It all depends who you get hired with. In short, expect to be never be home and to make less money than people on social assistance. Depending on where you live, you may qualify for food stamps. No joke. After that, depending on the economy, inflation, oil, Iran, mergers, furloughs, bankruptcies, outsourcing, whipsawing, ect., it could get better. But I could be completely wrong and somewhat pessamistic.