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I am getting very worried about hubby and the stress at his job. He really enjoyed his job for years~ up until a few months ago. His coworker has been out on comp for 3+ months. There is no chance at all he could come back until mid Jan if even then.
Hubby delivers freight for one of the big companies. They are a satellite division. His actual hub, boss and dispatcher are very far away. His area was a 2 man area. Since his coworker has been out they have occasionally sent helps from another area a few hours away but more than not hubby is the only one out there.
He is a very efficient worker. He want to keep the area numbers up and do as much work as humanly possible to keep the work from going to subcontractors. He needs to keep the customers happy. The big boss doesnt seem to care they are losing customers because they dont want the subcontractors pick stuff up. . The dispatch has told the big boss they are going to loss hubby if they keep running him into the ground like this. No one seems to care. It is all numbers.
He is routinely getting the work that 2 guys should have + more. One day he had 4 semi trailers worth plus all the areas to pick up. Needless to say it didnt all get done! He is wearing himself out trying to keep everyone happy and keep the numbers for the zone up.
He is getting very disheartened, sad, disgusted, mad and losing weight.He is physically exhausted from all the unloading. He is dreading every day at work of having more and more piled on. He could find another job but he is at the top of the food chain so to speak with this job. He also gets a 21% raise in January and no cost benefits through at least 2012. These things make it hard to leave. Also with him being the main earner ~even though he says no I know he has to feel more trapped.
To be very honest he cant take a big pay cut pay cut from what he is making right today. One place he could likely go could equal the pay he makes now ( not after the raise in Jan but now ) but the insurance is sky high. He worked for this company for 5 years once before. He would however lose his pension.
I cant physically do my job full time and even if I could I only make about 1/3 of what he would. I am looking for PT work to bank roll more cash but no luck so far. It isnt worth driving 60 miles round trip for a few I have been offered because it is low pay and only 2-3 hours a shift.
He honestly said he doesnt know if he can make it until Mid to late Jan when he finds out if his coworker can come back. I am really getting worried about him. I want to tell him to get the heck out then. However he will be very happy again if he just gets help. However the boss doesnt seem in the least bit interested.
Hubby delivers freight for one of the big companies. They are a satellite division. His actual hub, boss and dispatcher are very far away. His area was a 2 man area. Since his coworker has been out they have occasionally sent helps from another area a few hours away but more than not hubby is the only one out there.
He is a very efficient worker. He want to keep the area numbers up and do as much work as humanly possible to keep the work from going to subcontractors. He needs to keep the customers happy. The big boss doesnt seem to care they are losing customers because they dont want the subcontractors pick stuff up. . The dispatch has told the big boss they are going to loss hubby if they keep running him into the ground like this. No one seems to care. It is all numbers.
He is routinely getting the work that 2 guys should have + more. One day he had 4 semi trailers worth plus all the areas to pick up. Needless to say it didnt all get done! He is wearing himself out trying to keep everyone happy and keep the numbers for the zone up.
He is getting very disheartened, sad, disgusted, mad and losing weight.He is physically exhausted from all the unloading. He is dreading every day at work of having more and more piled on. He could find another job but he is at the top of the food chain so to speak with this job. He also gets a 21% raise in January and no cost benefits through at least 2012. These things make it hard to leave. Also with him being the main earner ~even though he says no I know he has to feel more trapped.
To be very honest he cant take a big pay cut pay cut from what he is making right today. One place he could likely go could equal the pay he makes now ( not after the raise in Jan but now ) but the insurance is sky high. He worked for this company for 5 years once before. He would however lose his pension.
I cant physically do my job full time and even if I could I only make about 1/3 of what he would. I am looking for PT work to bank roll more cash but no luck so far. It isnt worth driving 60 miles round trip for a few I have been offered because it is low pay and only 2-3 hours a shift.
He honestly said he doesnt know if he can make it until Mid to late Jan when he finds out if his coworker can come back. I am really getting worried about him. I want to tell him to get the heck out then. However he will be very happy again if he just gets help. However the boss doesnt seem in the least bit interested.
unless the freight division wasn't running when you decided to be a sahm.
