Long post alert. I’ve been at my job for just over 7 months.Long post alert. I’ve been at my job for just over 7 months. This is the first paycheque I’ve had money deducted for my benefits. My benefits total $239. 60 biweekly. My hours have increased over the last 4 weeks but are decreasing again to my normal 22. 5 hours a week. My paycheque is normally 734. 75 but with all the deductions will drop to 495. 15 every 2 weeks. I worked my butt off to get benefits and now I won’t be making enough to live on every month. I want to get to a point of not having to depend on child support and government subsidies but it feels like I can’t get ahead. I have been putting any extra money I have at the end of every pay period towards my debt. I have paid about $4000 towards my lawyer since January when I started following the budget by paycheque method. I only owe him $4000 and was hoping to have him paid up in the next 3 months. Now it looks like I won’t be able to make any extra payments. I hate to think I’ve worked this hard to pay this debt to only be able to make one small payment a month now. I’ve asked to have my hours increased at work and they have told me flat out that they have no extra shifts for me. Yet they have hired more housekeepers and have given girls with less seniority than me more days/hours. I’ve also told them that I am having pain in my hand/arm from all the extra covid cleaning and their solution is to put my pail of cleaning solution ona cart and push it all day. Having my hand in that position all day makes me have tingling, numbness and pain into my shoulder by the end of my shift. Ladies and men I feel like I am at my wits end. What can I do? Also the economy sucks due to covid. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. If you made it to the end thank you.
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