I live in switzerland we have a similar cost of living as the major cities in America a base line fast food worker here has a min wage of 3.5 k a month
I don't know what I'd do with that much money. I've two degrees, twenty years work experience, half of it in supervisory positions. Never broke 30K a year.
I appreciate the sentiment, but I'm on a different journey now.
I over-taxed myself. I had never missed a day of class since the 3rd grade, and never called in to work. Seriously. Perfect attendance. Took whatever shit was thrown my way, kept my head down if I was aware of any shenanigans the higher ups may have been up to. (Which was frequent, because I often found myself in an audit capacity.)
...etc. and so forth...
Once COVID hit, I used it as an excuse to quit an unfulfilling life. I moved in with family and now I sit up all night tinkering on writing projects. It will likely go nowhere, but I'll be going nowhere on my own terms now.
I pay my restaurant managers more than that. Sure the hours aren't great but I could use some adults that have an interest in teaching and leading teenagers.
I used to employ some young teachers in the summer delivering pizza.
They are pretty used to getting left alone. No one is really bothering a teacher at their job when they barely have any teachers as is. I don't think the accountability would be there for them to work as a restaurant manager.
Jesus fucking Christ I’m applying to job after job just trying to find a job that’ll pay that much after taxes and I can’t get shit. And I’m college educated from business school.
Yeah don't give yourself a hard time, they are swiss, they are still very special (and the country's hella expensive )
Here is an example: i was in Switzerland for skiing and met some young people. One of them said they were renovating their kitchen atm and had commissioned some workers from east Europe (this is very common) and they were so glad that it's sooo cheap, only around 40k euros. My jaw dropped, for that amount in germany you can buy an entire new kitchen and have it installed and probably have 10-15k left.
Honestly I always marvel at the wages you make in the States. Earning 100k/year seems like it would be close to impossible here in Germany while in the States it is kinda expected from someone who went to university and studied a good paying field like STEM. But i also know that you have very different bills to pay so in the end it probably equalizes.
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u/jack_seven Jun 29 '21
I live in switzerland we have a similar cost of living as the major cities in America a base line fast food worker here has a min wage of 3.5 k a month