
Anyways, I came crawling back to my restaurant. I left on good terms so they welcomed me back, but I immediately got a job offer with a completely different company through a friend. It’s a Fortune 500 vacation company and the money and growth opportunities sounds like just what I needed! So I accept and join the team while also working part time at the restaurant. My restaurant has been super understanding and flexible with my changing schedule, but I can tell they are running out of patience with me if I were to make any more changes. So, I have been trying my best to learn this new job so I can live off that.
Well, the new job is not what I expected. I’m basically a telemarketer and the money comes from being able to harass as many people as possible during their vacation so I can hit my numbers and get paid. My hourly is $9 and I recently went from 40 hrs a wk to 30 hrs because of the commute (45 min one way) and wear and tear on my car.
Moving forward, I have tried to learn this job, get passed my moral conflict with the job, and just do what I can to hit my numbers. I have hit them for the most part but I’m just not receiving paychecks over $700 every 2 weeks. I am spending between $50-$70 a week on gas to get there (refilling twice a week). My Restaurant job is the only thing keeping me afloat.
I have tried to quit my day job but was encouraged to stay by my boss and coworkers, stating how I will get better in time and make good money.
I just don’t think I am cut out for this job, but I am afraid of quitting and going back full time at the restaurant to only then quit AGAIN when I find a better career move. I don’t want to work in a restaurant my whole life. I only have an associates degree and know I probably need to go back to school but I feel totally stuck on what to do to get my finances back in order.
I still owe taxes ($500) from filing back in April. I have $4,000.00 worth of credit card debt that I accrued during long stents of not getting paid when starting my jobs. Monthly expenses include: Rent/utilities: $638 (my portion) Car insurance: $50/mo Phone bill: $100 Credit card min: $125.00 Health insurance: $75 Dental: $16 Gas: ~$175-200/mo Groceries/food: $200/mo
I need some advice about what to do to get myself back on track and all caught up. If I go back full time at the restaurant, I can average probably $400-$500 a week.
TLDR: after 4 years working all positions at a restaurant, I tried to advice myself professionally by taking on a new job. First career change, I got let go. Second change, I hate and makes me feel like a bad person and is driving my finances into the ground. Afraid to be stuck working back at Restaurant forever due to major debts.
Submitted June 29, 2018 at 10:57AM by kaylenequelinda https://ift.tt/2KwAjmV
