Originally Posted by
Puckhead
My friend who is a few months older than me (early twenties) just got a job at a call center for the local gas company. He will make 51,000 his first year. Now I like my job a whole lot more but I will be lucky on second year pay to get just over half his salary
I seriously doubt your friend is answering calls for $51k at the local utility phone center. Perhaps if he's in some kind of supervisory position, but as a customer service rep? No, I don't think so.