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Assembly line worker earning $40hr on track to make $125,000+ accused of stealing a bag of Doritos, Ritz crackers and cheese.

being the oldest child of the family, the first degree that didnt go well for me brought me down.

deadass thought i was failing in life slowly

But with the new change of career I now feel relieved. Im glad I decided quickly to change careers because after almost a year of trying to find a job, It was looking doomed for me

im extremely blessed and privileged to finally have had an opportunity to a job where I am able to help both myself and others

Worked for them as a teen and the advert was the same, but you had to be hired on at your determined rate, and work towards it, my onboarding told me 2+ years per bump up.

On track for ~160k this year when factoring overtime+incentives. Never too late to start over

I'm realizing (3 hours later and after receiving the offer letter) that I should have pushed for a higher salary than the $3k over the base minimum salary that was posted, despite ~15 years of experience. Just second guessing myself because ultimately I think this is better in the long run.

Current job: Private company in tech that has been doing tons of layoffs and we've been a skeletal crew for far too long. Base is $70k, 50% 401k match up to 6%. Current schedule is T-Sat, 11-730p. 100% remote.

State job: 4 person team. Schedule is M-F 9a-5p and one week per month after hours on-call for $75k. One day per week can be hybrid. Cannot be outsourced (state law dictates employees must live in state). Automatic 7.5% deduction for pension but state also matches that. Union job. My wife works for a state university so we already get state health benefits.

The major factors for me taking the job was a better schedule, actual holidays off, and a better sense of job security. I think that will play a role in my job satisfaction.

Feel free to call me dumb or if I'm overthinking it. I don't know how much play there was, i just want out from where I am

**EDIT TO ADD** this job will be about a 20 minute commute, but i had bought a new hybrid last year in anticipation of my current job going RTO or getting a new job that would require commuting, so it's a small travel increase but nothing major. My old car was also on its way out so I didn't buy a new car just in anticipation. It was needed either way

I currently work in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and am exploring career paths with stronger earning potential.
What careers offer a realistic path to earning $120K–$200K+ without requiring many years of additional schooling?
I’m open to sales, healthcare, technology, management, or performance-based roles. I’m willing to work hard and learn, but I’m looking for legitimate career paths, not side hustles or get-rich-quick ideas.
For those earning in that range, what do you do, how long did it take to get there, and what are the biggest downsides?

You dont make much till you do.

There are a lot of really wild tech salaries that get posted here and I wanted to provide a glimpse at what comp looks like in a more "boring" corporate path.

This is all cash, none of my employers have offered equity. I will probably be in the $320-350k range for the foreseeable future since the jump from that would require either switching jobs or greatly expanding the scope of my current role.

What path did you take? How many years of experience did it take to get there?

Currently attending College sadly couldn’t finish this year but early next year I should.

should I start investing?

I have recently joined a startup as a Marketing Executive- my in hand is 43k. This is my first full time job but I have almost 2 years of internship experience.

Another sales guy joined on the same day I did and he kind of opened up to me regarding his financially difficult position and revealed his salary to me. He has 12 years experience in direct selling- worked in reliance, vijay sales, croma etc. He has changed industries and his current inhand is 31k (no incentives).

The office boy also overheard our conversation and shared he's earning 15k.

I'm feeling super guilty. I feel like the company is taking advantage of them but at the same time i'm also new to this industry and don't know the ins and out about this.

Currently making 110k base with 20% company performance based bonus in Dallas. Should I take the offer?

As far as background goes, BAS in Finance.

I've been with the same company since graduating from in 2012. I'm fortunate to work at a company that offers flex PTO and have been WFH full time since 2019. My particular role does not intend to go back to office for the foreseeable future.

That said, sometimes I wonder if I hampered my income potential by not leaving. I almost left in 2022, but as you can see, they offered me a retention raise and I chose to stay.

Happy to answer any questions but especially interested in feedback, particularly on opportunity cost of job hopping.

I’m a 25-year-old RN trying to decide between staying at my current job or accepting a higher-paying position.

