Need to vent

[RubyRose]

Alright. I'm a little worried of late. You see Rhyce currently has a full-time job, working in the dairy department of a Coles Supermarket, in Clarkson. The pay is good. He earns about $500-$550 a week after tax. He's able to save at least $250 a week most weeks, only now he's decided due to varying amounts of stress and troubles at work that he's going to quit working there, and go work at a Coles Express Service Station, while its garanteed a higher pay rate. It's casual, which means he doesn't get the benifits of paid holidays or sick leave and so forth. I know he doesn't handle stress well, and is currently on anti-depressants because of his depression, but I'm beginning to have doubts about this whole job change. Maybe its because when he approached his bosses and told them of his plans they turned around on him and said, he'd have to stay on for four extra weeks until they could get somebody else to replace him, actually they've gone as far as offer him a managerial position in attempt to get him to stay.
The other thing is he's currently living up in Clarkson, but will be moving in with me (I still live at home) any time now, in Woodvale (we're currently living about half an hour away from eachother by train) so the other job he's applying for is closer to Woodvale which works in his favour, I suppose.
The other thing, is that we are looking at moving out into our own place. Now don't get me wrong, its not that I don't want to move out, cause I do. It's just being at home, and only earning $200 - $250 a week where I am currently working (which ends in come Oct 30th due to being pregnant - I chose to quit them by the way) I still fall under my parents family health insurance, which happens to cover obstetrics. (sp?)
Thing is Rhyce doesn't want us to still be there come January when the baby is born, which is fair enough, but at the same time, I can't see it happening financially anytime before then. To top it off, I can't be covered my Rhyce's insurance, unless we're married, and the wedding isn't until September 2006. Which is no real drama, means I just have to look into getting my own insurance. But the whole thing takes time, and I feel as though I'm being rushed.
See I made the mistake of telling Rhyce that the baby is due in 3 months and what is now 23 days about 5 days ago. And now he's all hyper and finally getting motivated when it comes to the future. Which is great. But at the same time, I feel absolutely horrible, mainly because I know how much money we have between us saved in the bank.

Meh, okay I've rambled on enough.
Bendithion,
RubyRose

[Bec_W]

I see your dilemma :( It may have changed, but when we were looking into health insurance we couldn't find a policy that covered pregnancy and birth related services to people who had been members for less then a year.

[MalPixie]

yeah most likely you will have to stay on your parents until after the baby is born cause no one will want to pick up coverage on you knowing that a hospital bill of probably thousands is headed their way! but his ins should cover the baby right? are you going back to work that you can get coverage thru them?

[Scarlettvixen]

ruby most of the australian health insurance funds require 12 months membership prior to covering birth related services. having said that does the hospital u r booked in have a midwives clinic? where the midwife manages yr pregnancy and birth? they only call the dr in if there is an issue

[Mistress_Ravenshadow]

has rhyce thought about the stress involved with working at a servo? it may not seem like it on the surface but it is more stressful working at a service station then at a supermarket...i have had friends and family that have worked in them and they all say the same..
they have people on as casuals at servo's because it is easier for them to get rid of them if they don't do their job properly..they also are not obligated to give them a set amount of hours per week you could get 40 hours one week and 2hours the next.. you don't always get set shifts, you work when they tell you too.. one week it could be days the next it could be graveyard shift if they are a 24hr servo .. there is no real stability with it... the pay is higher too because there is higher risk working there..
changing jobs can be very stressful in itself too.. if his bosses are prepared to give him a promotion to make him stay then i'm sure if he sat down and talked to them about the stresses and other problems they would address them and help to get them sorted or at least reduced as best as they could.. it seems that they really like him and feel that he is a valuable and extremely capable employee, someone they are will to fight to keep..

[RubyRose]

<sigh> Oops. I'd forgotten the 12 month thing. Damn. So even if I get my own health insurance, I'm still stuck regardless.

As for Rhyce and his new job, I'm not entirely sure he's thought it through properly. Maybe the 'I want to get out of this job' (the coles dairy department one) is all he can think about right now. Actually I'm not totally sure, he's told the service station people that he needs to work at least 5 days out of 7. I hope he has. You know as much as I feel for Rhyce and the shit that's been pulled at Coles Supermarket recently, I'm beginning to wish he'd stay there. I suppose I can thank his mate Warren (who actually works at the Coles Service Station) for telling Rhyce there was a job opening.

I think I'm gunna sit Rhyce down and have a little chat with him between now and Monday.

Thanks everyone.
Bendithion,
RubyRose