u/GoofyGoose92

Alright I sort of always assumed I was just permanently priced out of the housing market until some guy at my work told me he just got a house by himself while making the same as me. I get paid hourly and take home roughly 4300$ a month. I'm single and sort of tired of living in my 910$ / month basement bachelor apartment. I've been here for about 6 years now and starting to think of the future. I was looking online at a bunch of Condos, mainly the cheaper ones. In my area there are a few 1 bedroom Condos for around 250k. I got preapproved on the TD website when I asked about a condo that cost that much. But the condo fees are kind of scaring me off here. I looked at the monthly cost of like a small 350k, 3 bedroom house with a full backyard and it was only like a 200$ a month difference between the two. I'd honestly rather just buy the house but also not sure if I'd get approved for that big of a mortgage even though the monthly cost is fairly similar for myself. I definitely don't want to stretch myself too thin to the point where I'm pinching pennies. I have roughly 50k in savings but 10k of that is physical metals and another 19k is in a TFSA that I don't really want to touch.

For reference this is a non assembly line factory job essentially. Now I didn't really know this going into this company but the actual departments are very loose with what work you're actually doing. Like you could be in department 'B' and being doing 20 different tasks depending on what needs to be done. That being said the vast majority of employees only do one specific task like heavy assembly or wiring, panel wiring etc. and just get to sit at there respective spot day in and day out. I think from being overly agreeable I've been put into a position as kind of a floater. I know and am competent at like what would be like 10 different jobs so I'm getting moved around constantly without any real permanent position like everyone else. Also my workplace is unionized and this isn't a seniority thing because I've been there 4 years and people who've been there less time than me have work positions I'd love to have permanently. But recently I keep getting put into the back making skids which I hate. When I got hired my resume was basically all wiring experience with a electrical engineering technician degree and now I'm in the back making skids. They recently tried to move a problem employee back there and he basically just refused and ran to HR and didn't get punished and doesn't have to do it. I'm wondering how I can get myself into a more permanent job I actually want without making some big scene.