• Guitarfun@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Exactly! My partner and I together make over $100,000 a year and finally we are just barely comfortable. All of our bills get paid and even though the budget is tight, we still have a little money and decent credit. I could put a $1,000 guitar on credit and pay that off no problem, but there’s no way we could get a house.

      Maybe if our wages doubled then we could find something further out in the sticks. Hopefully by that time more companies allow full remote work because I already lose an hour or more a day traveling.

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        3 months ago

        Companies demanding return to office is such a twist of the knife. It’s a pay cut, making someone spend an hour or two commuting without paying them for it. But the boss doesn’t care

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          Maintenance, gas, car insurance, more expensive food, tolls, parking, and time. It’s a massive paycut for many people when you really think about it.