Month: September 2022

It was an awesome Google sheet that showed cost of living per decade for the USA. I meant to save it but now can’t find it anywhere. I thought it was in this sub. Does anyone know?

Ok so I quit my old job two months ago. I hated it, very stressful at the time. My new job is boring as fuck and feels like I’m wasting 8 hours of my life every day. Now, I was asked to come back to my old job with a hefty increase in salary. I’m pretty sure it would be as stressful as before but they would pay me 30% more than before. Makes me think I was very underpaid before. Would you take it?

I do not understand what the big deal is about engagement or being challenged at work. I have no desire to be challenged. I am only there so I can make enough money to pay my bills and eat. Our company has some kind of policy about trying to help us with our “career aspirations”. I have no desire to share any of that info with them as it is personal to me. I am engaged just enough to do my job and that is it. Anyone else have opinions on these things?

Fun fact, in 1968 the federal minimum wage in the US was $1.60 which would be $13.62 in todays dollars. That is exactly a 46.7695 % decrease in actual spending power compared to today’s minimum wage of $7.25. Next time a boomer tries to tell you how they used to clean dishes for 2 dollars an hour and how they would have loved to be paid $10 for flipping burgers, tell them to go f*** themselves.