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WileyQuixote42 t1_jefacyj wrote
Yep.
The Dream, American or otherwise, has been shown to be just that: a fantasy. Or more accurately, capitalist propaganda.
But now all I really want is my boring, simple little life. The job gets the minimum, both in effort and hours. Period.
Everything else gets my passion and what’s left of my time.
I-tell-you-hwat t1_jefdtia wrote
The “American” dream was real a long time ago. People could buy homes and afford food and amenities on a single parent salary.
Somewhere along the line it was taken away. They kept taking their raises and consolidated businesses down to only a handful of “big” companies while giving nothing in return. Record profits &unemployment numbers all at the same time.
Capitalism takes and takes and takes and offers nothing in return. They lobby OUR voted in politicians. They take over smaller companies. They pat themselves on the back for recod breaking profits while walking their offices “layoffs for you! Layoffs for you. You too!” They scream to come back into offices not to help YOU but to make themselves more important and to not break contracts for the office space. Especially when you could do 100% of you work remotely.
When you look at the way the world is moving, it almost has a quality of “purposeful corruption”.
“Its a Feature not a bug”
greensandgrains t1_jefi6vf wrote
The American dream wasn’t ever real for a lot of people. Racialized, a woman, disabled, or queer, for example.
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Fausterion18 t1_jefpp9c wrote
>The “American” dream was real a long time ago. People could buy homes and afford food and amenities on a single parent salary.
Lmao if by "homes" you mean a 700 sqft shack and "food" you mean spending more money on food than Americans do today(as percentage of income) despite having someone to do cooking full time, sure.
Attarker t1_jegaba1 wrote
This is going to be a thorn in the side of employers until they wake up and realize this. It recently dawned on me that the only way I will acquire any wealth is by means outside of a traditional job since those don’t pay worth a shit anymore. No reason to go the extra mile in any job I have in the future. I‘ll be saving my energy for things that will actually make a difference for me.
Theonetheycall1845 t1_jefpovo wrote
Damn I live on one third of this. I don't have student loans though. How much are your SL?
chewwydraper t1_jefqix5 wrote
Paying about $360/month. Where I am car insurance is a killer too, that's another $200/month. Then $1500/month rent + utilities.
Reyedy t1_jegb64j wrote
That's 2k/month. You make a bit less than 6k before taxes, where does the rest go? Genuinely curious because European. 70k€ here would be very comfortable.
chewwydraper t1_jege9rq wrote
>70k€ here would be very comfortable.
In fairness $70K€ would be over $100K in my country (Canada) so yeah that'd be quite a bit more comfortable.
Here in Canada and specifically the province I work for (Quebec) after tax the take-home pay is around $4K/month. There's monthly stuff I didn't list on there such as cell phone bill ($80+) internet ($80+) groceries (skyrocketted this year, can easily hit $150/week or $600/month) gas (currently spend $200/month), utilities ($100-ish/month), and then other odds and ends. It really doesn't leave that much leftover.
kingtitusmedethe4th t1_jefyrt4 wrote
I feel that. I have a bachelors and make 40k a year... literally making about 30 bucks under my monthly budget, so I have to do side hussles every month to pay bills. That budget does not include groceries and random expenses either.
Mauzolini t1_jefucq9 wrote
You put it perfectly. At the end of the day our mental health is the most important thing to protect. Our society, unfortunately, is currently designed to use us up & spit us out.
It’s up to us, collectively, to do our best to protect our wellbeing. Keep doing what you’re doing. It sounds like you’ve got it figured out.
SockCucker3000 t1_jefskex wrote
My best friend quit his higher paying tech job because he was extremely depressed and suicidal. Now, he has a 16/hr job at a dispensary helping patients. It aint a living wage here, but he's been the happiest I've ever seen him.
i_identify_as_natty t1_jegtmc1 wrote
I might be like your buddy once my wife starts working here soon
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anticlockclock t1_jeei5qn wrote
The food industry in America needs to do this.
ohwhatta_gooseiam t1_jefxtov wrote
I don't know how to interpret this:
>*'Quality of life is priceless' >This year is the first one the survey conducted by Infojobs specifically sought the reason for quitting a job, showing the importance of emotional well-being for workers and their reduced focus on financial motives.
I mean, I can guess through context clues, but damn, it's making my head hurt trying to understand. looks like the author did a bunch of re writing of that section, but never tied it all together. or maybe a translation issue from French to English?
Is it saying that this is the first survey by infojobs in which participants were asked why they quit their job, and it found that the number one reason was for emotional well-being?
jagoomba t1_jeggjdv wrote
That’s the way I’m reading it as well.
jiggyns t1_jegnxtr wrote
You know things are bad when the conversation even in this sub immediately takes a depressing turn!
Captlard t1_jegv8km wrote
Lol come to Cádiz, the switch happened generations ago.
Big_Forever5759 t1_jef8q9v wrote
Geezz.. their priorities where already like that before.
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chewwydraper t1_jef62m4 wrote
Can't speak for the people of Spain, but what I can tell you is here in Canada it's gotten so unaffordable that I've just given up on "the dream".
I make a decent salary, around $70K. It isn't enough to afford a home or to build a comfortable savings after rent + student loans + car insurance, etc. are paid. So now I just simply don't give a fuck. I'm not overly dedicated to my job, because why would I be? It's not building me a life. It doesn't even keep up with inflation. I will 100% put my mental health first at this point, because what else do I have?