In short: my husband was laid off and is now stuck working a low paying job. We're both frustrated with the hardship for different reasons and I don't know what to say to him to comfort and support him.

The full story:

My husband was laid off from his job a few months ago (not because of performance & out of his control).

He's still in college and his old job worked with his class schedule and allowed him to work full time. He's in his final year (graduates July 2019) and the classes are set with no flexibility. He couldn't find a new full time job that would work with his school schedule so he got a part time job.

I should mention I work over full time and can't work any more hours. We both have to work to afford bills and especially my son's medications.

Pros:

-The job starts at 3 in the morning, allowing him to go to the daytime classes.

- The part time job also offers health insurance. The insurance is crappy but it would be $1000 extra a month to add him to my insurance.

-We need the money to pay for our sons health needs so any income is good.

Cons:

-This job brings an over 75% pay cut. It's slightly above minimum wage.

- He has to get up hella early and then go to school which was ok when he was paid well but now is taking a toll.

- The work is physically challenging and taking a toll on him.

-Worst of all he's getting injured a lot and has perminant scars from these injuries.

The problem?

He's having a really hard time accepting that he's working for peanuts (and all the cons that come with it) when he was paid well before.

He's becoming angry and upset a lot. I agree it sucks but we need the money. I want him to be happy and safe.

He almost had a better job but after getting all through the process they hired someone else over him because of him needing to go to school. So now he feels even worse.

I don't know what to say to support him or help him.

Anyone have advice?