Hey r/jobs, I’ve one thing of a dilemma.
For some background I am an virtually 30 homosexual man residing in rural PA with no faculty and a GED.
My job portfolio began in customer support, however moved into semi-skilled blue collar labor, and with that have I landed my most up-to-date job that pays extraordinarily effectively for the realm. $18+ to start out and I am just about assured to be making $25+ in a yr and $30+ within the following years. It is the most effective no talent/faculty profession monitor within the space palms down.
Nonetheless there are a couple of vital downsides:
I’ve a 40+ minute commute on some actually dangerous roads, so I am going to just about want a AWD/4×4 earlier than winter will get right here.
The schedule is so shitty it is virtually merciless. The great half is that it is 12s – MT on, WT off, FSS on, after which rotate to MT off, WT on, FSS off and repeat. I truly like this as you solely must work 2-Three days earlier than getting 2-Three days off, and also you solely have to make use of 2 days trip to get a full week off on the quick week. The issue is that I’m going from nights to days each time I work. 6am-6pm MT, off WT, 6pm-6am FSS, off MT, 6am-6pm WT, and so on. Literal madness, however I am managing for now.
It is also a wholly male dominated blue collar job in a rural, closely Republican space and I am relegated to the closet if I wish to survive right here. One of many causes I left my final job nearer to residence was being outed(at work, I am not closeted wherever else) and harassed, and I’ve all the time needed to maneuver out of the blue collar house for this very cause, however with my job expertise that is the place the cash is.
Now I obtained despatched a request to use from a distant customer support firm in a metropolis 10 minutes from the place I am presently working. Monday-Friday, dayshift, no weekends, no commute and no homophobes… however it solely pays $11/hour, which is, frankly, fucking terrible. I have been clearing not less than $15+ since I used to be 19 and principally resetting my profession prospects to that diploma is so demoralizing.
However I may take it and use it to leverage higher paying earn a living from home jobs sooner or later, as I’ve utilized for some prior to now however my background wasn’t the most effective even with prior customer support and by no means obtained any response.
Any recommendation right here? I am so torn on what to do.
TLDR: Keep the place I am at at $18 to ultimately $30+/hour with dangerous commute, schedule, and coworkers, or WFH dayshift and get my pay slashed to $11/hour.
