I am an essential employee that is still working 40 hours a week, and for that I am grateful.
However, I'm losing sleep over a wrench that might be thrown into things in the form of extra pay. For 4 weeks, our employer paid us $1.50/hour extra as "appreciation pay" for working through these tough times. It was announced on Friday that we will be receiving $3/hour extra from now through mid-June because they had qualified for one of the recent small business loans.
My stomach dropped and I was like, "NOooooooo!" Of course I want more pay, who doesn't, but now this will mess up my income and my payment will go up next year unless some sort of miracle happens with the trustee. My trustee has a limit of a set increase per year in pay before they seek a payment change. The raise I received in January will put me right below this limit as it is. My payback % is somewhere in the teens.
I am just sick. My rational side just says it will all be okay and just put the extra money in a savings account so I can handle the increased payment next year. I think the reason I'm so worried is that I just don't want any more "court happenings/filings" until the end of this. I just want to pay, stay under the radar (I have nothing to be worried about, I am just a big worrier by nature), and get through this. My nerves can't take any more, even though everything was 100% smooth with no issues at all. Hopefully my job remains good, as it has been. My employer refused to believe there would be any sort of shutdown, and we had an argument about it.
Anyone have any words of wisdom on this? Do you suppose the trustees will see this as an odd year and just leave things alone? Should I notify my attorney NOW about this increase, or wait until this all calms down? Or even just the end of the year?
Also, just a vent, no word on the stimulus payment yet and what the decision is on keeping that or not. I feel like I'm just in limbo all around. Thank you for listening!
However, I'm losing sleep over a wrench that might be thrown into things in the form of extra pay. For 4 weeks, our employer paid us $1.50/hour extra as "appreciation pay" for working through these tough times. It was announced on Friday that we will be receiving $3/hour extra from now through mid-June because they had qualified for one of the recent small business loans.
My stomach dropped and I was like, "NOooooooo!" Of course I want more pay, who doesn't, but now this will mess up my income and my payment will go up next year unless some sort of miracle happens with the trustee. My trustee has a limit of a set increase per year in pay before they seek a payment change. The raise I received in January will put me right below this limit as it is. My payback % is somewhere in the teens.
I am just sick. My rational side just says it will all be okay and just put the extra money in a savings account so I can handle the increased payment next year. I think the reason I'm so worried is that I just don't want any more "court happenings/filings" until the end of this. I just want to pay, stay under the radar (I have nothing to be worried about, I am just a big worrier by nature), and get through this. My nerves can't take any more, even though everything was 100% smooth with no issues at all. Hopefully my job remains good, as it has been. My employer refused to believe there would be any sort of shutdown, and we had an argument about it.
Anyone have any words of wisdom on this? Do you suppose the trustees will see this as an odd year and just leave things alone? Should I notify my attorney NOW about this increase, or wait until this all calms down? Or even just the end of the year?
Also, just a vent, no word on the stimulus payment yet and what the decision is on keeping that or not. I feel like I'm just in limbo all around. Thank you for listening!
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