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Who do YOU think is right??

My boyfriend works for a resturant that serves pizza and these amazing sandwiches called grinders. He is the assistant manager and he makes about $15,000 a year. (NOT a very good salary in our area) The company offers some health benefits, but they suck so Justin doesn't even use them and is living without benefits. The resturant is currently VERY understaffed for management. Between 2 stores, there is him, the store manager, the owners wife and a crew leader who is responsible for taking care of the store. Justin has only been working there for about a year and has moved up to the assistant manager in such time. When there was an opening for the Store Manager, the owner passed him up because he was "too young". (Even though he has been doing all the work of the store manager anyways) Now our local grocery store has an opening for a Store Manager making $25,000 a year with health benefits better than the benefits he currently has available and its about 2 blocks away verses me having to drive him or him take my car (which isn't really mine, its my grandpa's that he gave me) into the next town at least 15 minutes away, sometimes 25 depending on which store he has to work at. He doesn't want to go for the new position because he doesn't want to screw over the other people he works with and he wants to stay there for 2 years so that it will look good when he does go to get another job. But my position on this is that A) he can take this new job and give the resturant enough time to find a new person B) he needs to look out for himself because OBVIOUSLY he isn't really going anywhere with his current job C) the grocery store would probably be willing to hire him now because the sign they put up says "management history not needed but would help" and he has management experience. I just feel like he isn't thinking of himself at all. This seems to me like a dead end job for him. I can understand him not wanting to screw over everyone else, but when is it okay for him to think about himself?? We barely have any food in our house (which I know is partly my fault but I am about to start back with AT&T so things will be better once that gets going) he doesn't have his own car, the only reason he is going to have a cell phone is because I'm getting the super cheap one from work, which is fine but I'm just saying he's living without all the things he needs and he could have those if he would just take this other job. I know he is capable of much much more than he gives himself credit for, but I don't know how to get that across to him. What do you guys think?? I really need help on this one.....

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