August 15, 2011
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What Are You Worth?
It is interesting as I read around xanga that people will mention they are looking for a job in this tough economical time.
And in that discussion many will tell what they want to make in a new job. Some will say they will take any job even if they make minimum wage. Others will say they want to make $9.00 per hour. Some people are excited when they get a $1.00 raise. (Oddly, I have not been paid an hourly income since I was in High School).
There are those that want to make $20,000 a year and others that want to make $40,000 a year or they won’t work at all.
But the point being is that people walk around with an expectation. It is funny but so many people communicate this expectation to a potential boss and the boss gives them what they were expecting. In other words, they probably went way to low and the potential boss was glad to get them at the lower price.
What do you expect to make an hour (or year)?
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meh
in time, $100,000+
My weight in gold.
Two dorra for eggrorr.
I expect to win the lottery and make several million dollars overnight.
I’ve always worked for room and board. Expect that won’ t change much
Haha I remember when I walked into my current job. He asked me what I was looking to be paid an hour. I just threw a number slightly over what I had been getting paid at my last job not realizing it was only 5 cents above the current minimum wage. Of COURSE he said yes with no hesitation but at the time I thought I got a good deal!
Oh how my ego deflated when I realized my mistake.
$1.98
about $9/hr….because that is indeed what I make.
I want to be paid just enough to cover bills and afford some travels. I don’t need a ton of money to make me happy.
As much as I can get.
OVER 9000
I expect to work 35-38 hours a week at my current pay. Unfortunately I’m only getting about 30-33 hrs scheduled.
I”m Miss Rose who’ll never do anything for you. It’s odd that I have overseers that don’t feed me but I do, so of course we don’t have common interests.
I’m in the crappy empire.
“She’s dead!” As if I was evil. I was Miss Quiet. Everyone wanted me to explode.
I’m worth nothing, and I’m uber reminded of this when I seek employment. It’s easier for me to be unemployed than work. If I work, I’ll have nothing and will be in social Hell. I skip. Unless someone just hands me a job.
Well right now I make $8 an hour. It’s alright but I wish I made a little more.
$50k/year when i was working. I did ask for that much at my last job and did not get it even though i was making that previously. But i was in a different state and social workers were paid less in the state we just moved to. Now that i’m a stay at home mom, i make nothing….haha.
And whats even funnier Dan is when they get that job for what they wanted,after a month they are complaining thy don’t make enough.I’m convinced as long as we are human,we will never be satisfied.
I feel guilty watching other people work then I remember what they said about me and keep my fat ass where it is.
@bakersdozen2 - What she says. Only I am more valuable than any price, and what I am paid can not really be counted. LOL
I’m thankful to have found a full time job. Right now it doesn’t matter what “I’m worth”, what I’d like to earn, what I want. It’s my job to take care of my kids and ANYTHING that will give me a better opportunity to do that is worth my time. I just began a new full time job (in addition to my freelance work and part time job) and I’m making $9/hr for the time being (min wage in my state of WA is the highest in the nation at $8.67). My job requires me to work my ass off. It’s physically demanding and non stop. I’m a grunt basically. So far I like my job, it’ll keep me in shape, I’m constantly on the move and never stuck in an office, I like my co-workers (so far. lol), and customer interaction is good in most cases. In my position, I’m not going to bitch and moan about throwing out my back and only bringing home enough for the basics because I’ve lost nearly every material thing I had in the last year… including my home and it amounts to nothing in the big scheme of things. I just want to be with the people I love and hopefully soon have a little place of our own. One day I’d love to be making tons, living comfortably, and feeling like I’m in full control of my earnings… but for now, I’m thankful to have a stable job that offers me 40hrs every week and hasn’t laid off an employee since the 70′s.
I would take any job.
@TheGiantSlayer - win
I would expect it would differ depending on the job and my proficiency at it of course.
According to salary.com, the median salary for jobs in my field (i.e. what my degree is in) is $115,000/year. Unfortunately I can’t seem to find any openings that will accept my level of experience- even though I’d be willing to start at a fraction of that price.
As a future teacher I expect to make no more than 30,000 a year (in NJ) my first few (most likely more) years, but probably less than that (especially since Christie got put into office). It’s not an ideal salary, my mom made 50,000 a year and still had a share fare of financial problems, still does. It’s not ideal but I chose the job before the salary.
I know at my old job they didn’t give me a raise in 3 yrs and they were treating me awful. So I left, I am now in my third week at my new job and I am getting paid alot more than my old job. I know what I am getting paid now (9.50) is not alot. But I hopefully one day I wanna go back to school and get a degree to better myself and to get paid more.
