Would you take a job offering 50k?

[Hassaniscool]

[Dinklex3]

Only if that's base pay starting salary & they give me housing allowance, great health insurance, and an adequate amount of leave per year.
I have to enjoy the job as well.

[Hassaniscool]

Yeah that's base

[Dinklex3]

With housing allowance?
And others mentioned?
If not, then no.

[Hassaniscool]

Who the hell offers housing allowance

[Dinklex3]

Quite a few traveling and contracting jobs

[Hassaniscool]

We talking about regular jobs not contractors

[Dinklex3]

If it doesn't have housing allowance then no thanks. Not worth it.

[Hassaniscool]

R u retarded no one offers housing allowance

What u from ghetto

[Dinklex3]

Whatever you say lol

[Hassaniscool]

Ghetto

[Dinklex3]

🤷‍♂️

[Cherry234]

I may likely take that salary as it would be a nice starting salary for me. However, it depends on the job and what it entails.

[exitseven]

If it was something I would like to do and it did not involve a long commute I would.

[Hassaniscool]

Whats your job

[exitseven]

I am a college professor.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[MTC29]

No. My pension is double that amount, so I'm not coming out of retirement.

[Hassaniscool]

What's ur job

[MTC29]

I was the Principal Engineer (supervisor of all engineering staff and the surveyors) for a mid-size city in SoCal. I took an early retirement and never looked back!

[Hassaniscool]

Six figures

[MTC29]

I have nothing to hide. My salary was $175,000 per year plus perks such as a car $400 per month car allowance, which was taxable income but did not apply to my covered pension earnings. I took an early retirement offer and left with a pension of 60% (rather than the 66% I had planned on). 60% of $175,000... you can do the math.

It sounds like a big salary, and it was, but it took me 25 years to get there, as well as a Batchlor of Science degree and a Master of Engineering degree. Nothing comes easy, or at least it didn't for me.

[notwoke]

how do you like being retired? What are you doing to stay energized? Any struggles?

[MTC29]

@notwoke I was reluctant, in fact nervous about the early retirement, but it turned out great. I left in 2013 and took several long vacations, included a 6 week trip from Sydney to Hoing Kong in 2019. What I could not foresee is COVID ruing all of my plans for more trips.

As for struggles? none of speak of. I sold my home in SoCal and bought a bigger one here in Florida which has no mortgage. I spend my days on the golf course or at the shooting range, or just taking it easy. I can't complain.

[notwoke]

thank you so much for the insight, if you don't mind me continuing to pester you. I see many of the engineers that I work with returning on a contract basis, almost begging to come back after they retire because they have "nothing to do". Or I see them in town doing menial jobs for low pay when i know they can't possibly need the money. Any guesses?

[Hassaniscool]

@notwoke not any

[notwoke]

hmmm, I guess I am stumped, but I hope I don't end up with plenty of money and "bored" like I see so many others. I think it is important to have a good network of friends. I don't have a ton of shared interests with my wife. Thank you.

[Hassaniscool]

Nothing is easy in life

[sunflower00]

Yeah absolutely since I’m on about 18k right now 😐

[FunkyMonkee]

Right now, I'd take a job offering minimum wage, as long as it's a job I like doing.

[RedStiletto88]

I would be making less than I do now so, no.

[Hassaniscool]

What range are you at

[BCRanger10]

I'd love to make that much.

[WhatTheHeckkkk]

Depends on what I am doing at the job.

[rabbitzzz]

Doing what?

[Hassaniscool]

Finance

[rabbitzzz]

If its counting money I am in.

[jahaims]

Nope

[Hassaniscool]

Why so

[jahaims]

I don't need money and before I retired I was making just over 4x that.

[Hassaniscool]

Ur 30

[Hassaniscool]

What was ur job

[jahaims]

My last job was in sales

[Hassaniscool]

Ohh power of commissions

[joeldalton]

Nope.

[Hassaniscool]

Why?

[joeldalton]

It's 1/3 what I make now.

[Hassaniscool]

What ur job

[joeldalton]

I’m in data management.

[Hassaniscool]

Go figure IT pays a lot

[HeartFullOfGlue]

Whats the job

[Hassaniscool]

Finance

[HeartFullOfGlue]

yeah