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I am a full time college student currently on break. I work now at a small doctors' office, and I also do work on a small business with a good friend of mine. The work for the small business is one I do from home and it varies weekly, yet lately I feel like lately I have not been able to put enough work into it because of the hours I'm putting into my other job. I do get paid for it but not a lot, given the company has only started a few months ago. Currently I work 20 hours at the doctors' office. On top of that and the small business, I am also very involved in student clubs and other similar things and I am training for a marathon. So it is safe to say I'm pretty busy as it is.
Yesterday our receptionist suddenly quit with no notice. Everybody was shocked as expected. Today my boss talked to me, she said she's been very happy with my work and wanted to know if I could do more hours. She wants me to help since now we don't have a receptionist. She knows I'm on summer break and not having classes yet. I did say that when school starts I would like to not go over 20. Yet, I am worried that even now it is still bad idea to take more hours because I'm already so busy as it is.
Should I take it and just push through it? What would you guys do in my situation?
Will it negatively affect your relationship with the employer if you say you are unable to work the additional hours? If you don't anticipate a negative response say no. You're in college, which will probably be one of the more enjoyable times in your life. You have many more years to work after this, enjoy life while you can!
Just pick a time frame and tell your boss that's how long you can help out. They genuinely need help since someone quit so I'd be nice and help. But saying you will do it for 1 week, 2 weeks etc. lets them know it's only temporary.
There are only so many hours in a day, you need to prioritize.
1. School- Getting your degree
2. Work- School isn't cheap, nor is rent, food, student loans, etc...
3. Marathon- Nice goal, but can always be done later
4. School Clubs and Such- That is just about friends, nobody gives a flip about what club you were in during college.
You need to work out the combination of 1 and 2, and then maybe 3,4 you can fit in on a smaller level.
There are only so many hours in a day, you need to prioritize.
1. School- Getting your degree
2. Work- School isn't cheap, nor is rent, food, student loans, etc...
3. Marathon- Nice goal, but can always be done later
4. School Clubs and Such- That is just about friends, nobody gives a flip about what club you were in during college.
You need to work out the combination of 1 and 2, and then maybe 3,4 you can fit in on a smaller level.
Also determining how big the gap should be between 1 and 2 is how leveraging is the pay vs cost of college. If your job is paying for a large chunk of school then it will just be slightly below 1 since it is significantly defraying the loans you have to take on. However, if the amount of money you are making is insignificant compared to the cost of attendance then I would say in some cases 2 can even drop below 3.
It all depends on the percentage of the costs of attendance the job is off setting and/or if the job is providing direct relevant profound experience in your chosen field.
I have literally had other students scream at me for blowing off a job for other things because the pay was so insignificant that it just could not keep my attention when compared to the total cost of attendance.
4 should not even really be on the list unless its helping meet a significant other or there some unique circumstance where 4 could be highly leveraging in the future. For the most part these clubs and such are useless.
Also how leveraging is the degree itself, are you going for your MD where you stand to make a substantial amount of money or are you going for a degree that will pay little more than the part time job you have now. That could push 1 down a few spots.
You are on break and you know the people talking about student debt problems... yet you don't want to work some extra to pile some money?
Depends on how leveraging the extra money is compared to the amount of debt that is required for degree completion.
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