Here is an example of a single mother of two with no husband to provide child support who is able to support her family despite lack its such as education that limits her to entry level fast food work
FWIW, has a friend who had to drop out of high school to help support her family when her dad died in a tragic accident
She got a job flipping burgers at McDonalds and was assistant manager in 6 months and manager of one restaurant in about 18 months
She got her GED somewhere along the line and started community college
The owner of her restaurant had several others and Within three or four years she was responsible for overseeing all of the owners McDonalds
During this time frame she got her associates degree from community college and McDonalds helped her with her education at a 4 year university
After working her way through college she made the jump to McDonalds corporate and worked her way up the ladder and makes a pretty nice six figure income
So much for flipping burgers being a dead end job
Fast food is a great place to get job skills and with the turn over, becoming an assistant manager in less than a year is realistic for anyone hard working and responsible
That’s a good story. No matter how small your job is, if you learn everything possible about it and make yourself valuable and reliable, you will advance.
In about eight months, I turned down at least three offers to get promoted to assistant manager.
As you stated, a little hard work and application, and you can move up very quickly in the ranks, and pay for management in retail is nothing to sneeze at.
Really nice story about your friend.
Good comment. thanks!