What do I do?

[TruthSeeker18]

I'm working this good paying job that gives me full insurance benefits (health, dental and vision) and it gives advancement opportunities for everyone. I can really go far in this job in a few years. But the problem is I applied for a location that is far from where I live. I didn't know that the location near me was hiring. The location I applied for was being built and has been worked on over the last few months and now it's almost finished. Since I got hired I've been training at the location closest to me. I asked the general manager of the close location if he would consider just keeping me. I told him I could take whatever hours he would be willing to give and I could train for other positions if he wanted me to. But things are going so bad for this location and he's already hired a lot of people plus brought in some transfers from other locations that he just can't take me in. And I did all of this with the approval of my boss who hired me. She was the one who asked him for me. So now I'm stuck about to work in another city far from home with no way to get there because I don't drive. I'm not ready to drive and honestly I don't believe I ever will be. I don't know what to do. There are no other Chipotles near me that are in need of people and even if they were. I feel like if I ask my boss about transferring again she might just fire me. And I can't lose this job. This can open up so many doors for me and plus if I lose these benefits I will be left with no insurance for anything at all. I have a lot of problems and being in a position where I can't see a doctor is literally the worst thing that could happen to me. Yes I tried applying to just regular Medicaid and I was denied. The system is rigged against you and you can never achieve anything you try to do. What am I supposed to do? How do I find a way to get to this job? Or how do I find a job near me that can give me what I need? How am I supposed to live my life if I can't even do what needs to be done to take care of myself? I'm flat broke because I've been having to give up a lot of my paycheck to pay rent to my mother. I went for months not having a job because I just could not get one. So I wasn't able to pay and now that I do have a job I'm paying her back. I've paid back most of what I owe to her but I'm still in a hole. And I can't just not pay even if my mother were willing to let me do that because she is also struggling. House payments and paying the bills, she hasn't been able to do any of that. She works as an addictions counselor. Of course she makes more than me but obviously it's not enough. She's so late on bills and she's relying on my rent. We're both drowning and I can't do anything to get myself out of my problems or get her out of hers. I need help and so does she. I need advice but above all else we need a miracle. That's the only thing that could save us at this point.

[Dell12345]

I feel for you, it sounds like you really are suffering from the hellscape that is the US for ordinary people. Yes, the system is rigged against you. So don't feel bad that you are struggling, it's not your fault. Could you move to the job? Or could you use public transport, or work remotely?

It sounds like it is worth asking your manager if there are other options. They shouldn't be mad because you asked, you are just trying to work out the best situation for you both.

[TruthSeeker18 in reply to Dell12345]

Public transportation wouldn't get me there in time. I would get there really late for my shift. And no I can't move. I'm young with no resources of moving out and I'm flat broke living paycheck to paycheck. I can't put a down payment on an apartment in this city if I wanted to. Besides if I don't stay at this job for a long time I will have moved for nothing and I'll be back at square one. And I did ask her she is the one who tried to help me stay at the location close to me but he just cannot do it. He cannot keep me. And this is a restaurant job so no I can't work remotely. I have no options here. There is nothing I can do to get myself out of this.

[Dell12345 in reply to TruthSeeker18]

Sounds like a difficult situation. At least you now have some good training though. So that will help you find a new job.

[TruthSeeker18 in reply to Dell12345]

But if I lose this job I lose the insurance benefits. I will have no insurance and not be able to see doctors. I have too many problems to be in that position again.

[Hidden]

You have several options one to resighn the other to stay put, or to ask againto move or leave. It would seem however if they are employing many people for the new offic you are in you may be a you are beaten by circumstances ask yourself as well when does this job become a shackle around your neck with all the travelling, Or if it would be beneficil to possibly move to the new city. When I was at college in the 1960s i was travelling twice a day twenty five miles it was a teal pain and was having problems with all the homework

so all was counter productive The journey was fighting the main reason for attending Tech College

BOB

[TruthSeeker18 in reply to Hidden]

I can't move. I'm flat broke. And if I resign I will lose the insurance and not be able to see a doctor at all. I have so many problems so this will put me in a dangerous position.

[Hidden in reply to TruthSeeker18]

It would seem you are in a real nasty trap.I suppose it may be you need to stay, Although do you have or car, It not a relevent bus pass etc. You could of course have a further word with the sympathetic Manager to see if you can move to original office addrress. Is there anyone who can give you a lift ?

One thing it sounds ominous that the amount of staff they are bringing into this new office. Is it possible they may be closing the office next to your home address

It is hard to advise although a job if not worth the position and will not be

profitable for you, it is like any other position where noney is all we work for, if that is the case move on

However if you feel over the short term the work has possible positive

positions, management or promotion things may look better at the end of the day. Remember things in general at this time are not looking very positive Government Inflation etc, Food it inferes will become very expensive Dec 2022-2023- 2024. We are all going to have massive increses in home/food expenses. You have health insurances available at work How much is that worth for you.

Will your rent increase because of the situation at home or a proposed address

BOB

[TruthSeeker18 in reply to Hidden]

I don't have a car. I don't drive at all. No one can give me a lift and I don't want to rely on people for that anyway. And this is a restaurant job not an office job. Things are terrible at the place where I was training and he just can't give me the hours I need if I stay. He just doesn't need me at all. Insurance is everything to me because without it I have no insurance. And I need to be able to see a doctor. I can not move to that place because my boss is the one who tried to help with that. She knows I wanted to stay there. If I keep asking for whatever she'll probably just fire me. There is nothing I can do. But I can't find another job. There is nothing else. And certainly nothing that will give me insurance and even if I do find something I will have to wait a while for it to kick in. And both my family and my In-Laws will think I'm a loser even more so than they do now.

[hypercat54 in reply to TruthSeeker18]

How about a small 2nd hand motorbike instead? Or an E bike? That could be the answer. Or an ordinary bike if you are fit! You should be able to pick something up relatively cheaply on your local marketplace site.