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chain_me_up t1_ir787a2 wrote

Reply to comment by MarcoMontana in Bomb threats, credit card fraud: state rep Stacie-Marie Laughton of Nashua by Final_Act6703

It depends on what you deem for fair pay. My mindset is anyone working should be making enough money to afford housing, bills, etc. without struggling. I work as an office admin for a car dealership and make a few bucks above minimum wage hourly, but I'm still struggling to find reasonable rentals and it's impossible to save up for a down payment when most of my check is going to expenses. No one that is working should struggle to survive.

Edit to add: feel free to answer my questions now then. My dad was a straight C student and worked very hard to end up as a department head for a large company, but trying to do that in today's world is impossible unless you have connections or several degrees.

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glitteryunicornlady t1_ir7c393 wrote

Social work 👍

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chain_me_up t1_ir7c9z7 wrote

I admire those who do social work so much, but I definitely don't have the mental health strength needed for that line of work (:

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glitteryunicornlady t1_ir7cmup wrote

Thank you! I have suffered major burnout and depression doing that line of work. I left my last job, and keep getting offers for others in the field, but I really need higher pay/ lower case loads to sustain my own mental health and take care of my own family.

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MarcoMontana t1_ir79r52 wrote

Also most people are entitled to have the best of the best all the time, you all need to learn to live below your means not above it!

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MarcoMontana t1_ir79g3w wrote

Thats not the case, I spent years working my craft to get paid enough to support a family, I roomed with others and learned what it was to be an adult.

The premise that as soon as you work you should be making $70k is preposterous! And I would suggest don't have a family and kids if you cannot afford to. We need some personal Responsibility back.

There are Adult jobs, skilled, experienced jobs, and teenager jobs! If someone is an adult 30-40+ years old working at Wendy's they made horrible choices and decisions in life and its not societies fault! These low skill jobs are meant for teens to make money and acclimate themselves into the working fields, and have some cash for Summer break!

While my friends were getting high, and shitfaced I was homeless sleeping in the Bridge Street abandoned Mills, sleeping in ATMS and working doing anything i could to learn skills!

I sacrificed partying and being cool for my skillset, at 25 I bought a house albeit a really really really shitty house, I had a home! I had no furniture for a year and slept on a air mattress, my son, girlfriend and I ate Macaroni and cheese for all our meals, and we watched a 13 inch black in white tv for 1 year, until I got a raise at work allowing me to do better for them!

If you want adult pay, you must do an adult job, the paperboy doesn't make $70k a year either...

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chain_me_up t1_ir79qss wrote

This is a very boomer comment and its no longer worth engaging with you. No one should have to do what you just described as your life. Also, no such thing as a low skill job if those people missing (take a look at every fast food place hiring right now or all the ones that had to close) means the business fails. Really gross mindset lmao

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MarcoMontana t1_ir7abn5 wrote

I am not a boomer, and Ad Hominem doesn't strengthen your arguments! The fact you refuse to tell me what you do acknowledges to me you do some low skill bullshit job, and its not societies fault you chose not to better yourself or learn a skill or career!

Perhaps you can whine more and hope for change instead of actually "Changing"

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chain_me_up t1_ir7baeg wrote

You literally didn't read my comment LMAO I said what I did for work in my comment earlier.....please use your reading comprehension skills. It's also none of your business, but I'm a student at the same time as I work a full time job. Every working individual should be able to afford a livable situation. It's honestly depressing that you struggled and wish others the same bad fate.

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glitteryunicornlady t1_ir7cbc8 wrote

I worked 3 jobs through college, and work 3 now. Too bad nothing has changed. The wages certainly haven't. The cost of living has.

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chain_me_up t1_ir7cl7k wrote

I'm so sorry you had to do that and I couldn't agree more. I don't think anyone should ever have to have 2+ jobs to survive.

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MarcoMontana t1_ir7auvi wrote

Also lets add the fact you cannot "Engage" with me because you don't like my answers is probably indicative of one of your issues holding you back financially....

Good Luck!

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