Beggars can’t be choosers. Not at this time.
50$/days.
http://www.alldefoggers.com
One Million Dollars. And sharks with fricken laser beams attached to their heads.
Im priceless:)
8/hr 40hrs a week
6 digits. No less. ;P
I make $8.50/hr approx. 35-40 hrs a week..getting tips from $7 to $30 dollars a day.
With my high school and no college as much as I can and God will allow or bring my way
Before the economy went south, I was making 60k a year. That was in 2000, then the tech sector crashed due to too much inventory of rapidly outdated hardware. I’ve steadily made less with each new job I’ve had. I’ve been unemployed since Dec 09, and now I’m probably looking at only about $15 and hour and that will likely have to be with a contract company. The key these days isn’t how much you make as much as it is how much you can lower your expenses.
30 hours a week at my current salary.
I totally agree with you, alot of people do walk around with expectations. But I also believe it is fair to receive what you deserve, as far as experiences goes. I say do a internet search on the current market salary pay rate first so you don’t feel “duped”
Whatever the market will bear, and right now, that’s not enough to get by on. I am not owed anything, however. It’s up to me to make changes to improve my lot in life.
99 cents. so when I’m paid more, then I’ll trick myself into feeling happier
Supposedly what I do is worth $30-35k annually. For starters.
However unless you went to a top university, graduated with excellent grades, and interned/networked in a relevant field for at least two years, you’re probably looking at half that. If you’re lucky.
I make twelve bucks an hour and work 20-25 hours a week, four to five days a week. You do the math.
If i convert my income in US$ it’d be more than 100k US$. Business opportunities in India are huge…
At least $25/hr would suffice me.
Currently working for at least 40grand a month, in my country’s currency, but I’m one of the top 10% highest paid 24-year old females in the country. Can’t complain about my pay.
Wow, some of you guys with a college education might look at developing a blue collar skill. If the pay you guys are talking about is for real, there are a lot of “regular man” jobs that would give you a huge pay raise, and many of them in areas that are somewhat recession proof. A little digging and you might be surprised to find that a person willing to learn a skill, truck driving, cabinet making, welding etc… and do a little network building, could easily land a job that would better 50k within a year or so. Where I work we get piecework so the salary range is huge, but most of us only work 3 or 4 days a week, so we think it’s worth it. Problem is, most of the good jobs like that aren’t advertised, so you have to dig around a little to find them. The other issue is that most people, when confronted with a really good paying, blue collar job either are unwilling to do the work and learn or don’t believe it’s as good as it is and blow it off without researching it. When I look for a job, I look at the parking lot in front of the place. If everyone’s driving an old jalopy, I move on. If they’re all driving nice, shiny vehicles I figure it might bear further research.
When I worked full time I made $100k plus a year, last worked 2 mo ago. Now I am a SAHM and get paid in hugs and kisses.
if I went back to work I would research the average salary for a nurse practitioner and not take any less. I know I made much more than average in my most recent job and even my first job right out of school.
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I make $8/hour.
I’ll have the potential to make between $50,000-$90,000 a year eventually. Depends on where I live.Don’t really care though as long as I enjoy my job.
I’m a broke college student. I will literally work for food and/or gas. But I have yet to ever hold a job that wasn’t minimum wage, or slightly over. I’ve never received more than $8/hour.
I hope to be making at least $80,000 within 5 years. Combine that with my husband’s and we’ll be making over $120,000 a year and we’ll move out of the South to Seattle.
Whatever. I got nothing to fight for. I never wanted to be born, everyone else has the maturity to suck it up and deal with life, but that is not how I deal with the problem of being alive in the year 2011. First off, I have inner rage. This rage imagines the worst possible scenarios at all times and braces itself for the bullet. I have good calculation skills; if someone I work with is annoying, I calculate their behavior and I act according to this calculation, basically everything I do is based on calculation and worst expectations.
I expect to get shot, car accident. My inner rage prevents me from cowardly running away from the situation at hand. And although I am terrified of the worst case scenarios, my inner rage propells me foward, dragging me to the ver depths of hell, ready for an arm to be chopped off. I am a warrior.
I don’t care how beautiful your life is. To me life is not worth the struggle. My hardships just keep turning me more evil and evil. Survival is a dirty business, I fear for my soul.
Enough to pay my loans, save a little, and survive on. I CAN’T make less than that.
@Rainboxx - That’s cool!
