update on the Q economic index: I'm making 21 dollars per billable hour now doing VHR work and will be making around 22-23 in the new year, but the company i have been contracting for is collapsing due to being dogshit and losing their ssa contract also i have to bill my time so they nickel and dime me because i get paid per hearing and for up to 15 minutes in between, so depending on how much gap there is i get screwed out of money also because the company is shit and the middleman nature of it is a scam, I've probably averaged less than 8 hours a week which is maddening. I've talked to other VHRs and this is just normal. they fuck everybody over on hours. but no kidding, making 10 dollars more an hour almost makes it bearable. I can't pay rent though but like i barely could before with working four times the hours there's a new company coming in in the new year and I'm leaning hard on them to try to get more hours so maybe with a little luck I'll be able to break even soon. the judges during the disability hearings dismiss earnings bigger than mine as "not substantial gainful activity" now that i write it all out i guess I'm not doing that good
but like, i see job listings i applied for 2 years ago still open. my sister has been dealing with awful management at HER massage/spa receptionist job. somehow getting fucked by a faceless company of rentseekers serfing me out to the SSA still feels better than getting micromanaged by a small business tyrant having said that i would love to have a real, nonfake job, where your coworkers and govt liaisons aren't baffled by your company's incompetence in scheduling and communication. i know we have some michigan business owners on hubski - y'all hiring? I'm good at doing real work at fake jobs and fake work at real jobs so my bases are covered. forget everything i said about the small business thing earlier
How good are you at being present 40 hrs a week plus 16 hours mandatory overtime from 230-11 every day? Boeing in Seattle is hiring for like 16-22/hr that will pay for gas and a car to live in. Maybe a shared room after overtime. Brown Bear car wash is paying 22 but the hours probably under 32.