Ok so i need some advice. I went to college and got a degree,

A little more info:

Also money is a factor. Right now i make just above minimum wage and technically dont work full time. I rarely get 8 hour days. So on average i make about $500 every 2 weeks after taxes. My wife that i need to care for is having alot of trouble finding a job (a thing we didnt anticipate after moving back to my hometown), and this has left us on food stamps.

After i go through 2 big tests 2 years apart in my current job i would about double my wage.

However, i know mail drivers make more than that as a starting pay, have better benefits and paid vacation.

so i guess the real question is how do i morally leave this job behind?

bumping post. i feel like im trapped.

>>17092923
Ask him to bump your salary to a living wage and give you more responsibilities, say $15, or tell him you have to find gainful employment elsewhere. Explain to him that you want the business to succeed, but the interests of the family you made comes first.

>>17093022
i dont think that getting more money from himis even possible. he doesnt even pay himself for his hours worked. when he does, he pays himself 15 an hour.

i think you might be right on the second poin though. he once told me that he worked like a dozen different jobs before he found the one he likes. like he went to school to be a mechanic, quit that, did glass work, quit that, built houses for a while, etc. I guess it would be taking after him just in a different way.

>>17093038
well then don't feel guilty about being open with him that you aren't enjoying the work and want to find something different because clearly that's something he'd understand

>>17093046
you're right i bet he'd understand. I guess im one of the people that will do about anything to avoid confrontation. Thats something to work on probably.

do you think that i should work towards another job before i tell him so im not unemployed while i find something, incase it does go south?