• @[email protected]
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      921 year ago

      Exactly, accounts signed off on this, so clearly it’s not crazy. Who knows maybe they’re thinking “Wow I can’t believe we got this person for only 42”

      • @unphazed
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        81 year ago

        Yeah I have no clue the avg cost of living in the UK, but in WV, US, I make 40k a year just answering phones and that’s a soso wage around here. Livable, barely, retirement nigh impossible.

        • @Wogi
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          WV is one of the lowest cost of living states in the country.

          I used to make 40k in Nebraska and I was barely scraping by, we’re not much higher up the list.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          That sounds like a pretty good salary, but I have heard that US salaries are much higher than in my country, because folks are almost wholly (individually) responsible for looking after their basic needs, including retirement (? but I think medicaid does a lot?).

          Do you get to work from home at least? My sister’s worked phones for over a decade now, mostly from home, and looks like she’ll probably retire off of that job. Certainly not living large, but comfortable.

          • @unphazed
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            21 year ago

            Yeah, we don’t have humanitary laws. No healthcare, we famously stated food is not a human right, etc. That would be scary echo socialllliiiism… so yeah when I get cancer (WV are more likely to get cancer than other states) I’ll just go broke and lose my house and land to Blackrock or Vanguard invested companies… probably.

              • @unphazed
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                11 year ago

                Quick intro to the near uselessness of US insurance. 30% of biweekly paycheck for my insurance. $6k deductible (for my family of 3) and then coverage is for about 60% in network or 40% out of network. Whereas a hospital room alone is $800 per day.

                • @[email protected]
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                  11 year ago

                  Mannnnn no wonder people are obsessed with getting ahead, you need to be a millionaire just to be able to relax a bit :/

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                    I would gladly give up more in taxes to be rid of insurance here. Healthcare is being touted as a bogeyman, just to support private interests…