Originally Posted by
Danzig
Check and check. This looks better:
$14,895 in 1995 = $22,825.90 in 2013
A new hire et 9E is $22/hr. 22x75x12 = $19,800
Man, that looks better. I knew there was some fuzzy math hiding in there.
So by that math, and even if it's off a bit, it's probably in the ballpark…
1067, you took just as low paying a job at the time as the guys are now. Yet you spew this stuff:
Originally Posted by
Delta1067
How about not taking a job where you aren't content with the compensation package.
I'm not saying I'm not a part of the problem, I know what I'm signing up for and going into. Doesn't mean I can't wish things were better. Thousands of other people have been in the same boat. Some have made out well, some have got caught out due to bad timing, and there's tremendous frustration there.
The career is in its current shape due to many facets; there's culpability on both sides, old/senior and young/junior guys alike. You got yours, and sounds like you're in a good place now, very good on you…but apparently the ladder wasn't too heavy for you to pull it up.