Hey, 99%, why don't you go work in a factory for 100k (serious)

[EMartNJ]

i think that what 'a lot of money' is also depends highly on ones expectations. i really can't believe that 100k is 'LOW INCOME'. maybe if you lived above your means, e.g. bought a car and a house that are way expensive for you and now you're with little money left cause you have to pay your loans... but it still doesn't make 100k a small amount of money. it just means that you're spending more than you should be, which is possible even if you're CEOing 10k/day.

Sure it does but the cost of living in NJ is higher than Kentucky where 100k may get you a house whereas in NJ you're lucky to get a condo.

[HouseOfISRAEL]

LMFAO. And I could play scratch off lotteries each and every day and make 100k too.

fuarkin this

lol the highest person in that guys factory(in the article)only made 62k!

Its SAYS COULD, doesn't mean would!

[lotusfreek]

Unions have ruined this country's manufacturing. They were great when business owners took advantage of employees and there was no safety regulations. Now that is all take care of, they need to disappear. Pushing companies to outsource products. $29/hr for a job that should be paying $15, max.

[longshankman]

dammit man you sound like a broken record, why are you endlessly mentioning liberal arts degrees and the 99%? the article has nothing to do with them and noone else except you is mentioning them. whats wrong brah get beaten up by some dude swinging a pillowcase full of ipads and chai?

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[HouseOfISRAEL]

i think that what 'a lot of money' is also depends highly on ones expectations. i really can't believe that 100k is 'LOW INCOME'. maybe if you lived above your means, e.g. bought a car and a house that are way expensive for you and now you're with little money left cause you have to pay your loans... but it still doesn't make 100k a small amount of money. it just means that you're spending more than you should be, which is possible even if you're CEOing 10k/day.

it depends

100k in NYC is A LOT DIFFERENT than 100k in Idaho.

[cdnava10]

I hope in your next life you incarnate as a woman who gets brought up in Boston, is a total feminist and whines about how men are all pigs and disgusting pieces of ****.

this

[majszownik]

Sure it does but the cost of living in NJ is higher than Kentucky where 100k may get you a house whereas in NJ you're lucky to get a condo.

yeah, i know. the differences in prices of houses/apartments are crazy, depending on location. i've seen a few threads like "post a house that X dollars gets you where you live" and it's really astonishing. but i wasn't exactly talking about buying a house for 100k, but rather about being able to afford getting a mortgage.

still, i'm amazed that you can actually get a house for 100k anywhere in the states. 100k PLN (our currency) in poland won't even get you a one bedroom apartment, unless it's in a god forsaken village. and for 100k dollars you could get a 2 or 3 bedroom apartment. or a piece of land next to the city, to build a house on.

[PLZGO]

Let's do some simple math here

According to the article, that factory's top worker is making 29 dollars an hour.

29 dollars per hour x 52 weeks in a year x typical 40 hour workweek = about 60k pre tax, meaning you're realistically making 40k a year TOPS after taxes.

The only way you're breaking $100,000 a year according to the article in the OP is if you are doing upwards of 65-70 hours a week, assuming a generous overtime bonus.

Yeah I wonder why everyone isn't jumping at that.....

[mattyoc3]

yeah, i know. the differences in prices of houses/apartments are crazy, depending on location. i've seen a few threads like "post a house that X dollars gets you where you live" and it's really astonishing. but i wasn't exactly talking about buying a house for 100k, but rather about being able to afford getting a mortgage.

still, i'm amazed that you can actually get a house for 100k anywhere in the states. 100k PLN (our currency) in poland won't even get you a one bedroom apartment, unless it's in a god forsaken village. and for 100k dollars you could get a 2 or 3 bedroom apartment. or a piece of land next to the city, to build a house on.

you cant buy a house for 100k practically anywhere in the us. hes just referring to 100k being enough to afford the mortgage, gas, utilities, hot water, property taxes, food, car payment, insurance, blah blah blah.

in the nyc area. 100k x 2 people = respectable maybe 2000 sq ft. house in a far out suburb with a long commute or a condo.

[longshankman]

i guess if i move to poland i better move in with you, just to keep costs low

[vic713]

In on another tunnel vision PsychoSteve thread.

