Frustrated

[camrynsmom126]

Hi all. I'm jsut really frustrate with my husband's job. Let me explain a lot first. He works as an Assset Protection Coordinator for Wal-Mart (catching shop lifters and internal theft, training on safety, etc). He loves what he does but doesn't get along with the store manager. Luckily the store manager isn't directly his boss he answers to someone else that isn't at the store he works in (does that make sense?) Well the store manager is always trying to tell him how to do his job and how many hours he should work and he's been checking up on him because he doesn't think he's putting in the hours he's supposed to. Tim has tried to be nice to this guy but it's not working.  Tim also owns a lawn care business that he does on the side and has a couple guys working for him. Yesterday he got into an argument with the store manager and he's getting sick of everything. He wants to transfer to another store and just work part time and focus on his business. I want to support him, but it's scary because I also want to pay the bills! I worry because with his business, he has to make money for the entire year in just six months. He says that during the off season for the lawn business he'll work full time but what if there isn't an opening for full time, then what? I don't know what we should do I keep going back and forth.

[momoflukas]

Jul. 27, 2007 at 10:38 AM Pray about it.  You will get an answer.  It is scary working a seasonal job.  My hubby use to do concrete and the winter was awful.  One time he made two hundred dollars in a month.  It was hard.  We made good money in the summer but we had to save for taxes and so we had to save extra in the summer so it didn't even out much.

[beary_bytchy]

Jul. 27, 2007 at 10:44 AM

My advice is to encourage him to go for it because if he's unhappy there, it's just going to eventually eat into your marriage from him being so stressed. Has he talked to his supervisor about this manager? I used to work at Walmart, many years ago & it was a good place to work THEN but now, I wouldn't go back there for any reason. I've just about quit shopping there as well.

Do some budget crunching & you two can make it work. I know it's hard because I've been there....we lived on unemployment (one income) for 2yrs while hubby & I both were in college and 2 kids in school. It was extremely tight but it was so worth it in the end.

The cliche that if Mommy isn't happy, nobody's happy, applies to daddies also.

[sariqd]

Jul. 27, 2007 at 11:44 AM

Wow... what a tough situation! I'm sorry to hear you have to deal with this... I agree with the other ladies, pray about it with your husband. If you can, go to the temple and do a session.  It's very true that if a spouse isn't happy in their job, it starts affecting everything else. I actually happened to be the one that wanted to quit my job because of how unhappy I was.  DH freaked out. Now, after having quit my job, I am happier and my family isn't suffering from my depression, anger & frustration. My DH told me that this was the best decision after all.  Money is a little tight, but we're learning how to get creative in our budgeting and how to pare our bills down.  It's a struggle from time to time but you know what? We're all happier now.  Take a breath, trust in God, and your hubby...

You're in our prayers!