And C-Suites are freaking the fuck out (my company) because we’re completing all of the work in <40 hours per week, which causes them to lose money lmao It is so fucking wild to me how no one sees the glaring problem here

All of this AI shit should’ve stayed as nothing more and nothing less than a tool to make the very monotonous work done by everyone just a tad easier.

It feels like we’re in such a massive fucking bubble right now on the scale of how people have talked about the sub prime mortgage crisis.

My boomer ass parents just keep telling me to wait for things to get better, but how can you wait for things to get better when things are just statistically worse for everyone

  • Rx_Hawk [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    No debt and 80k salary? Do you have kids or live in LA or something? Sounds like plenty to me.

    • Hohsia [he/him]
      hexagon
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      8 months ago

      It’s plenty, but I have a chronic illness that my insurance won’t cover meds for (-2K each month+ another 1200 for rent + car payment + car insurance + groceries) and it’s an extremely volatile industry where the pay is based a lot on bonuses

      So 75 base but typically end up around 80 with bonuses.

      But yeah, deeply contemplating quitting corporate America altogether and working in the service industry

      • Rx_Hawk [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        Ah yes privatized medicine at its finest. I’m sorry you have to deal with that, I didn’t mean to come off as condescending but I realize I might have.

        • Hohsia [he/him]
          hexagon
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          8 months ago

          Nah no worries at all, I appreciate the understanding. I think edge cases like mine are what causes people to innocently miss the reality of living in the United States.

          I truly have trouble ordering my medicine because it enrages me how some of those low-level pharmaceutical employees can charge thousands of dollars for life-altering medicine so nonchalantly

          And it’s truly incomprehensible because my medicine is on the cheap end of specialty medicines.

          Words can’t describe this country and if it were easier to get out, you’d see mass exoduses everyday.