Its hopeless for me. Been at the same job for nearly 10 years, never missed a days work, never called in, never late, give it my all and making a lousy $8.50 an hour and they call me a department manager. I am full time and after taxes (state, local, federal, etc, 401K I put in 8% total, which I have lost out big time on, insurance, KARE plan, etc) it does not leave much for the wallet come payday.
The humanity!
Thankfully all of my cars are paid for and I have a nice "wing" at my folks home (which thankfully is paid for). If not for that,
I would be on welfare and food stamps - which I refuse to ever do. NO good paying jobs here.
Still have bills like gas, food, auto insurance (for 4 cars) and I do pay some utilities at home (water, etc).
I always
wanted to be a meteorologist, (I love weather and science) but you have to have perfect math skills to be able to get your met degree, which I lack. I hate mathematics, so I guess I will muddle through with something else eventually. About ready to call it quits, because I am not sure how much longer I can stand working there for nothing.
All of the good jobs here are going overseas... so many local factories going out of business... I see it more and more daily.
I am thankful for what I have though. I have nice cars, (old but nice enough for me), they are paid for, a nice house thats paid for, etc, but still long for more, as I am sure many do.
I would like to have more money for more pleasures of life... like trips, better car maintainence, etc. I have ranted enough.
