How many gazillion hours would a single mother have to work at what this city offers as a hourly wage to pay for a decent apartment? Then, if we could make rent, I guess we would have to eat at the food bank.
Halifax employers, up your hourly rate so people can afford a decent living.
They time you in this province when you go to break and lunch hours. They do not train people properly here: You are supposed to know exactly what you are doing when you are hired as If you have been there your whole life. Then, they write you up when you make a mistake.
Do away with contract jobs. They’re just a way to work people into the ground, in false hopes they will be hired with benefits.
—Up your game
This article appears in Sep 13-19, 2018.
So instead of playing the victim as the “single mother” why don’t you present yourself with the true barriers to earning a higher income. A good friend of mine is a “single mother” of two and is doing very well for herself, as a lawyer. Another in a similar situation with one child, on her own, just finished her P. Eng.
I am not sure how much being a single mom has to do with your situation, but you can carry on blaming everyone else for your situation or take ownership and change it.
I agree wages are too low in this city, but maybe don’t have a kid/kids if you don’t have a job that can support them? It’s called responsibility.