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<blockquote data-quote="Nitelite" data-source="post: 250301" data-attributes="member: 11932"><p>To those who say part time work is not meant to be enough to live off of...</p><p></p><p> I started working at UPS in 1995 at the ripe old age of 18. I worked on the night sort because I was a night person. Four years later I met my girlfriend who worked the shift before me and extended onto my shift every night. Soon I moved out of my parents place and into hers. I switched to the Twi sort and got serious about school and enrolled fulltime to obtain my bachelors degree in CS and Mathematics graduating with a 3.92 GPA. That was in 2004. Since then, people have asked when I am going to do something with it, and I reply, "Why?"</p><p></p><p> I make $20.57 an hour. My girlfriend makes over $17 (she got screwed and started 2 months after 97 strike). We have a child together now so she works during the day (12:30-5:15) and I go in for the Twi shift and usually work 2 hours overtime a day. Maybe it is my hub, but overtime has never been an issue, and if there isn't OT work (never happens), I have the option of extending onto the Night Sort (I hate the hour break, so never bother). So pretty much I make what a combo worker makes in 7 hours instead of 9.</p><p></p><p> I love the fact that neither of us work full time. It allows us to raise our child ourselves instead of a daycare and leaves time for all my various hobbies. If I don't feel like working 7 hours, no problem, I go home after 5.</p><p></p><p> I am not sure why so many of you criticize one job part-timers. In my case, it is more than viable and makes working full time nonsensical.</p><p></p><p> Ryan / Nitelite</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nitelite, post: 250301, member: 11932"] To those who say part time work is not meant to be enough to live off of... I started working at UPS in 1995 at the ripe old age of 18. I worked on the night sort because I was a night person. Four years later I met my girlfriend who worked the shift before me and extended onto my shift every night. Soon I moved out of my parents place and into hers. I switched to the Twi sort and got serious about school and enrolled fulltime to obtain my bachelors degree in CS and Mathematics graduating with a 3.92 GPA. That was in 2004. Since then, people have asked when I am going to do something with it, and I reply, "Why?" I make $20.57 an hour. My girlfriend makes over $17 (she got screwed and started 2 months after 97 strike). We have a child together now so she works during the day (12:30-5:15) and I go in for the Twi shift and usually work 2 hours overtime a day. Maybe it is my hub, but overtime has never been an issue, and if there isn't OT work (never happens), I have the option of extending onto the Night Sort (I hate the hour break, so never bother). So pretty much I make what a combo worker makes in 7 hours instead of 9. I love the fact that neither of us work full time. It allows us to raise our child ourselves instead of a daycare and leaves time for all my various hobbies. If I don't feel like working 7 hours, no problem, I go home after 5. I am not sure why so many of you criticize one job part-timers. In my case, it is more than viable and makes working full time nonsensical. Ryan / Nitelite [/QUOTE]
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