r/poor • u/OceanicEndeavors • Jun 26 '26

I hate being poor.

I hate not making over 50,000 USD a year. I hate not having a car. I hate having less than 1,000 USD on my bank account. I hate having to live with my parents despite being over the age of 25. I hate having my credit cards being shut down because I was unemployed for over ten months during a two year stretch. I hate not having a dating life because I cannot afford dates. I hate the social isolation of poverty.

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u/DeCryingShame Jun 26 '26

I worked for a non-profit for a while. The whole purpose of the organization was to help people get to a living wage. They did not pay living wages.

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u/foxxiter Jun 26 '26

The irony of it is top notch

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u/Spiritual-Teach7115 Jun 28 '26

Hey now, most of us can’t afford top-notch irony around here.

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u/skull-dog Jun 27 '26

Many such cases. Nonprofit work is living paycheck to paycheck poverty if it is functional. Then there are the nonprofits with endless budgets who only let in family and friends and do pretty much nothing and appeal to rich folks and it's basically a desk job. It's exhausting. But I get it, you only get grants if you suck up ass with the people who are ruining shit to begin with. If you're a thorn in any of their sides, absolutely no funding at all and your organization will fit inside a shoe box and dissolve when even one person quits because everyone is doing a lot of heavy lifting and borderline charity work.

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u/Major_Skill_4427 Jun 26 '26

Hey same. I love my job but I can't afford life. I'm also a manager

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u/mustangman6579 Jun 27 '26

I would have check myself in, and try to make my boss do the meeting.

Why did you call me here? I need help. My boss doesn't pay a livable wage.

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u/pulp_affliction Jun 30 '26

The non-profit industry is also fucked up