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WWYD?

DHYGchica3DHYGchica3
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I'm so stressed out- I feel so torn, but maybe the answer is just so simple and I'm being too stupid to see it.

I work 3 hours a week, on Thursday, and sometimes I work a full day on Friday (more often than not its just the 3 hours), then one Saturday (4hrs) a month. So I have DS in daycare FT for Thursday and Friday only, because I could never find a reliable babysitter, and I was counting on getting daycare vouchers.

Well I don't qualify for daycare vouchers. I make on an average 3 hr week $10 less than daycare for the 2 days each week. If I take him out of daycare I'm just going to have to quit my hours at work.

I'm stuck in between a rock and a hard place. Obviously daycare is cost prohibitive, I can't get more hours at work (I've asked- the hours I'm getting are pity hours from my Uncle who owns the practice), and with DS getting sick every week from daycare I've had to call out some weeks all together. Its so stupid I feel like smacking myself. I should just quit the job, right?

It just hurts because I want to be independent so bad (currently live with my parents again), and I feel like losing those pathetic hours is a step back not forward in doing that. 

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  • ChunkyMunkeyChunkyMunkey
    Honestly, if that was all I was working ever? Yes, I'd quit. Those hours are ridiculous and I'm really confused as to why you don't qualify for vouchers considering your complete lack of working hours. Maybe because it's simply 3 hours and not full time. I don't know. But yes, I would quit and look for something a little more than MAYBE 7 hours a week.
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  • DHYGchica3DHYGchica3

    There are just no jobs in my field right now. I don't know what else to do, other than work those hours for "experience" in the field to make me look better on my resume.

    It's pathetic I know.

    The woman told me at the transitional assistance department that I'd have to work 20+ hours for vouchers. I'd be doing okay at 20 hours so I wouldn't need the vouchers or qualify income wise.

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  • AerochyckAerochyck
    If the hours in your field are good for experience and you need to get 20+ hours for vouchers then why would you not look into waitressing, bartending, McDonalds, grocery cashier, cleaning houses, etc.  Anything to have money coming in!  So what if it is not in your field?
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  • MyaMaternityMyaMaternity member
    If that is all the hours you are getting then yes I would quit.  It isn't worth it to pay for daycare.  I would seriously look for a job that provides more hours to justify daycare.
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  • DHYGchica3DHYGchica3
    Well I called the office manager. Turns out business is doing bad, and they needed to cut hours anyways. So I'm only working once a month now. My parents have been begging me to just focus on DS and getting through this divorce before I start looking for a new job, so I guess that's where I'm at now. :/
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