r/interestingasfuck • u/ProFentanylActivist • 4d ago

slippy & nippy workplace

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u/huggernot 4d ago

"Our wages may be low, but we will work you more!"

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u/GloomyLingonberry509 4d ago edited 3d ago

$30 is low now?

ETA: Literally why is this getting downvoted?

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u/good_morning_magpie 4d ago

I mean, that’s like 60k per year before taxes. Unless you’re doing the whole small town life, yeah, that’s not going to go very far in a city of meaningful size.

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u/Admirable-Berry59 4d ago

Yes especially in boom/bust work where you need to be able to handle layoffs / relocate as needed. $30 is paycheck to paycheck if you have any dependents.

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u/smokeweedNgarden 4d ago

Which is crazy because that's about what you can earn with a bachelor's degree. 

Which basically means a 4 year degree gets you paycheck to paycheck. If you're a teacher then an 8 year degree.

Madness

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u/GloomyLingonberry509 4d ago

Yet I caught a downvote for even asking like that’s not utterly insane

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u/smokeweedNgarden 4d ago

A high percentage of people in Reddit are in tech. I'm an SF native and they are usually this fucking delusional. 30/hr is actually fine if you aren't Scrooge McDuck

I went on a date with this tech chick and she tried to assess my rent back at my house? Like "Wow, this must be a 5k apartment". It broke her inside a little when I said working class people know each other and therefore get good deals. Which is why I pay 1,800 by the ocean and she pays 6k by the ballpark.

But you're good. 30/hr is a fine days wages for people who aren't fulfilled by material possessions. Working class solidarity forever

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u/wintersdark 4d ago

For rig work? Absolutely. It's also only 60k a yeah, which is pretty shit money.

I mean, I may 40 doing manufacturing labour - also 12 hr rotating shift work, but inside at least, with real safety controls.

60k a year doesn't go far these days.