I'm sure that everyone thinks they're underpaid for the job they do.
Well, come November I'm going to have some big-ass hospital bills to pay, so I've been analyzing my finances to see where I can tuck some money away from.
The problem is, I ain't got none. I sat down with a spreadsheet of my current expenditures, compared it to my income, and basically determined that I'm broke. I can't really cut back on my spending. You see, I don't really buy anything. After the car payment is made, the utilities are paid, and I pay a little over the minimum balance on my credit cards I have just enough money left over to put some gas in my car for a couple of weeks. The student loan company sucks out their money on the 10th and that's "poof!" for the month.
I spent a lot of time over the weekend looking into other job opportunities (there isn't a lot listed that I am qualified for or want to do). Because I'm [fairly] young, any job I apply for will require that I compete against people who are graduating from college next month. It'll be assumed that I'm more expensive than them. True. And better than them.
This is actually kind of depressing.
Posted by Tiffany at April 17, 2006 06:44 AM | TrackBackWell, I don't know for certain about your line of work, but I'll bet that you can create more value for your employer than 3 college grads, so hiring you at twice the entry level salary is a DEAL.
As long as that's true, you just need to make the sale. From reading your blog for a while, I don't doubt you can do that. Especially these days, when a bad hire can drag a whole team down, and mistakes are so hard to fix.
Trust me on this, I've hired a few clunkers in my day...
Posted by: MarkD at April 17, 2006 04:47 PMTry real estate investments. Buying a home and pulling equity out, then renting it worked WONDERS for my husband and I. We both purchased one home each and are loving the financial benefits of being new investors. The only downfall thus far... being landlords :-/.
Posted by: Sheron at April 22, 2006 04:06 PM