I wasnt exactly having the best sleep today. fitful at best and uncomfortable, it was a relief being woken up by the hone, or so I thought. We’ve had to carry financially a member of my partner’s family for 18 months because he quit his job, and that’s how long it took him to find a new one. Then he found a job which paid heaps of money for doing low braindrain work and he wants to quit and come back to where I work.

I object to this, and I told my manager that because of the financial obligations he has towards his family. Currently he’s dreaming if he think he would get contract work. Work is so tight on the ground for anyone in IT that its difficult to even find a contract which is viable let alone quit so that he can become a contractor. At best he can be paid 300 a week where i work as a casual, he’d e taking a massive pay cut.

In the end tho, its not fair if I use C to keep this guy from working with someone that makes him want to quit on the spot. I talked to my partner and he said we’ll manage, and then said, “why do you think we aren’t dealing with his boss anymore?” Good question I thought, considering the amount of money that is involved, i know that my partner walking away from a job because of the man who runs the business, means he’s pretty bad. It’s not fair on the family member, his mother, us, or even C - because ultimately, it’s his life, he’s a grown up and he has to face the consequences of his decisions. So i sms’d C and said for her to give him the job, he’s the best person for it, and sms’d back saying thanks.

Now I sit here and think about the financial sides of the decisions being made and want to cry. We’ve worked so hard to get where we are now after only three months, and now - it looks like we’ll slide right back in that hole again. That’s life i guess.

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