I don’t get paid per hour.
Gotta consider which state you’re in for this reply. Definitely, NY and CA people’s salary will sound ridiculously higher, but it’s our cost of living people forget about.
I’m worth 40K+ a year for the type of skills, traits, leadership roles I’ve been in for the last 12 years of my life.
However, I’d be lucky to get a job that pays 30K a year which will barely cover my rent and expenses.
My wife gives me $100 a month plus Starbucks money, cash gifts to buy books, and some for shopping when we go out on a date. She pays for our romantic meals and her wine. It has worked out well.
I GOT A DOLLAR RAISE LAST WEEK, I’M BURSTING WITH FRUIT FLAVOR ABOUT IT!!!
Right now I make almost $9/hr for work that is worth at least $10/hr. At least. This is why I’m leaving said job.
I’ve noticed that some applications now don’t even have the “wage you would like” section.
Before this job I put $7.50. Now I’m going to start raising my expectations because I refuse to work for less than what I’m worth, which is hell of a lot more than $8.00/hr.
I’m still in school, but when I was working I thought the service I was providing was worth at least $2/hr more than they were paying me. But what am I worth? The same as any human being … invaluable.
In time $70k a year. But HONESTLY, that’s not even very much.
So I’m confused, are you suggesting to say what you want to make or to not? Honestly I despise regular jobs, and I really don’t care if I get paid minimum wage or $100,000 a year, sooner or later (sooner hopefully) I’ll be done with that job and working off investments instead. Working a regular job is overrated and to many people more money just means a faster track to financial chaos cause they don’t understand what money really is.
I am retired and what I got is what I am going to get.
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£5 an hour. But I just want an afterschool job
9-10 dollars an hour.
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Hello, I am Helen
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It’s funny cause we tend to be greedy. We set a bar, wait for the longest, and when we reach it, yet we are not satisfied. We naturally want something higher.
I currently make $1.44/hr, which has consistently proven to be far more than I actually need.
What am I worth? Go to Google Images and search for an image of Christ on the Cross. Not that I deserve such compensation mind you; I’m worth it by His choice and not my own!
I make so much it’s not even funny.
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Hello, I am Helen
How are you? hope you are fine and in perfect condition of health. Please I went through your profile and i read it and took interest in it, please if you don’t mind i will like you to write me on this ID
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Lots of love Helen
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Hello, I am Helen
How are you? hope you are fine and in perfect condition of health. Please I went through your profile and i read it and took interest in it, please if you don’t mind i will like you to write me on this ID
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Lots of love Helen
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Hello, I am Helen
How are you? hope you are fine and in perfect condition of health. Please I went through your profile and i read it and took interest in it, please if you don’t mind i will like you to write me on this ID
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Lots of love Helen
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Hello, I am Helen
How are you? hope you are fine and in perfect condition of health. Please I went through your profile and i read it and took interest in it, please if you don’t mind i will like you to write me on this ID
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Lots of love Helen
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Hello, I am Helen
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Way less than is reasonable for how many hours I spend at work…
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Hello, I am Helen
How are you? hope you are fine and in perfect condition of health. Please I went through your profile and i read it and took interest in it, please if you don’t mind i will like you to write me on this ID
helenrichard_22@yahoo.com hope to hear from you soon, and I will be waiting for your mail because i have something VERY important to tell you.
Lots of love Helen
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At this point, I don’t really care that I do a lot of physical, emotionally and mentally-draining, and gross things at my job, for a low rate. Direct care is not a great paying field, but I love it. Sure, I’m in school to have a higher position some day, but I don’t do it for the money. I do it because I put my all into everything I do, and I do what I love. If cleaning up shit is going to get me to where I want to be, then I’ll do it every day. Hell, I already have been for almost a year now.
minimum wage.
Let’s see, I just did this last year…LOL I was going to be happy with $8, honestly. I hadn’t worked in a year and a half and prior to that I had a desk job that netted me $8.50 an hour, if I remember correctly. Since I had left, those employees took a 20% DECREASE and experienced a drastic cut in hours (they decided to close on Sundays and not stay open as late), so I based my expectations on that knowledge. I was, however, thrilled when the current employer came back with an offer of $9.30 an hour and even more thrilled when they gave out a a 40-cent raise last month for my anniversary. No, it’s not much…but for what I do? I’m happy. I have minimal stress and no headaches…no crap…just show up, do my job and go home. It is bliss. One day, I’ll go back to school, get my RN and get pickier, but for now? Bliss!!
I won’t work for less than $15/hour.