Working hard for no money….

I’ve been applying to jobs for months, never getting past the application stage, until last week!   A company, a well known one even, asked me to do an online assessment then asked me to schedule a phone interview.   One of the questions online asked what I expected as far as pay, and it was a a multiple choice answer so I chose the highest pay as we really do need to get that number to ensure we can afford to pay for childcare and pay the bills or else my working will be pointless.    I assumed since I had made it this far they had taken that answer into consideration and spent today looking into childcare prices, and even emailing some local providers via craiglists for rate info just in case things went well.   This evening I had the phone interview and it seemed to be more of her telling me about specifics of the company; hours, benefits and then pay than an interview.  She asked again that same question as listed online, and to play it safe I gave the same answer I had online.    She said she was sorry but the pay rate was “X”, I said I am sorry too.   She said would you consider the job at “X”.  I said unfortunately no.   I didn’t feel I should have to explain myself as I had already answered this question ahead of time and they had failed to pay attention to it and if they had we wouldn’t have wasted our time, or my stress level!   She said then we can go ahead and end the phone interview now.   I really felt in hindsight had I said something else I could possibly have a job lined up right now.   But I also know that I really do know that Dean and I have talked countless times that w/ three kids needing childcare at least part of the time, it needs to make sense financially for me to go to work, and the numbers just need to work out.  At this point in the game, I can still say no to a job.   Granted, things are not going well, but if we can’t afford to pay the bills now, adding in childcare for three kids just so we can possibly get another $200 a month once I go to work 40 hours week after taxes and paying for childcare is just plain dumb!   I felt like this was just a sign that I needed to be patient and wait for another opportunity to present itself, and we know God will provide for us financially, even if it seems impossible right now.  That being said, we are hosting an open house this weekend for the launch of our new Scentsy business, Dean and I, that is.   We are hoping this will be a way that Dean and I can spend time together, work together some, and add to our income.  Leave a comment if you want more info and don’t have my most recent contact info.