The 'Real world'

Matt and I are going through something interesting right now. Earlier in the spring a professor of his offered him a job paying 30K/yr and included benefits. He said "no, thank you" because he has a job. Well, this job is not allowing him to work 40 hours a week and is not giving him benefits. He won't listen to my reasoning because he is a very very nice person and doesn't want anyone to get upset with him. After a discussion with his sage father, he has decided that maybe it wasn't the best decision to turn it down. We are now in the process of evaluating the options. It is hard because at every new step Matt gets upset and worried about the future. He wants to think the best of everyone and I love that about him, but I tried to explain that this is business and he needs to cover his own butt. We'll see how it goes.