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I have a public service job.

Canā€™t afford to live, get shouted at by callers irrelevant to my role each day just cos I am at a phone, canā€™t work from home despite the whole organisation doing so, higher paid people throw their workload at me cos they donā€™t want to do it.

Feels no different from when i was in the private sector really.

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17 points

No offense due but I hope youā€™re interviewing

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10 points

Looking, not much on the market right now, but itā€™s a process I suppose!

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Canā€™t afford to live

At what quality of life?

I find it hard to believe you have a public service job that canā€™t pay for your peanut butter sandwiches and vegetables to stay alive.

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Lol damn, God forbid someone want more out of life than scraping by getting basic needs barely met. Iā€™ve been looking around while in school, and plenty of jobs are still paying $15-19/hr. That is barely enough to get by, depending where you live and rent may not even be enough, let alone take a vacation once a year or even think of raising a family.

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What do you mean? He used the word ā€˜needā€™ and now youā€™re changing it to ā€˜wants.ā€™

Why are you conflating needs with wants?

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The wording was a tad dramatic.

I can afford to eat. But I canā€™t afford housing and any enjoyment comes with guilt from knowing itll have a knock on effect to my finances. Iā€™m living with a parent (who similarly struggles to pay bills)

Itā€™s more a case of finding it hard to hit the bills and not being able to see a future where Iā€™m comfortable.

Iā€™d say itā€™s mostly due to the cost of living rather than the pay. 10 years ago Iā€™d be doing quite well, but the pay grades havenā€™t changed to meet inflation or accommodate for the high cost of living.

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