working 2 jobs now and i hate it

United States
April 12, 2009 1:51pm CST
i am working 2 jobs now trying to make ends meet and i hate it. hubby is looking for work but having a hard time finding anything. he is either over qualified or under qualified. he would fry fries for min wage if someone would give him a job but they say he is over qualified for that. this is horriable. he has nothing but management experiance and it is making it hard to find a job. you would think that with good experiance and only had 4 jobs in the last 20 years would make him a good catch for an employer. i dont get a day off between the 2 they are both full time jobs and i miss spending time at home with kids and hubby. i am tired and sick of doing the work. i set appointments for an insurance sales man and then i make pizzas at a pizza place. i like the setting appointments job but the pizza job is welll i am the oldest there and they make sure i know it too. how come he cant find work????????????????????
12 responses
@sandi79 (31)
• Indonesia
14 Apr 09
ask to your heart "which one is make you feel comport?" and then make decision.
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
14 Apr 09
I am glad you are working, that is a plus. It is sad that we have to do these things, but in these times, we do what we have to.
@jessi0887 (2788)
• United States
13 Apr 09
Oh i feel for you. Things will get better though. I know you may say when and how but be patient all good things come sooner or later. I too know how you feel. I am working a part time morning job and its barely getting me by. My fiance has been laid off from two different jobs in the last year so he cant help much. I have already started seeking a second job. I am looking into waitressing because i have experience there and also you can bring in alot just working low amount of hours. I once made 200 dollars in tips on one day. So i feel that may help me out alot if i could waitress on the weekends. My fiance doesn't want me to because we barely have time together as it is but he doesn't understand that i am only doing what will help us get better instead of just getting by.
@Yori88 (1465)
• Philippines
13 Apr 09
I understand that you are having a hard time working because you have two jobs. But please try to prolong your patience. Pray that your husband get employed soon. I think the best way for the both of you is to have one job. Once your husband gets hired, you should leave one of your job because by that time the income is coming from the two of you. In my case my husband is the only one working and I have been wishing so much to re-apply. Problem is we do not have a baby sitter yet and our son is six months old now still we can't find a nanny. I know I am lucky because I have lots of time for my husband and baby but sometimes I find it hard that I see my husband tired from work. He shoulders all the expenses and I have no other way to help but to mylot. We are having problem with managing the expenses but thank God because he is earning enough for a month expenses. Problem is we need to have extra money so I am really longing to work again. Besides I am not used to having no own money. I feel shy whenever I ask money from him. But then patience is a virtue and blessing comes to those who persevere and wait.
@skyla26 (284)
• Philippines
13 Apr 09
before you really want that job, you really love and later of dont like it anymore it usually really happend to some. tired to do it everyday. for me i need to find another job just to have more experience and makes me happy
@mira91 (985)
• Singapore
13 Apr 09
Maybe he was looking at all the wrong places? I'm not sure about that cz i don't know how UNDER qualified or how OVER qualified your husband is. I'm sure there must be a job out there that his resume would really fit in..I can't believe his management experience would be said to be over qualified for a job. If i may say so, they would be lucky if they had him on board... =\
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
13 Apr 09
The economy is in such a mess right now and no one seems to be hiring. I hated working two jobs also and I sure do feel for ya. I mainly work from home now, seven days a week online and my husband also works seven days a week to make ends meet. It is awful but has to be done. Sigh.
• Philippines
13 Apr 09
I know how you feel, honestly I envy you for having two jobs, because until this moment I am having difficulty of looking for another job. My salary is not and never sufficient for my family's needs. Hope that your hubby can find a job that can stop you from working two jobs at the same time.
• United States
13 Apr 09
Wow. I wish I had a second job actually, I would work per diem at my current job and part time at the second one. Because I only get $11.50 an hour from my current one and I'm full time so I need a second one. I'm an EMT by the way. Last week one partner i worked with was a paramedic who makes more obviously and he was bragging about it and it kinda got me down and very upset.
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
13 Apr 09
Positions are the top are far and few. In a company, there will be a lot of staff working under a manager. If your husband is looking out for managerial position, there are very few openings. You may think 4 jobs in 20 years is an indication of loyalty, but from the employer's viewpoint, it may be too narrow. Very likely the 4 jobs are in the same industry. In this case, your husband is not likely to gain wide exposure. If your husband is looking for min wage job, does he have to tell his prior work experience? Can he be more flexible and say that he is stepping down from corporate world and want a less stressful job? Sometimes the way we answer the interviewer's questions can decide whether we get the job. I had seen senior managers getting a low paying security guard position. They just want to get away from all the stress and back stabbing in corporate world. Maybe your husband can craft an answer like this. Get a job and have some income for the time being, wait till the recession bottom out, then get a better paid job.
@angkat14 (25)
• Philippines
13 Apr 09
Well, it doesn't really do you any good to complain about your job. Learn2earn is right, be thankful that you have a job (and two at that) to make ends meet. And so what if you are the oldest in the pizza place and they always remind you about it? Why are being insecure over it? They don't help you pay your bills so don't mind them much. :) As for your husband, management experience of over 20 years will surely be intimidating to hire just to fry fries, don't you think? Even I would not hire someone as overqualified as that. Just bear in mind that there is a financial crisis going on and just pray that the right opportunity will come along for your husband. Good luck to you and your family. :)
• China
13 Apr 09
In this way, your husband should take the tasks in doing the housework. So that you would not exhaust. And I believe he will find work finally. You just come across some hard time in your life, everyone has trouble in their time being more patience.