Originally Posted by Casualinterest

Devil's advocate, but after 5k per month and $91/hr, GS's might be the difference between debt and stability to a lot of new hires. It's funny though, I pointed that out to someone who was like, well I could afford to live fine on it 10 years ago, and the irony of not recognizing what inflation has done to a new hire's financial state was completely lost on him.