My dad lost his job and can't find a new one?

Are they willing to move? I know that hospitals and retail chains have a hard time getting pharmacists where I live. Also, prisons are always hiring medical professionals.
Your mortgage sounds reasonable but you might have to scale back your lifestyle for a while. Does hid mom work? Is she willing to work?

@Judi My dad is willing to move because there are jobs in other states. However, my stepmom has refused from the beginning. She doesn’t want to give up the house because it’s her “dream house” and they just built an addition and moved her parents up here a few months ago.
If we moved, they’d have nowhere to go.

***Excuse my grammar and spelling in the question, I typed it on my phone***

It’s great that you’re aware of your parents problems, and that you’re concerned about them, but, honestly, the best thing you can do is concentrate on school and keeping your grades up. You don’t want to add to their worries by failing in school or getting sick.

50 is not old today, and a month or two is not a long time to be without a job.

Trust your parents to do what’s best for your family. At 17 you have a fair understanding of life, but your dad has 30 years more experience at that, too.

@ibstubro I’m trying not to focus on it but it affects my life…like my parents can’t buy groceries like they used to and they fuss about me needing more than $10 for things at school (field trips, events, etc.). It’s stressful because when I lived with my mother we sometimes couldn’t afford food at all so I guess it’s like PTSD or something…I’m just expecting the worst. I had to move here because my dad was more financially stable and now I feel like it’s the same situation over again.

A know two months isn’t a long time, it’s just probable that he will be unemployed for more than two months considering that even young graduates are having trouble finding work. It doesn’t help that he has anxiety and is constantly saying that we’re going to have to sell everything because he’ll never get hired.

Oh, and my dad isn’t 50. He’s 58.

Trust me, you doing anything other than concentrating on your grades and otherwise not adding to your dad’s burden is only going to make things worse.

$3000 a month income is more than I’ve ever made, and I never want for a thing. They may have to downsize eventually, but it sounds like that might be over-due. Let them sort it out and concentrate on your future.

If your father was dismissed because he didn’t want to practice medicine illegally, then he sits atop a mountain of illegitimate employment termination lawsuit opportunities.

I wouldn’t be looking for a job. I’d be looking for a lawyer.

” He was fired because the chain he worked for wanted him to up sell medication and practice medicine illegally and he refused to do it ”

Explain. Something might be done here

” Also, every year around this time this chain begins firing its employees that are over 50. My dad found out that several of his pharmacist friends that are his age were fired the same week. ”

This sounds actionable. Do you have an attorney?

A month or two? My son has been out of work two years, and nothing in site. Two of my adult grandsons have had to take part time jobs and live with me just to make ends meet, and I still end up paying most of their expenses.

I agree with the advice of others about looking for a lawyer.

Maybe you could find some part-time work to help out.

I don’t have much advice on the job hunting / legal action side… but I do want to let you know that my father lost his job (a well-paying one at that) when I was entering my sophomore year of high school. While he had just obtained his real estate license, that’s when the bubble burst in California so he wasn’t able to find work long in that field either. We are still struggling financially, but we didn’t lose the house and have food on the table.

As @ibstubro suggested, I focused on my studies. It was hard going hungry and knowing how much guilt and pain my parents harboured, but I knew that the best thing I could do for them and for myself was to focus. I applied for financial aid and the government fully covered my tuition for my undergraduate degree and the majority of my graduate degree. I was able to find work and am no longer a financial burden on my family. My siblings followed the same path and my elder brother helps my parents out when they let him.

The best you can do for them as an investment for your future and theirs, is to do well in school and get on track to a stable job of your own.

As @ibstubro and @muppetish suggests you need to concentrate on your grades. You don’t have enough life experience to know what is best. Times will be tough for a while but your dad will definitely figure it out. When one door closes another one opens. Maybe God has a better job in line for your dad. Just pray, God can help you out with these kind of situations. Right now what you can do is, help him with his resume, find postings and find the people to network with. Everything will be fine.

Amen, @muppetish. I think things like offering to get a part time job would just make dad feel even guiltier, and stress him more. And obviously a 17 yo is not going to give legal advice to a 58 yo father. I’m glad you chimed in with real-life experience.

Thanks guys, I’ll mention the lawsuit thing to him. I think he’d be worried about debt with a lawyer though.

I am still focused on school. Fortunately, my school is a POS so we just watch movies all day and then take open-book tests.
I’ve had a nonfluctuating 4.0 since I was a freshman.

You’re on the right course, then @Feta!

Hope you get a scholarship to a great college!

:)