Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Work Dilemma of Confusion

So, T.G. used to work for a large truck manufacturing company in the Lehigh Valley who shall remain unnamed. Of course, said truck manufacturing company laid him off about two years ago, which was quite inconvenient for us as we relied on the paycheck and healthcare they provided. Happily we were blessed with another job opening up nearly immediately at T.G.'s current employment which is run by one of his childhood friends and is a really awesome place to work. However, at the aforementioned trucking company T.G. was up to top rate and the benefits were free and also very awesome. At his new job the pay is about half of what he was making before and the benefits are not free or quite as good. Not that I'm complaining, I LOVE his current job and the benefits are very good ones, just not as good as the other ones. More importantly, T.G. loves his current job, his boss, his work...everything. There is room for advancement, he does not come home dead tired and disgusted by his co-workers, and he enjoys what he does. Personally, I think that if you find a job you love, you are massively blessed and you stay right there loving it...HOWEVER
Now previous truck company job is opening up again and T.G. will most likely get called back in June and we have BIG decisions to make.
See, if T.G. goes back to the first job we will most likely be able to pay our house off in two years. We'll also have the free benefits again, and will be comfortable financially. It's not that we're uncomfortable now, but our purse is slimmer than it was, and we've had to be more frugal in order to keep our savings intact. On the other hand, if T.G. goes back, he will not be doing a job he loves and the truck manufacturing company is always a bit of gamble with possible lay-offs in the future always looming large over our heads. It is a conundrum. More money means paying off the house and car and the relief that comes with being debt-free. But more money also means a job that T.G. does not love and the uncomfortable feeling of not knowing if it will disappear again.
What I'm hoping will happen, and I think T.G. is really hoping as well is that he can go over everything with his current boss and see if he can do both jobs if he gets called back to the truck place. So that would mean full-time at truckville and a few hours a week at the other job. This would mean T.G. would be working an awful lot though and I'm not sure how I feel about that. I would miss him so much. He already has school two nights a week and those days are so lonely for me. I just don't know what to think. Anyway, I'm praying about all of it, because I know the Lord will direct T.G. and I as to how to handle this situation. He knows where T.G. is meant to work and I'm certain when the time comes He'll make our choice very apparent to us.

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