August 31, 2012

Job update

As predicted, I found out about my estranged wife's new job last night:

It is $9 an hour, cash under the table, part time.  It could range anywhere from 20 to 40 hours a week right now, so its just totally random.  No 401K. No health.

*Sigh*

She says that once a few people leave, she hopes to ask for a raise of up to $15 an hour in a few months.

I have two thoughts on all this:
  1. Good that she found something.  It will get her out from sitting at her parents house all the time, and help build her confidence, self-worth, and keep her busy.  Hopefully open news doors and make new contacts for thr future.  Perhaps a stepping stone to something else.
  2. Way to aim low.  42, cash under the table, no benefits.  She will spend $10 a day in gas and toll road charges to get there and back, not to mention a pretty crappy commute on one of the worst freeways known in the state.  She has settled on being broke her whole life.  While she seems very excited, I am quite honestly disapointed.  But it's her life, not mine.

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