Wanting to leave work

rvjgd

If it sounds like I'm trying to find a way out of my job yes I am I hate it and my wife wants to stop being a housewife and earning herself and I'd like to spend some time bringing up the children at their early age.

How would going part-time affect things tax credits wise? (I would have to step down to a lower hourly rate due to my position needing to be full-time). Do I have to work 24 hours a week or something?

I don't mind giving figures on here if that helps?

tiger_eyes

rvjgd wrote: »

If it sounds like I'm trying to find a way out of my job yes I am I hate it and my wife wants to stop being a housewife and earning herself and I'd like to spend some time bringing up the children at their early age.

Has your wife considered taking a regular salaried position for now? She could go back to work while you take over the childcare. Then she can continue testing out this network marketing scheme in her downtime. That way if the network marketing scheme doesn't pan out, she still gets to work, you still get to do childcare, and your family still has a guaranteed income from her employment.

Tottyshouse

This post has finished my interest in this site. It really has degenerated into a scrounger's charter. You don't like your job? tough. You should have thought about how much you enjoyed your job before you created three lives dependant on you and your salary.
The welfare state was created as a safety net from destitution - not because you don't fancy getting up for work anymore.
My husband is a police sergeant - I'm sure there are days he gets tired of the abuse, the constant threat to his life, seeing 80 year old men beaten black and blue by 20 year old sh*tbagsfor their pensions, and being first on the scene to god knows how many sudden deaths. But he wouldn't dream of leaving without something else in place.
Come to think of it I'm a bit fed up of getting up at 5am to come to work everyday and paying hideous amounts of tax into a system that apparently is there to pick up the tab for other people's crap life choices and whims. Don't bother replying as I won't be back to read anyones justification. You, Sir, are a disgrace.

rvjgd

We're now looking into a new job for my wife.

The question was about how cutting my income by my wife working instaed of me at a lower rate would affect net income for my family. Not about both of us not working. We couldn't get tax credits if neither of us worked affect my way.

It's the same basic situation as me leaving to start a new career in a new field at the bottom rung.

How would 8 hour contracts with overtime affect this? These seem to be pretty common but it wouldn't count would it even if she worked on average 30 hours?

Thomas_The_Tank_Top

Tottyshouse wrote: »

This post has finished my interest in this site. It really has degenerated into a scrounger's charter. You don't like your job? tough. You should have thought about how much you enjoyed your job before you created three lives dependant on you and your salary.
The welfare state was created as a safety net from destitution - not because you don't fancy getting up for work anymore.
My husband is a police sergeant - I'm sure there are days he gets tired of the abuse, the constant threat to his life, seeing 80 year old men beaten black and blue by 20 year old sh*tbagsfor their pensions, and being first on the scene to god knows how many sudden deaths. But he wouldn't dream of leaving without something else in place.
Come to think of it I'm a bit fed up of getting up at 5am to come to work everyday and paying hideous amounts of tax into a system that apparently is there to pick up the tab for other people's crap life choices and whims. Don't bother replying as I won't be back to read anyones justification. You, Sir, are a disgrace.

Well said that lady.

The board regulars will now close ranks and berate you as the only sin on this board (and others) is to be judgemental.

Martin needs to rename the site Money Scrounging Expert.

xylophone

It's the same basic situation as me leaving to start a new career in a new field at the bottom rung.

Have you thought about doing this? If you chose a job for which you have an aptitude in a field you enjoyed, you might do very well and achieve rapid promotion?

dktreesea

Tottyshouse wrote: »

This post has finished my interest in this site. It really has degenerated into a scrounger's charter. You don't like your job? tough. You should have thought about how much you enjoyed your job before you created three lives dependant on you and your salary.
The welfare state was created as a safety net from destitution - not because you don't fancy getting up for work anymore.

My husband is a police sergeant - I'm sure there are days he gets tired of the abuse, the constant threat to his life, seeing 80 year old men beaten black and blue by 20 year old sh*tbagsfor their pensions, and being first on the scene to god knows how many sudden deaths. But he wouldn't dream of leaving without something else in place.

Come to think of it I'm a bit fed up of getting up at 5am to come to work everyday and paying hideous amounts of tax into a system that apparently is there to pick up the tab for other people's crap life choices and whims. Don't bother replying as I won't be back to read anyones justification. You, Sir, are a disgrace.

I take your point but my first thought on reading this was "it's not fair! Why should your OH get to be a policeman while thousands apply every year and get turned away?"

While there might be a few jobs out there that are never the same day in day out and are probably as interesting in year 20 as they were in year 1 - documentary maker, cameraman, policeman, fireman, anyone working in emergency services, helicopter pilot, yachtsman, anything involving being out at sea, just to think of a few - most people don't get to do those jobs, however much they might want to.

Their lives are more likely to be putting up with the endless drag and drear of the same old cr*p day in and day out, poisoned by office politics so bad sometimes, it's eye watering. I'm amazed 70% of workers out there don't just want to walk away.

DaveTheMus

tomtontom wrote: »

Then you need to do more research. Network marketing is the new pyramid selling, which very few people do well from.

As for giving up work, that would be very foolish before at least one of just has a guaranteed income from other employment.

exactly what I was thinking......

Giving up a job that brings in more than £25k for pyramid selling :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: good luck

fabforty

dktreesea wrote: »

I take your point but my first thought on reading this was "it's not fair! Why should your OH get to be a policeman while thousands apply every year and get turned away?"

While there might be a few jobs out there that are never the same day in day out and are probably as interesting in year 20 as they were in year 1 - documentary maker, cameraman, policeman, fireman, anyone working in emergency services, helicopter pilot, yachtsman, anything involving being out at sea, just to think of a few - most people don't get to do those jobs, however much they might want to.

Their lives are more likely to be putting up with the endless drag and drear of the same old cr*p day in and day out, poisoned by office politics so bad sometimes, it's eye watering. I'm amazed 70% of workers out there don't just want to walk away.

Really? Well that's certainly a different take on things!

dippy3103

Of course one other course of action open to the o/p which may take a while but will ensure the family have a living wage is to find another job and then leave their current role.

My job has changed hugely in the past few years- both my t&c's & location - I now have a 60 mile round commute. On some days the office politics are horrid.

However, mortgages don't pay themselves & my disabled child (he has far greater care needs than other kids his age) relies on me to work to support him. So I, like thousands others, have to suck it all up and look fir another job before I leap. Why should the tax payer support me?

Would this happen anywhere other than the UK?

The welfare state is a safety net, not a choice