this post is surprising

skhynes

Since I work for the government, our salaries are completely public (if you know what "grade" someone is and its not hard to figure out) and everyone at my job knows what everyone else makes.  I'm more uncomfortable talking about it with friends who make less than me than anything.

wingedbride

skhynes:

Since I work for the government, our salaries are completely public (if you know what "grade" someone is and its not hard to figure out) and everyone at my job knows what everyone else makes.  I'm more uncomfortable talking about it with friends who make less than me than anything.

exactly.my salary is no secret

BobLoblaw

wingedbride:

skhynes:

Since I work for the government, our salaries are completely public (if you know what "grade" someone is and its not hard to figure out) and everyone at my job knows what everyone else makes.  I'm more uncomfortable talking about it with friends who make less than me than anything.

exactly.my salary is no secret

Neither is mine. And it's depressing because I get to see what my coworkers are making after 20+ years...it's not much at all. 

wingedbride

BobLoblaw:

wingedbride:

skhynes:

Since I work for the government, our salaries are completely public (if you know what "grade" someone is and its not hard to figure out) and everyone at my job knows what everyone else makes.  I'm more uncomfortable talking about it with friends who make less than me than anything.

exactly.my salary is no secret

Neither is mine. And it's depressing because I get to see what my coworkers are making after 20+ years...it's not much at all. 

I hear you! Althoughi see a lot of people who I know are terrible making a ton of money too!

mulva33

_Fenton:

Location is everything.  Twan's brother and his wife live in a small town in MO and as households, we make close to the same amount; they live in a McMansion and go shopping every weekend, and we live in a 900 sq ft house and have second hand furniture.  Making $30k in a town of less than 50,000 people is probably above average.

Eh, I don't think it makes that big of a difference unless you are on the extreme end of HCOL and LCOL.  that's how most people like to reason salaries, but I think it's bullsh*t, for the most part.

wendyld

mulva33:

_Fenton:

Location is everything.  Twan's brother and his wife live in a small town in MO and as households, we make close to the same amount; they live in a McMansion and go shopping every weekend, and we live in a 900 sq ft house and have second hand furniture.  Making $30k in a town of less than 50,000 people is probably above average.

Eh, I don't think it makes that big of a difference unless you are on the extreme end of HCOL and LCOL.  that's how most people like to reason salaries, but I think it's bullsh*t, for the most part.

Agreed.  I got the same $ offer in Seattle as in California straight out of college.   I took the Seattle job and then kept the same salary in Oklahoma as in Seattle.  Radical differences in COL, but (at least within my company) the salary ranges are all very similar. 

wingedbride

wendyld:

mulva33:

_Fenton:

Location is everything.  Twan's brother and his wife live in a small town in MO and as households, we make close to the same amount; they live in a McMansion and go shopping every weekend, and we live in a 900 sq ft house and have second hand furniture.  Making $30k in a town of less than 50,000 people is probably above average.

Eh, I don't think it makes that big of a difference unless you are on the extreme end of HCOL and LCOL.  that's how most people like to reason salaries, but I think it's bullsh*t, for the most part.

Agreed.  I got the same $ offer in Seattle as in California straight out of college.   I took the Seattle job and then kept the same salary in Oklahoma as in Seattle.  Radical differences in COL, but (at least within my company) the salary ranges are all very similar. 

I think overall the COL doesn't change, except for when it comes to housing. We have a house we can afford, aren't at the high or low end there but we live in an expensive area and so it is 1300 sf on a 5000 sf lot. A house of the same size in a suburb in Houston would cost us less than half. Of course then we would have cost of gas and increased mileage on vehicles so it all washes out.

prettypinkypeonies

That post make me feel fortunate (for once) that I'm in sales..

I've was traveling regularly for my job since about 24.  I handled myself just fine. To be honest, it was the old timers (the ones that have been at my company forever) that acted like morons.