Forum Post: How Many Have Made Half As Much As 2 Years Ago?
Posted 12 years ago on Dec. 2, 2011, 4:37 a.m. EST by eyeofthetiger
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is everyone in the same boat as I am?
Me 5 years ago - 40-42kish today - 27k
father 6 years ago 90k+ depending on ot today - 54k no OT
Note I have a degree and I'm trying to finish my 2nd one.
Yea everyone is taking a hit that's a drag especially when you have to change your lifestyle from riches to rags I was at the 24k level 2 years ago now I'm down to poverty level 9k
Sucks. I wish you the best of luck.
Oh and my initial pay was without a degree.
The NY Times just yesterday published an article about his very issue. ONly 7% of those people who lost their jobs at the start of the recession are earning what they did beforehand. I myself am staring a job today after a year of searching that will pay me a little more than half of what I earned in my last job, and offer a health care plan that will ensure my bankruptcy if I become ill.
And I'm grateful for it!
Here is the link to that article :
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/02/business/for-jobless-little-hope-of-full-recovery-study-says.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1322830870-HbU4zxsV4WDeFsicv/yQqQ
I'm making about three times as much now as two years ago. I just got a new job yesterday with the biggest salary I ever had, and my stokes are doing good.
Happy for you. I hope it lasts and it's in a growing industry, and it's not a service related job that depends on consumer spending. Not much left of that around.
I work as a computer programmer. Just answering the OP'a question. I'm not sure if it will last. We'll see. I did refuse two other offers before accepting this one, so there are some jobs left for senior programmers. BTW - I have a masters in music. I learned computer programming on my own since the age of 12, and have been working freelance since I was 18.
I want to apply there
Now I make zero of what I did 5 years ago, in 2001 it went down 90%, and post 2008 it went down the final 9%, and now I live on the last 1%, but that's ok, I can live on 1% just fine :)
I think if you saw this coming its not a problem, its the people that didn't see it coming that are fucked.
well it's cut me big time I work 40 hours a week and saturdays but even at that I can't make it 2 years ago I made in 20 hours what I make now in 80 hours so I figure it's dropped my income 75% cause I have to work 3 weeks just to pay rent and 1 week just to pay phone bill and food it's not easy I wish I could do 2 jobs but I tried several times and one job always suffered cause I did'nt have the energy level needed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w