Hi All, I've got some decisions to make very very soon, and I wanted input from a few of you folks first. I am supposed to start a new job tomorrow. This job will be part time and minimum wage, but since it is in retail and tis the season, I may be working more hours during the holidays. If I work here, makin about $120 or so a week, maybe closer to $200 a week during the holidays, I may lose out on my county medical care and my food stamps. The food stamps I get per month would be more than I would make there in a week. The medical that I get right now not being employed, is almost priceless. I take 7 or 8 different medications for various issues, and I will probably not even afford 1 or 2 of them if my county health plan gets cut due to employment. If I tell my worker the truth, that I am working now. It will get cut off for sure. Someone told me to wait a month, and then see before I tell my worker. But the thing is, they have ways of finding out, whether or not you tell them. Also, I have so much going on right now with physical issues and sickness, that I don't even know if I will be able to work really right now anyway! My last place I worked a few months ago told me, "We don't need people who are sick working here; we need healthy people working here" when I had to go to the ER and had a doctor's note. Ugh. I am sooooooooooooo perplexed. I don't know what to do. Please share your thoughts on this if you can. Thanks so much guys! hugs Jessie D.
