Advice needed

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March 5,2024 at 7:52PM UTC

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Advice needed

Im trying to decide if it would be a good idea to quit my full time job and work 2 part time jobs until I find a good fit. I think my biggest concern is not securing another full time job by the end of the year when I am officially off of my parent’s insurance-this is the only reason I haven’t left the full-time position in case I don’t find anything by then. But I’m also really unhappy at my current full-time job, like very unhappy. I was bait and switched, the overall mission that they claim to have and what we actually do doesn’t align, and the overall culture just isn’t for me. The training was also terrible, my trainer for the job quit about 2 weeks after I started and I wasn’t reassigned after requesting NUMEROUS times- thrown to the wolves. So I’m about a year in still not performing as I should be, not that I know what that should look like because they’ve never made that clear either.

Is anyone here in the same boat? Have you left a full time job to do part time jobs? I’m mostly hung up on money (I do make decent money ant my part time job and they’ve offered to give me more hours whenever I would like them), and the thought of being out of insurance at the start of next year once I turn 26.

WHAT DO I DO?!!!

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Cecile Marie GirouxMarch 5,2024 at 11:39PM UTC
Bad idea- if you need medical- stay full time.
AnonymousMarch 5,2024 at 11:42PM UTC
If your only concern is insurance, once you are off your parent's plan, you can subscribe to the healthcare exchanges at healtcare.gov. If your combined income from the two PT jobs is below a certain amount, you may be eligible to obtain Medicaid, and the prices on the exchange can be geared to what you can afford. Another downside to two PT jobs is securing PTO, so you may not have any days off with pay (unless one or both pay for sick time). However, PT jobs often do not include vacation or personal days. A plus of the PT jobs is that one or the other could lead to a full-time position (if that is your preferred career path, it could be your foot in the door.)