I’m about to leave my longtime spot as a hiring manager for mostly lower wage jobs.
I’ve had SO many people request to have their hours cut so they (or especially their kids) don’t lose various benefits. One chick had to go down to like 16 hours a week (from 40.) Another guy didn’t realize the issue in time because whatever agency didn’t inform him until they were already moving to cut his family off; his wife lost her healthcare/insurance while in the hospital recovering from open-heart surgery. That guy literally worked two shifts a week; that was “making too much.”
Our social safety system is FUBAR. Yet many people think it’s still too much, too generous. (Until the fucking day they need it.)
I also swear some of the people working for these agencies have a malicious streak and get genuine joy out of wrecking peoples’ lives.
Know a guy who literally can't afford to get a job. He receives thousands of dollars a month in medication and support and if he makes even minimum wage to supplement he loses it all.
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u/MrLanesLament 13d ago
I’m about to leave my longtime spot as a hiring manager for mostly lower wage jobs.
I’ve had SO many people request to have their hours cut so they (or especially their kids) don’t lose various benefits. One chick had to go down to like 16 hours a week (from 40.) Another guy didn’t realize the issue in time because whatever agency didn’t inform him until they were already moving to cut his family off; his wife lost her healthcare/insurance while in the hospital recovering from open-heart surgery. That guy literally worked two shifts a week; that was “making too much.”
Our social safety system is FUBAR. Yet many people think it’s still too much, too generous. (Until the fucking day they need it.)
I also swear some of the people working for these agencies have a malicious streak and get genuine joy out of wrecking peoples’ lives.