Not to sound whiney about this y’all, it’s probs just a vent moment, but I’ve been job hunting for a year. I didn’t plan to take this much time off after leaving my previous job, but I kept getting crappy salary offers after interviewing and decided to keep going instead of settling.
The new job is 80k salary which sounds great on paper, I know, but my previous salary was at 77k and I struggled financially then. (The new position is a level “below” what I did before. So less work, more pay)
I have 2 young kids and I don’t receive any child support, rent is at least 2k for a nice-ish area with decent schools, food costs and gas prices are insane, utilities keep going up, the list goes on.
I want to be excited and I should feel lucky! I should be happy that I can get a “high paying” job without a degree, based solely on my experience. But I don’t feel lucky and I’m honestly annoyed. I’ve done this job before and I know I hate it, however it’s the only field I have years of experience in. I just hate that I’m going back to work 40 hours a week to just pay bills.
When I was 18 I would’ve never believed I’d be making 80k a year. I’m 28 now and I can’t believe that 80k isn’t enough.
We all deserve better.