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Quick background: I'm 23, live in central FL in a rented room in an apartment. No family or friends to speak of here, girlfriend is 3 hours away and rest of family is in new england. My current job is a half hour highway commute, I work in support/development for an online tool company. My car was just totaled coming back from seeing my gf (Overheated even with full coolant, motor is busted) and will cost more to repair than replace the car. I figure I can maybe get 500-600 from a craigslist offer or a junkyard, and I have enough saved to get me through the next month and a half. My job will let me go by the 1st without a way to get to the office, even though I could work from home easily with it. I have a few years of college under my belt with decent grades, and my employment history is essentially this job for the past year, and retail management for 2 years prior. I'm open to anything I can do to keep things afloat at least temporarily. I'm looking for any kind of advice or suggestions that could help with short or long term work (Telecommuting would be ideal) or how to string out what I have left, if I should even stay here. Can provide any additional details. Thanks everyone for reading and helping, much appreciated.
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Nov 18, 2014 18:18
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Bugamol posted:Public transportation? Depending on where you live this is a viable option. It will most likely be super inconvenient (get up at 6:00 AM get home at 7:00 PM) because you will be at the mercy of the bus schedule, but it will definitely keep you going. There is very limited, just bad public trans where I am (Lakeland), and it doesn't go to where I work, not even close (Plant city). Bugamol posted:Unless there's somewhere to work within walking distance or you can scrap together some money (personal loan, family loan, sell everything you own) it sounds like you're pretty screwed. There are a large number of jobs out there where telecommuting is a viable option, however you are at the mercy of your employer and most employers don't like people telecommuting more than a few days a week unless the job is specifically set up to be telecommuted or you're some exemplary employee they don't want to lose. I just don't want to run into the same mistake I did buying this one, put myself into a bigger hole.. Bought it in April, put 500-600 in repairs in it thus far. I should have known better than to buy a used dodge with 150k and an engine knock (Didn't know what that was at the time), live and learn I guess. I'd love to land a job like that even at least 30 hours/wk telecommuting, that's where I'll start applying and calling. I'm borderline valuable here, that's why they gave me until the 1st, but no other options. Thanks for the reply
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Nov 18, 2014 18:53
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CuddleChunks posted:Time to get a shitmobile and limp back into work until you can save up for a better car. I hope you can get $500 - 600 for your existing car because this sweetass Buick is waiting in your area: https://lakeland.craigslist.org/cto/4767225273.html Dope. But thats one serious bike ride to get to see it. Idk if my quads could take it. Really though, how can I trust a car like that isn't a week away from breakdown, without knowing much about cars past basics? RealDeadTom fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Nov 18, 2014 |
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Nov 18, 2014 19:05
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Bugamol posted:I'm not going to patronize you with the "this is why you need an emergency fund" speech... Well you're not wrong. But I've stuck to the budget and haven't spent anything extra past seeing the gf, I just don't make enough to save more than $100/mo, only $11/hr. Or did, at least. I plan on contacting/applying to everything I can think of that's related to my current position, and is easy to telecommute like that.
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Nov 18, 2014 19:11
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