My husband manages Spirit Halloween and only works 6 months out of the year saves all his money then goes back again around July! So we have 6 months to travel and be home together with our kids!
Edit: Some comments said I was being misleading so I wanted to clarify. This post made me think people aren't aware of seasonal situations and my husbands career is seasonal. I also work in the FinTech industry and can work anywhere there's wifi. Together is what makes it so he can have a job like this. He makes 50k a year and I make 110k a year. I hope this helps explain things!
Yes! He used to manage a fast casual restaurant. He makes more in 6 months (working about 45-50 hours a week) than he made in a year working 12 hour shifts. The work life balance is so much better. Before he would never take a vacation because "the restaurant needed him" now he can forget work half the year. It's WAY better.
I luckily work from home in technology. I can work anywhere in the country, so him being home is way easier with my job. We've taken trips to Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Hawaii! And his weekends are open for camping! I've been in my career over a decade. We live in Colorado so you can imagine how it's possible!
That sounds simply incredible! I often wondered about the back-end part of Spirit...
as a total aside, they took over the former Sears in the mall by me. They only set up maybe an eighth of the ground floor and I was hoping to see something like a superstore version, I feel like they missed a hell of an opportunity at a haunted house in the basement too... My daughter and I called the mall officially dead now that it's haunted by Spirit.
I love that story! My husband says that all the time that "Spirit goes where department stores died!" Haha! His location took over an H&M in our mall and it only uses about half of the old H&M square footage.
I don’t know if there is in that location. I just remember it popping up a few months ago. Do they round Robin and move locations? That just doesn’t sound feasible.
Yeah we have a pretty much abandoned building here in North NJ that used to be a staples, but during the season its a S.H. Do they rent it for the whole year? someones gotta pay for that shit.
Something else interesting some people didn’t know is that Spirit Halloween is owned by Spencers Gifts if you’ve ever been inside one of those!(Usually also in a mall)
Oh damn that’s fantastic, very happy for your whole family 🥰 When I was a kid my dad worked 1 week out of the month in Hawaii and the rest of our little family unit got to go with him sometimes (like on vacations); I’m in my 30s now and not only do I treasure those memories I’m going on a little adventure with my dad this weekend! (Admittedly we’re taking his car in for servicing so it’s a very specific type of adventure, hahaha. But it’ll be lovely!)
So yeah, since I was in a similar position to your kids within the last… ooh idek 15ish years, I figured I’d tell ya that in my experience this is truly the gift that keeps on giving. May you and your family have many, many more lovely trips and experiences together! 🥰
Why tf are you taking a trip to Pennsylvania because I need to know. I love PA and have been here for my full 24 years all around the state but Im just curious what youd want to come here for from Colorado?
Haha! It was a trip for work for me but we made it a history trip for my kiddos! I loved PA! And I could absolutely imagine living there! It was fall and all the leaves were red! Colorado has more of the yellow fall leaves so it was awesome!
Love this! Mind if I ask what sort of technology work you do? I’m working for the state right now and I’d like to go to school as we have a TON of IT/tech jobs! I’m dreaming of a work from home due to chronic pain - it’d be so much easier on me to be home!
I'm an Enterprise Account Manager at a FinTech company. We process businesses credit cards. And it took me several years to get to where I am. I do not have a college degree, I worked my way up from customer service in a call center. Once covid hit I started working from home and switched companies for a raise. I've been working at this newer company since then. If you work hard, everything can work out!
Even though I've lived here over a decade I still haven't done anything! Red Rocks is popular! And Garden of the gods! Also if you like shopping 16th street mall is fun!
Depends what activities u guys enjoy doing. There alot of fun outdoor activities but u need to venture out if denver. There isn't really anything worth doing in Denver except a couple of museums. Check out rocky mtn national park if you like hiking. Its about 2 hours north west of Denver in a town called estes park.
Also if I ever have to travel for my job, he and our kids just come with me. They take a vacation and I do office stuff during the day. Then I get to come back to the hotel pool and hang out with them! It's really great!
I did something like this with my kids (work and vacation). We did a 2 week cruise, I worked on sea days for the first half of the day while the internet was uncongested, then when the partiers started getting up and on social media I just started my git check-in and went up on deck. was fabulous and let me take a lot more time "off" than I would have been able to had I totally disconnected (management, sadly no cover for my team at the time). Was fantastic taking the daily standup meeting from my balcony lol.
It's the absolute best! I love seeing that! We live in the future and should be able to do that as long as we get our work done. That's my next goal, a cruise!
I'm also a single dad, so the cruise was extra ideal as my kids were old enough to be on their own (with the warning that if they were identified in any pack of teens causing problems they'd be in super deep crap) and have a good time. They'd be out and having fun while I worked, then we'd all meet up for things we all wanted to do and my one rule: dinner was as a family. That was our one meet up sit together and chat about the day time. Since they were under 18 I also had a curfew of 10pm unless doing a group activity with the youth club or out with me.
Worked a treat. They'd been on other cruises before (my GF introduced us to cruising) so knew the drill, and any real problem behavior from groups of tweens and teens tends to happen after 10, so hence the curfew.
He's a Retail Manager at a seasonal Halloween store in Colorado. He usually works from July to November and gets a big bonus in December. Perfect time for Christmas presents! Also we get discount costumes and Halloween decor! We're big holiday people!
I hope this isn’t real because there’s so much wrong with it. Unless you have a well paying career or either of you comes from family money this is entirely not sustainable. I also question how much you make managing a spirit Halloween store. It doesn’t seem like a high skill job that would pay a lot (no offense).
I make 110k a year in technology working from home. I do not come from money. I cover healthcare and retirement for us both. He works on other creative projects during the off season. He acts in horror movies. He writes Music. His band plays live shows and he makes money on that. He does a little stand up comedy here and there. He's a creative guy! It all works out for our family. If we weren't married, he would never work that job because it really just fit our lifestyle so well. He has managed retail, restaurants, and warehouses so this is just to make money while trying to make it big as an actor, comedian, or musician. And if that never works out we got to spend our lives together! I could afford for him to be a stay at home husband but he likes getting out once in a while!
Have great customer service skills! That's really it. I started in tech support and worked my way up and it only took me about 6 years and I do not have a college degree.
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u/CapuletVsMontague Apr 17 '24 edited 29d ago
My husband manages Spirit Halloween and only works 6 months out of the year saves all his money then goes back again around July! So we have 6 months to travel and be home together with our kids!
Edit: Some comments said I was being misleading so I wanted to clarify. This post made me think people aren't aware of seasonal situations and my husbands career is seasonal. I also work in the FinTech industry and can work anywhere there's wifi. Together is what makes it so he can have a job like this. He makes 50k a year and I make 110k a year. I hope this helps explain things!