<prompt> Human: I am currently employed as a Shift Supervisor for a Starbucks. Currently, I do not make enough to afford all of my bills rent, water, electric, car payment, phone, auto insurance, health insurance. I started looking for a better paying job several months ago, and was offered a position at a Whole Foods in a different town about 40 minutes away. The pay was about 2 more per hour than my current wage, so I decided to put in my two weeks notice at Starbucks. However, my manager told me I should wait because I was in the running for an Assistant Manager position where I would be salaried and making more than twice my current wage with quarterly bonuses added. I weighed my options, and decided to be patient with Starbucks and wait. My interview is September 16, but in the months leading up to the interview I have slowly gone further and further into debt, until I only paid the bills that I share with my roommates, so as not to drag them down with me. Sadly, my car was repossessed last week, and my phone service was shut off yesterday. Two friends have agreed to lend me money to get my car back, but I have to pay them back this Friday when I get my paycheck, which will be almost the entire paycheck.I have no idea what to do. Im fairly confident I will get the promotion, but if I dont I am totally screwed. What options do I have? Where can I find assistance? Assistant: Pick up a second jobHuman: Ive considered this, but I could lose my supervisor position if there is an availability conflict. I have to have 83 hours of availability every week, and if I last my position I would make 1.75 less per hour than I do right now.  <response>: ... You are working harder on trying to maintain a 83 hour unpaid availability at Starbucks than most people do at normal jobs. You need a better job, a much better job.Leave that position as soon as humanly possible and find something with stable hours. Stop nitpicking about a dollar between these two and work towards a viable job. But for next time, if someone tries to talk you into something, tell them to write up a contract, sign it and. Present a formal offer.They wont. If you need a real life example. My former coworker wanted to put in for a significant position. He was qualified for it in the same place I work. Wed be counterparts. He put in for like positions in other places and got an offer. He put in his two weeks and the bosses not his boss, but the bosses boss, said if he stayed on for a few months hed open the position for him. He asked for a signed contract, nothing. He left.He told me he spoke with that same boss about that position they day he left, boss said it was a lie. He just wanted him to stay where he was. Promises unkept because theres no legally binding contract.Another time a boss promised another guy a significant bump and a promotion in 6 months if the guy stayed. Guy stayed turning down a supervisory position at another place.4 months later that boss retires.Demand a written signed offer. Basically call their bluff. 