I have a public service job.
Canāt afford to live, get shouted at by callers irrelevant to my role each day just cos I am at a phone, canāt work from home despite the whole organisation doing so, higher paid people throw their workload at me cos they donāt want to do it.
Feels no different from when i was in the private sector really.
Canāt afford to live
At what quality of life?
I find it hard to believe you have a public service job that canāt pay for your peanut butter sandwiches and vegetables to stay alive.
The wording was a tad dramatic.
I can afford to eat. But I canāt afford housing and any enjoyment comes with guilt from knowing itll have a knock on effect to my finances. Iām living with a parent (who similarly struggles to pay bills)
Itās more a case of finding it hard to hit the bills and not being able to see a future where Iām comfortable.
Iād say itās mostly due to the cost of living rather than the pay. 10 years ago Iād be doing quite well, but the pay grades havenāt changed to meet inflation or accommodate for the high cost of living.
Lol damn, God forbid someone want more out of life than scraping by getting basic needs barely met. Iāve 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.
What do you mean? He used the word āneedā and now youāre changing it to āwants.ā
Why are you conflating needs with wants?