I'm broke, in debt and can't pay bills.
I (M) 27, have no idea what to do with myself and I am stressing out, I usually don't stress and tell myself or my significant other that "well figure it out". But right now that is out the window.
I recently started a job working at a company with my brother doing plumbing, $22 an hour, straight 40, not a bad gig. Only problem is my expenses (bills, gas, groceries, etc.) were for my old job, I was making $25, working 60-70 hours a week. Im doing alright budgeting and moving stuff around but I have no wiggle room, I don't have extra money like I did before and it's killing me, the last month I've thought about leaving.
The nail in the coffin this morning is I woke up to a $150 deposit from the company, I was sick half the week last week and couldn't make it into work, now when I was hired I was told 40 hours sick time as soon as you start which I thought was fine but they said "I've used it". I've tried disputeing and all this but it's a family owned, small company, they don't care. Anyway, I have 2 bills due, one I moved to next week (I already have 2 bills due next week) and I feel like I'm drowning, ever since I took this job I've constantly felt like my head was just above the water, I feel guilty when I think about leaving because my brother put in a word for me and keeps telling me "it'll be worth it in the end" but I'm so stressed and backed up I don't know what to do, any help/advice would be appreciated.