PLEASE READ IN NEED OF BIG TIME ADVICE So I work with my boyfriend (we will call my boyfriend by the letter C )for his uncles Small business it’s home remodeling/ construction. My boyfriend is 26 and he’s a hard worker. Sadly he doesn’t have much education such as a bachelors he only has an certification Or associate degree (I think ) in engineering I know he has a thing in engineering cause he went to college for it and for architecture design. (So he can’t get one of those fancy jobs that pay top dollar) He is beyond talented though as he grew up learning all the trades and knows pretty much almost everything. My boyfriend is basically the project manager of his uncles business and practically runs everything for his uncle. My boyfriend C literally knows how to pretty much run a business . He has for the past 4 years for his uncle.But during these past 4 years things have gone down hill more and more. Due to his uncle becoming more and more crass and an ass. Especially more since I’ve started working with him these last 4 months things have become worse. Especially with inflation we are struggling and I don’t know what to do as I watch the person I love struggling.

C gets paid 250 a day by his uncle and works pretty much everyday except weekends but recently it’s been every weekend since May without notice or break. Example: on Thursday “oh Sunday we are going to this place to work” Bleeding C dry of his soul it seems. Because after work all C does is sleep. Its work and sleep. No life. And even when C does have plans a lot of times he still will work instead. Or his uncle will laugh in his face then act surprised and acts all like your always off if C says I plan on being off. When C hasn’t gotten a weekend off in months or a vacation since May. If you think that’s bad that’s nothing

Recently we have started working a job that’s two hours away from our home and it takes up so much gas. The drive also takes up so much from our work day.

That Cs uncle has started to pay C less because we are working 6 hr days instead of 8 hrs days due to the drive. Cs uncle also won’t pay us drive time. Meanwhile we literally spend 5 hrs extra driving each day due to this job. So 11 hrs working each day.

C also has filled up the work truck which is literally just his uncles and his uncle won’t pay for gas right then he puts it in Cs check or he will short him. Example : C paid $115 for gas his uncle will only give $100 making C pay out of pocket for the rest.

Cs uncle also has been trying to short C on his checks. C gets paid 1,200 each week. One week Cs uncle was like I thought the extra 200 was for gas money when the uncle had said to him originally that the 200 was for a raise.

Cs uncle also is paying someone who doesn’t even work full time and doesn’t even know how to do this job almost the same amount as him and to sit on there phone half the time $1,000 which is honestly ridiculous and upsetting. C is beyond humble and doesn’t say anything he goes back and fixes every mistake his uncle makes which is a lot and makes sure everything is right to get screwed over constantly.

C also endures his uncle over watching him when C knows what he’s doing , giving him attitude and honestly being a complete dick. Such as uninviting us to a family trip because C took a day off to be with me because my dog died. And literally us being late today and saying to us in front of everyone with an attitude “ there right there “ because C asked what tools do I need because we were late because Cs uncle needed us to pick up keys that Cs Uncle forgot . I could give so many examples but in the end the uncle is a dick.

C wants to get his MHIC license and is trying but money is very tight right now because Of bills. We still live with Cs parent but it’s still hard. We only make 6,800 a month together and alot of it goes to having to pay for gas due to these jobs.

C isn’t willing to get another job at the moment because he knows he won’t make as much as he makes now it’s not making ends meet and honestly I don’t know i want what’s best for him because I see this current job eating him alive. I don’t know how to help but there’s gotta be a way out of this hell job without us being jobless an advice