jimmmm
Refugee
Hi interferencers, I've had quite a bad time recently, I'm self employed, & until recently have never experienced any problems at all regarding continuity of work & payment, but early summer this year I was offered a contract with a guy I've never done any work for before, but I know people who have, so went ahead with the job, he was away on holiday when I started, which dragged on for quite a while longer than certainly I, & probably he anticipated, & all the while I recieved no payment, anyway to cut a long story, I think you all know where this is leading, Yeah, I ended up with no pay, & out of pocket on expenses, then for the first time in years had several weeks with little or no work at all, with a wife, 3 kids & a mortgage to pay, for the first time in my life I knew what real worry was. A couple of weeks ago, out of the blue a job offer came, but, & its a big but, it meant working away from home 11 days out of 14, the sort of scenario I thought I'd finished with several years ago. I know I have to go, but it really is tearing me apart to leave my family behind for so long, my kids are aged 12, 10, & 7, & the youngest one in particular is finding it very hard whilst I'm away, I'm choking back tears typing this post now just thinking about it, & his teary phone calls, I know many people have to leave family & friends behind in order to earn a living, but whilst you as an individual are in such a situation that isn't much of a comfort, I was just wondering if anyone had any advice as to how to make it a slighly less traumatic experience, any advice will be greatly recieved.
