Member- Buffalobride4712
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: May 2012
In advance, sorry if this is long.
I currently have two jobs – I work part time for a party rental company and part time for a wedding photographer. I really dislike working for the rental company, but I am getting some pretty great deals on stuff for my wedding. I have worked for the wedding photographer for about 1.5 years. I really like him, and we get along great. However, I am his only employee (besides himself) and he can only give me a max of 30 hours in the summer, from April through September (peak wedding season). He plans on having me assist him at weddings (like I had done last summer) but this time for 2-3 weddings a month, verses the 1 a month I got last year.
I know this seems like some unnessecary info, but I’m getting there!
My main question/concern is, neither of these jobs have benefits, and both are fairly low-paying ($9/hr). Fiance and I are getting married in May, and I will be the sole provider for the next 2 years while he finishes grad school to be a physical therapist. It’s an accelerated program where he gets his Docorate in 6 years, but this means he can’t work summers, and has to do clinical interships (40 hours/week unpaid) instead.
Even though I like working for this wedding photographer, I do not see him being able to give me a raise any time soon, and right now I’m only working 12 hours/week for him and that’s pushing it. He honestly barely has the work to keep me busy, and my hours are going to be cut after wedding season ends in October. I will have to get another part time job, probably low-paying without benefits.
So… do I get a new job after wedding season? Or do I stick with him for the next two years?
Some other info that may influence your answer: I have an Associate’s Degree in Photography. I do want to do something photography-related, but would rather, especially at this point in my life, have a higher paying, stable job, hopefully with benefits of some kind. I also understand that this is my choice and decsion, but I’m hoping the Hive will have some helpful input!!
