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Every profession has its own frustration. If anybody thinks a CEO's work is easy, he/she is just ignorant.
I used to work for one CEO directly. He's on the road almost 90% of the time, often traveling through many time zones, and getting an email from him at 3am was common. He complained that he said sometimes he didn't even know where he was.
This one time he came back from a grueling 20+ hours internal travel and still had to attend company dinner at 6:00pm. He stayed until almost midnight. No, he does not fly first class.
I challenge any one of you to try that kind of lifestyle. I know I can't do it.
I'd also suggest to read Steve Jobs' biography. He had no personal life. Yes, he had a wife and three children but he couldn't see them every day. As a CEO, too often he came home at 3am and went back to work at 7am.
I'd also suggest to read Steve Jobs' biography. He had no personal life. Yes, he had a wife and three children but he couldn't see them every day. As a CEO, too often he came home at 3am and went back to work at 7am.
Again, it's not a life that I envy.
Cry me a river!!!
That sounds like a bargain compared to the low-wage worker making 3 minimum wage jobs, 90 hours a week without being able to afford daycare.
What do you mean never has.....I lived on minimum wage when I was young. I had my own studio apartment. You can't do that now.
Yes you can. Do the math. We'll use freemkt's Oregon as an example.
$9.10 is the state minimum wage. At 40 hours per week, that's $364 before taxes. Chop off 7.5% for FICA/Mediwelfare and you're at $336.70. Drop another 9% (state + federal with refund included and applied at Single-0) = $306. We'll round down and say $300. That's your full time take home pay per week in Oregon if you make exactly the minimum wage.
Now, let's use the most expensive city in Oregon - Portland. I just found a 965 sq ft 2 br/2 ba apartment on Zillow for $795 per month. With one roommate, that's $400 per month rent, say another $200 for utilities. Okie doke, rent and utilities are done and you still have $600 and change for the month.
With food, eating well on a low budget isn't hard, and your apartment has a kitchen. At $10 per day, you spend $300 per month on food. Still have $300 left.
Now here's where choices happen. On just that $300 left over, paying for a car, insurance, fuel, etc would be problematic. But a vehicle is unnecessary, given that there are these things called bicycles in the world, and for inclement weather, there's the bus. Paying for new clothes might suck as well, but there's always thrift stores and cheapo deals at target, marshall's, kohl's, etc.
Wait a sec....a thought is coming to me....oh yeah, there's also WORKING MORE THAN 40 HOURS PER WEEK, as well as GETTING A BETTER JOB.
But one can scrape a living out of just one full time minimum wage job and LIVE just fine. Frugal maybe, but you'll live.
Yes you can. Do the math. We'll use freemkt's Oregon as an example.
$9.10 is the state minimum wage. At 40 hours per week, that's $364 before taxes. Chop off 7.5% for FICA/Mediwelfare and you're at $336.70. Drop another 9% (state + federal with refund included and applied at Single-0) = $306. We'll round down and say $300. That's your full time take home pay per week in Oregon if you make exactly the minimum wage.
Now, let's use the most expensive city in Oregon - Portland. I just found a 965 sq ft 2 br/2 ba apartment on Zillow for $795 per month. With one roommate, that's $400 per month rent, say another $200 for utilities. Okie doke, rent and utilities are done and you still have $600 and change for the month.
With food, eating well on a low budget isn't hard, and your apartment has a kitchen. At $10 per day, you spend $300 per month on food. Still have $300 left.
Now here's where choices happen. On just that $300 left over, paying for a car, insurance, fuel, etc would be problematic. But a vehicle is unnecessary, given that there are these things called bicycles in the world, and for inclement weather, there's the bus. Paying for new clothes might suck as well, but there's always thrift stores and cheapo deals at target, marshall's, kohl's, etc.
Wait a sec....a thought is coming to me....oh yeah, there's also WORKING MORE THAN 40 HOURS PER WEEK, as well as GETTING A BETTER JOB.
But one can scrape a living out of just one full time minimum wage job and LIVE just fine. Frugal maybe, but you'll live.
Why are you rationalizing a starvation level wage?
This assumes a few things:
1) You actually get 40 hours per week (most min wage jobs won't consistently).
2) No emergencies happen
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Originally Posted by lifeexplorer
Why would someone have children when they can't even afford daycare?
Irrelevant.
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