My husband is ready to quit his job!

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This is sort of a long story, but I will try to make it as clear and short as possible. He's been with this same company for 3 and a half years, started at the bottom and worked his way up. It's been a struggle, as at times it seemed like he wasn't going to get a promotion he was promised, or a raise he was promised. He's been in 4 different stores with the same company. When they finally sent him to this store he was told that if he did what he was sent there to do, he could name is price and they'd give it to him. Well he is still struggling with them to get them to pay him what he deserves, even though he went above and beyond what was asked of him. Now he is still in this same store, and back in March was promoted to Manager, and given a 4 thousand dollar a year raise. He was promised another raise in July of at least another 4 thousand dollars a year, as well as bonuses. His bonuses come every quarter, and the way it was explained to him, he was assuming the bonus would be around 2 or 3 thousand dollars... and he was hoping for 5 thousand dollars. Knowing this bonus was coming, we made a lot of plans. We need a new car as his is dying, we have to shop for back to school items for the children, and we have a few bills to pay off. Now, as it stands, he earns enough money for us to JUST survive. We can get our bills paid, but having anything left over for fun spending isn't possible. We aren't asking for much, just to be able to have a family outing now and then or go see a movie or something... just a bit of extra money so we can pay the bills and have a bit of spending money each month. Also, one of the problems is the amount of time he works. Most of you already know (if you follow my discussions) that he works around 60 hours a week, give or take. He's mandated to work 50 hours, but usually ends up with more. He goes in at 8am everyday, and gets home 8pm at the earliest. He gets Sundays off, and if he's lucky he will get a 2nd day off a week, but that doesn't always happen. And right now his assistant manager is out of work because of kidney stones, nobody knows when he'll be back, so it's looking like my husband is forced to work 6 days until the assistant manager comes back. Ok, so there's the background story... here's the problem... He found out today how much his bonus check is going to be. $800. That is not nearly enough to do what we needed. We were guessing we'd get at least $2000 (that is what he was told) and hoping for more. Now we cannot get a car or pay the bills we needed to pay. He also heard a rumor that he will not be getting a raise, he will find out forsure tomorrow. He said if he doesn't get the raised promised, he will quit! Now that would be fine with me, because I'd love him to be home more often. However, he can't find a job making this much money, without working more hours than he already is. I am just as mad as he is at his job right now, I just realize we can't afford for him to quit. We're just getting by on what he's making now, I'd hate for that to be even worse if he were to get a lower paying job. Why does it seem like everything in life has to be so difficult?