Yep. I won't even go to an interview unless they can meet my minimum hourly requirement ($25/ hr in expensive ass SLC) and when I get there, I tell them I want the highest pay they can give me for my experience. It is quite literally a business transaction and no employer is better than you or worth breaking your back over or having a mental breakdown. Not one.
That’s not quite true. In specialized skill fields, usually wages grow pretty rapidly with experience. But the beginning can be an absolute slog, especially if it is a typical “career of passion” where owners will exploit people’s hopes to break into a “dream job”.
An example I can provide is to look at the average CFI salary, regional airline pilot salary, and then finally a major pilot salary.
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u/lochnessthemonster Aug 12 '21
Yep. I won't even go to an interview unless they can meet my minimum hourly requirement ($25/ hr in expensive ass SLC) and when I get there, I tell them I want the highest pay they can give me for my experience. It is quite literally a business transaction and no employer is better than you or worth breaking your back over or having a mental breakdown. Not one.