@return2ozma to News • 20 days agoFear of job loss hits its highest point in years—but workers won’t accept less than $81,000fortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square23arrow-up1108arrow-down111cross-posted to: workreform
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink72•20 days agoI paid $6.00 for a small coffee and a donut recently. $81,000 isn’t a lot of money
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink21•20 days agoI bought lunch for my team of five and it came to $75 with tip. Fuck me. This was like basic sandwiches, chips, and a soda. Next time, I’ll just bring them over to my house and make steaks for everybody for the same price.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•19 days agoOne thing people don’t realize is how cheap luxuries used to be. When the average salary was about $5,000, you could get a top of the line Cadillac or a Jaguar for $6,000. Today the average is about $60,000 and supercars are in the million dollar range. School kids used to be able to buy courtside seats for a game, or see a Broadway show. Heck, a mocvie and a pizza out used to be a cheap date, now it can run a couple $100
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink18•20 days agoThe equivalent of 81k today is 62k in 2016. If you graduated in 2016 and entered the workforce 62k would’ve been starvation wages in a lot of cities, but could sit you ok most other places.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•20 days agoIn 1960 the minimum wage was $1.00 an hour in the US. The price of the average US home was $11,000.00. Today it takes two college grads to achieve what a high school drop out could do 70 years ago. Progress!
I paid $6.00 for a small coffee and a donut recently.
$81,000 isn’t a lot of money
I bought lunch for my team of five and it came to $75 with tip.
Fuck me. This was like basic sandwiches, chips, and a soda.
Next time, I’ll just bring them over to my house and make steaks for everybody for the same price.
One thing people don’t realize is how cheap luxuries used to be.
When the average salary was about $5,000, you could get a top of the line Cadillac or a Jaguar for $6,000.
Today the average is about $60,000 and supercars are in the million dollar range.
School kids used to be able to buy courtside seats for a game, or see a Broadway show.
Heck, a mocvie and a pizza out used to be a cheap date, now it can run a couple $100
The equivalent of 81k today is 62k in 2016.
If you graduated in 2016 and entered the workforce 62k would’ve been starvation wages in a lot of cities, but could sit you ok most other places.
In 1960 the minimum wage was $1.00 an hour in the US. The price of the average US home was $11,000.00.
Today it takes two college grads to achieve what a high school drop out could do 70 years ago. Progress!