**Current job:**
•Outpatient endoscopy center
•$40/hour
•Monday-Friday. Usually working 6 AM-2 PM (sometimes get off earlier if the schedule is light)
•I know my team well, and the workflow is very predictable.
•Low stress overall and I have plenty of energy after work to go to the gym, spend time with my spouse, cook, and enjoy my hobbies
•3% yearly raises

**New job:**
•$55/hour
•Also outpatient
•4 10 hr shifts or 5 8's depending on what is needed
•Would rotate between three different clinics:
\-One is about 10 minutes away
\-One is about 30 minutes away
\-One is about an hour away
•I’d be expected to float wherever I’m needed (PACU, circulating, or other roles depending on staffing)
•Less consistency since I wouldn’t know exactly where I’d be working or what role I’d be in every day

The pay increase is obviously huge, about a 37.5% raise, but I’m worried about trading a really good work-life balance for more stress, more driving, and less predictability. I also already save/invest about 80k a year so I'm not sure how much the extra income would actually improve my life (dual income with my spouse who is also a nurse).

For those of you who’ve made a similar move, was the extra money worth it? Or did you end up wishing you had stayed in the lower-paying but more comfortable position?

Okay so long story short as possible. Ive worked in and around the automotive / dealership world my whole life. Done virtually every job you can from a parts stocker all the way to GM. Did F&I at an auto dealer little over a decade ago (went on from there to be GM). Tried to get out of the industry, ultimately ended up doing F&I for a powersports dealer. Loved the industry, loved the hours (as compared to auto dealer hrs), moved around a bit with that company (sales mgr, service mgr) before I left due to sever injury. Ended up moving to a rural area worked in heavy equipment for a while before I got word of an unposted F&I opening at a powersports dealer near me. Dealer is part of a much larger group through the region. Made me an offer I thought was soft but made all sorts of statements that werent 100% true ("we were the #1 [brand we carry] snow dealer in the country for several years" [this is true], "unfortunately [brand we carry] decided to stop making snow products end of last year" [this is also true], "but we are working hard to get a replacement brand of snow equipment in for this year" [this is untrue]).

Long and short, I took the job, knowing the offer was low but based on the amount of business they stated they were and could do, I said, lets see how this plays out. Fast Forward 90 days in, We had an okay month my first month but wrote it off as me pickup up cary overs from prior month and me getting into the swing of things there, MO 2 was pretty good. If every mo were like that I would be happy. Month 3 dropped down to month 1 levels (front end sales levels, not my sales levels, and of course, if the sales guys arent selling stuff, I lose the opportunity to make $).

So at my 90 day I asked for a raise. I broke out the pay plan from my previous powersports employer and did the math to show them that I was literally making 2x more at my old employer. My boss (GM) and the sales manager are both 100% on board that I need an offer that suits my ability, and they both dont want to lose me as they havent found anyone half as capable as me in the past 5 years (im F&I manager #6 in 5 years, all but 1 were fired for under performing).

They came back and hit me with a +$200 / wk base pay raise which is good but still no where near the 2x difference in pay from my previous employment. So we (me, GM, SM) have been bugging corporate all month about it and today they came back and offered me a 2.5% increase in commission (10% to 12.5%).

To say the least, I am pretty insulted.

In my now 4 complete months Ive been there Ive broken several store records out of that office, and have been #1 or #2 in the company for every metric they measure, every month. If I were working at one of their larger stores near a large city this pay plan would probably work for me, but Im in a small store, in a rural, but still HCOL area. based on my forecasting, I wont average enough money to pay my bills for the year, on my current pay plan.

I know the obvious answer is leave. But I love everything else about my job. I have an awesome team (save one or two people who are just okay). My GM actually cares (which is like rarer than winning the lotto). I love my customers, my hours, not having split weekends (common in the auto industry). Like literally everything except the pay.

My options are to:

- Leave, just straight up, call a dog a dog and say "man this was fun but I only came here for the money you didnt pay me"

- Find a new job, use it as leverage to try get the pay plan I want (this could backfire, could make corpo people upset with me to try and find a replacement anyways or just never look at me for promotion should one arise).

- Deal with it, be glad I got the few extra bumps in a short period of time, continue to show them what IM made of, and hope to revisit the subject in another six or so months

Hi everyone, I’m interested to know from people who started in private accounting what their career progression and salary has looked like. I’m currently in my senior year working in the manufacturing industry in a LCOL area as an intern. Thanks!

For reference I’m turning 21 next week. I graduated high school at 16 and started college soon after.

What can I do to make more money? 😭 I’m thinking of a masters in ABA while still working here as a mentor but cost of living is rising and I’m struggling to make ends meet as it is.