Lady I have news for you, there are a whole lot of nasty human being in this world. They will laugh in your face and make you believe that they care about you. Go on and you will find something else to do. There's nothing guarantee us today, not even life. Today we are here to morrow we might be dead. Those who wronged you, day will come God is at work he never sleeps.....find another job.

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Anonymous wrote:But if you just quit on the spot, would new potential employers call for reference from current family? Are you afraid of sabotaging your future prospects by leaving on bad terms?

You wouldn't quit on the spot. This employer broke the contract not OP. OP should not have accepted his "terms".

In this situation, I would finish out the day then send them an email or text letting them know I will not be back tomorrow due to the contract not being adhered to since they decided to cut hours so drastically. I would not use them as a reference since I have plenty of experience and references anyway. If an employer asked about the gap in my resume I would tell them I was taking a break and looking for the right position. OP accepted the terms of guaranteed hours and they broke that when she got back like it was nothing. So now grandma can take care of the kids full time.

Anonymous wrote:But if you just quit on the spot, would new potential employers call for reference from current family? Are you afraid of sabotaging your future prospects by leaving on bad terms?

You wouldn't quit on the spot. This employer broke the contract not OP. OP should not have accepted his "terms".

Agree about the savings. I save $500/week from babysitting and my regular job. I often work 6/7 days a week but right now saving is most important to me. When I'm done this job I'm quitting to go travel.

Be very careful about what you say about former employees.

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Anonymous wrote:But if you just quit on the spot, would new potential employers call for reference from current family? Are you afraid of sabotaging your future prospects by leaving on bad terms?

I knew of someone who sued for slander. And won. It went very badly for the employer who couldn't support bad-mouthing her former employee.

You don’t have to slander someone to provide the type of lackluster reference that takes people out of the running for good positions. Just leave the family off your reference list altogether if you can.

Anonymous wrote:But if you just quit on the spot, would new potential employers call for reference from current family? Are you afraid of sabotaging your future prospects by leaving on bad terms?

I knew of someone who sued for slander. And won. It went very badly for the employer who couldn't support bad-mouthing her former employee.

But if you just quit on the spot, would new potential employers call for reference from current family? Are you afraid of sabotaging your future prospects by leaving on bad terms?

Every single person in the world should have 6-9 months of savings in a liquid savings account that they can use if they lose their job, get cancer and can't work for 6 months, get into a car accident and can't work, etc. So for those of you with a 2 months safety net, keep monthly saving until it's 6 months.

You can call it an FU account or just "emergency savings" but do it. Start putting $10, $15 or $20 a week in a savings account - or every two weeks or every month even - but start doing it. Nobody will EVER have enough money to do this - you just have to start saving a little bit at a time.

And start by not getting Starbucks. I used to get a coffee and scone every day. It cost $6.00 per day. No big deal, right? And I was always short on money. Finally, one day (I am embarrassed to tell you it took about a year to truly admit this) I realized that I was spending $30 per week and $120 a month on stupid Starbucks! $120 a month! I quit right that day and never looked back. My coffee maker makes coffee. The Giant has muffins & bagels - which I can buy and eat each morning. And suddenly I had money to last until the end of the month. Or to put in a savings account.

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Anonymous wrote:PSA to all: Make sure to have enough money in a "fuck you savings account" to walk away from any bad job on the spot. OP had a prime opportunity to tell her employers that the change in her contract was not acceptable and walk on the spot. She can't and that is too bad. She is giving her horrid employers exactly what they want and making herself a doormat to their whims.

+1 Couldn’t agree more. Thanks to my savings no employer will ever be able to pull this crap on me and have me show up the next day.

+2 Nothing is more important. Screw the new car, vacation, cable, eating out, whatever - make yourselves a FU savings account.

You think what happened to OP can't happen to you... Think again!

+3. No matter how much the parents love you or how close you are to the family - they can screw you over. Get a good two months expenses put aside so you do not have to take the crap that OPistaking.

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Can’t wait until I’m not living paycheck to paycheck so I can do this.

I changed my "living" just to be able to do this. Got a roommate, no cable, no eating out ever - not even a cup of Starbucks coffee, and so many more sacrifices just to get two months ahead.

Good for you. This is just plain smart no matter what your circumstances.

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Anonymous wrote:PSA to all: Make sure to have enough money in a "fuck you savings account" to walk away from any bad job on the spot. OP had a prime opportunity to tell her employers that the change in her contract was not acceptable and walk on the spot. She can't and that is too bad. She is giving her horrid employers exactly what they want and making herself a doormat to their whims.

+1 Couldn’t agree more. Thanks to my savings no employer will ever be able to pull this crap on me and have me show up the next day.

+2 Nothing is more important. Screw the new car, vacation, cable, eating out, whatever - make yourselves a FU savings account.

You think what happened to OP can't happen to you... Think again!

+3. No matter how much the parents love you or how close you are to the family - they can screw you over. Get a good two months expenses put aside so you do not have to take the crap that OPistaking.

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Can’t wait until I’m not living paycheck to paycheck so I can do this.

I changed my "living" just to be able to do this. Got a roommate, no cable, no eating out ever - not even a cup of Starbucks coffee, and so many more sacrifices just to get two months ahead.

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Anonymous wrote:PSA to all: Make sure to have enough money in a "fuck you savings account" to walk away from any bad job on the spot. OP had a prime opportunity to tell her employers that the change in her contract was not acceptable and walk on the spot. She can't and that is too bad. She is giving her horrid employers exactly what they want and making herself a doormat to their whims.

+1 Couldn’t agree more. Thanks to my savings no employer will ever be able to pull this crap on me and have me show up the next day.

+2 Nothing is more important. Screw the new car, vacation, cable, eating out, whatever - make yourselves a FU savings account.

You think what happened to OP can't happen to you... Think again!

+3. No matter how much the parents love you or how close you are to the family - they can screw you over. Get a good two months expenses put aside so you do not have to take the crap that OPistaking.

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Can’t wait until I’m not living paycheck to paycheck so I can do this.

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Anonymous wrote:PSA to all: Make sure to have enough money in a "fuck you savings account" to walk away from any bad job on the spot. OP had a prime opportunity to tell her employers that the change in her contract was not acceptable and walk on the spot. She can't and that is too bad. She is giving her horrid employers exactly what they want and making herself a doormat to their whims.

+1 Couldn’t agree more. Thanks to my savings no employer will ever be able to pull this crap on me and have me show up the next day.

+2 Nothing is more important. Screw the new car, vacation, cable, eating out, whatever - make yourselves a FU savings account.

You think what happened to OP can't happen to you... Think again!

+3. No matter how much the parents love you or how close you are to the family - they can screw you over. Get a good two months expenses put aside so you do not have to take the crap that OPistaking.