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This is a simple, straightforward question. At the end of the week, for what you have actually done, are you paid too much, not enough, just right, or should you have been fired?
Please don't wander off on tangents. This is NOT about what you could be worth. It is not about what you are capable of producing. This not about an entitlement to earn back what you've invested in training or education. It is not about what your boss or your competitor made in comparison. It is simple question: Did you actually earn, on the job, what you actually got paid?
This is a simple, straightforward question. At the end of the week, for what you have actually done, are you paid too much, not enough, just right, or should you have been fired?
Please don't wander off on tangents. This is NOT about what you could be worth. It is not about what you are capable of producing. This not about an entitlement to earn back what you've invested in training or education. It is not about what your boss or your competitor made in comparison. It is simple question: Did you actually earn, on the job, what you actually got paid?
I'd say I definitely earned it! I'm a cashier at a VERY busy Walmart. I work 33 hours a week and average 1100 customers a week. It is never ending and the only 'down time' is my 15 min. breaks and hour lunch. Well, my actual register time is 6.5 or 7.5 hours a day depending if it shows 8 or 9 hours on the schedule. And, yes, I DO earn every penny I make...and then some. lol I do have at least one 5.5 hour day each week and get one 15 min. break so 5.25 on the register...never ending customers. Good thing I like my job I guess!
I'm working in a Canadian gov't job, and I've compared my pay with statistical data on comparable salaries in the private sector in North America for my skills and job requirements... I'm happy to say that I'm fairly compensated, and make what my private sector colleagues make. Public sector and private sector salaries can sometimes be out of whack for the same work, but in my case, the qualifications and the compensation are in line.
I've worked in restaurant kitchens and a bit of retail, the most I've ever made was $10.35/hr working about 20-25 hours a week (I am a student).There was a brief period when I served and made more than I deserved due to very generous tippers, but in general I'd say underpaid. Anyone working a low-wage service industry job well deserves a medal and an instant raise.
A private business I operate... not paid enough. ha, ha... but it is my passion and I enjoy it. On most scales it is very successful though.
Regular job... currently I make on the upper-end of the scale. For what I bring to the table, it is about right... I arrive to work and start working. Period. I don't go get breakfast, talk for hours, etc. But I'm doing my job and my boss's job at times... he is teaching me so I can get to the "next level".
Some might complain they are "underpaid" or they are "being used" but heck, I'm grateful someone is taking time out to teach me.
Last edited by King_of_DC; 05-25-2014 at 08:51 AM..
Basically I've always had an income that allows me to live within my means.
There have been times like back in college that I could afford an apartment with roommates, and a time I rented a cheap trailer because my income wasn't too good and we would go out after work for $1 beers because that was what we could afford. And I still live within my means for the most part -- although the irony is, my debts got higher when my income went up - but I've got them mostly paid off.
This is a simple, straightforward question. At the end of the week, for what you have actually done, are you paid too much, not enough, just right, or should you have been fired?
Please don't wander off on tangents. This is NOT about what you could be worth. It is not about what you are capable of producing. This not about an entitlement to earn back what you've invested in training or education. It is not about what your boss or your competitor made in comparison. It is simple question: Did you actually earn, on the job, what you actually got paid?
I used to be paid for my actual work. Then they cut my research funding and I have to do research work for free ($0/year) and only get paid to teach (TA) and grade papers. Ugh.
I wish I had been born soon enough to launch my career back when you could actually be paid for doing science.
I am in medical operations management. There are days that I may be classified as overpaid because things are running smoothly and I have time and space to breathe, but there are also weeks and months at a time that I would consider myself underpaid because I'm doing the work of two and a half people at least, and making our processes and procedures more efficient for the entire rest of the staff. It all evens out in the end.
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