A 2 part job problem

PART 1: A pay cut.

And no, it's not because of the economy.

It's because of a crazy owner who doesn't know what's going on.

Okay, so long story short (if I can):

Jared started working with his new job about a month ago. He was told he would be paid $22 an hour. Well, when the owner (who lives in California) found out what he was being paid, she had a fit. According to her, Jared wasn't qualified and didn't have the certain credentials to be paid that much. Her first thought was to fire him. After being talked out of that, she said to pay him $10 an hour. Really? Ridiculous! The program manager knew there was no way Jared would stay for that wage and she really likes Jared. Thanks to this manager, Jared's wage at least went up to $15 an hour (so now you all know what Jared's making). Still a ridiculous salary for a person with a Master's degree and a license. Technically Jared was making more at his previous job with a Bachelor's degree.

PART 2: Credentials and hours.

Technically Jared does need to have more credentials in order to be at the residential home alone. He needs to be a qualified professional with drugs and alcohol (I don't know the specific name for it, sorry). He needs to be supervised for 1000+ hours before he gets this. We thought his school internship hours (500+) would count towards it, and it should. Unfortunately when his program manager called the head honcho of Idaho about the hours, he couldn't find any information on Jared except that he had his masters degree and license. That would start Jared off at zero hours instead of the 500+ he should have had. Then Jared learned that requirements changed at the first of the year and that may have zeroed out his hours (which he finished in December). Jared tried contacting this head honcho but has been unable to speak with him.

So the 1000+ supervised hours he needs to have the right credentials and bump his pay back up will (as of now) take much longer to get if he's not able to get his previous hours. Which is making it hard for us to decide what to do. Stick with this job in hopes that we figure out his hours and he can get them done quickly to increase his pay again. Or find a new job elsewhere and possibly miss his opportunity to be a program manager in a new location (with a different owner).

Who knew job problems would arise so quickly after starting the job. UGH!