[N01SYtZ]

how do you get a job like that i'd love to get my hands dirty and get paid at the same time...

[Zamakaze]

100k for manual labor? Hell yeah.

[saberu315]

Yah, but you have to realize that the factory labor jobs aren't the ceiling. If your smart and learn the ropes in a big company you can easily surpass the other workers around you and get into a management position.

I work in a lot of factories an talk to the workers. Most are dumb as hell. But the smart ones eventually get management jobs that can reach 80-100k. Some people even surpass that in my area to maybe 150k but its rare.
If you are in school part time and take some business management and engineering classes you could eventually be supervising a huge operation and making 200k a year

I think the point of the article is that if your smart you will excel in any field...trendy or not.

[Newbtime]

LMAO @ people thinking a salary 2.5x the national average isn't a lot.


Reality is going to hit you fools one day, and you will be ridden with ample amounts of depression.

[thefullmonte]

Real talk...I work in Manufacturing. EVERYONE is hiring. I think a lot of guys think about manufacturing and see images of smokey dirty steel mills in their mind...and that couldnt be further from the truth

[CCAurora]

http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/27/smal...x.htm?iid=Lead

Oh, wait, that isn't glamorous or sexy enough for your 200k Liberal Arts degree. Your fellow hipsters at Starbucks might shun you.

Retarded logic, as though all factory jobs pay six figures... would expect nothing less from the OP

[ne12o]

Let's do some simple math here

According to the article, that factory's top worker is making 29 dollars an hour.

29 dollars per hour x 52 weeks in a year x typical 40 hour workweek = about 60k pre tax, meaning you're realistically making 40k a year TOPS after taxes.

The only way you're breaking $100,000 a year according to the article in the OP is if you are doing upwards of 65-70 hours a week, assuming a generous overtime bonus.

Yeah I wonder why everyone isn't jumping at that.....

and this is why people don't work . They're already getting 20k/year to not work.

[seanb1979]

wtf is passive income? LOL.

interest and appreciation collected on assets

[AshleyStardoll1]

you can make 100k a year being a gay prostitute OP. why dont you do that? not good enough for ya?

[seanb1979]

it depends

100k in NYC is A LOT DIFFERENT than 100k in Idaho.

yup.. i did home loans for a bit and some houses around here were even going for 80-100k during the boom.. of course they were **** holes, but in NYC everything is inflated... my roommate makes 15k a month there and then flies back here to live for cheap when not working

[snoborder]

Deceptive article is deceptive.

Fact: Guy is short workers.
Fact: Guys are getting paid 100k including overtime.

Im willing to bet the guys on 100k are on some serious overtime - as in life consuming overtime.

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On another note, id take a pay cut to work a desk job. You may be exhausted mentally, but you will be fresh physically to do a good mind-numbing gym workout.

Wrong. I'm more exhausted physically doing paperwork sitting at a desk all day than I ever did as an electrician or a mechanic. (serious)

[snoborder]

LMAO @ people thinking a salary 2.5x the national average isn't a lot.


Reality is going to hit you fools one day, and you will be ridden with ample amounts of depression.

This.

[xAlliance]

would apply in a heartbeat if i lived in the US. would work and do part time school.

[Briangumble]

I work in a warehouse that pays all there entry-level employees $27 an hour. Upper management gets paid 6 figures and most of them don't have degrees because they were all promoted from within.

[KeRiZmA]

physical labor job for 100k a year sign me up damnit

Have to work there for at least 10 years, 70 hours a day, before you get up to 100k salary.

[xAlliance]

Have to work there for at least 10 years, 70 hours a day, before you get up to 100k salary.

70 hour days? fuarkkkkkk

[F23]

70 hour days? fuarkkkkkk

I once had a 32 hr shift (srs), but it was longer than a day, obviously.

[SH00K1]

100k a year for manual labor? Fuuuaark sign me up I aint no bitch

[ScubaStevo]

Retarded logic, as though all factory jobs pay six figures... would expect nothing less from the OP

F*cktard has completely missed point of thread. Hipster liberal 99% do not want manual labor job - feel entitled to 150k white collar job where they can misc all day.

lmfao