I’m in a Facebook community page for residents of the town I grew up in. Recently, the town manager got a 2% bump in pay to 170K - and people are in an uproar and can’t understand how he lives so “luxuriously” - meanwhile, we have people 4 years out of college on this app that are complaining about being underpaid at $200K. Just a reminder that this forum, and consulting in general, is a bubble. Crazy

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Only $170K? Hope he’s like 16 or something - would only make sense then.

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Ice town costs ice clown his town crown

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Probably only drives a 3 series

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Lol $170k.

He probably shops off the rack too.

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Does he have to fly domestic? The horror

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The roasts on FB are too hilarious.

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170k is high pay for a small town though.

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Town manager making $170k?! That’s ridiculous. I hope this town is in the top 10 neighborhoods, otherwise this is crazy. I’m already tired of paying 3-4% on property taxes every, on top of all other taxes that we pay

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Upstate NY

How much value does the town manager create? It’s probably even less than the pretty slides we make lmao

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it depends.

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Have you spent time on the app 'Blind', or spent time with FAANG folks. You will be amazed.

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Does he live in the town homeless shelter too?

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What the hell is a town manager? Foreigner here

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As a city worker, my income was capped at $50K. That’s why I got the h- up outta there. So if minimum wage goes up to $15 an hour, that’s who will be managing your healthcare, education, emergency and other public services if things keep going the way they are.

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Every community is a bubble, hence the reaction the residents of your town have.

Jeez… I wonder what all the poor people are doing right now?

170k in upstate NY is a lot more like 250k up there so I can understand the uproar.

On the side I help manage a hotel and the housekeepers get paid $12-14 per hr. They have 1 to 4 kids. 100% it's a bubble of privilege

If I lived in a small town in rural America I’d be rich. Id posit many of the complaints here come from folks in big hcol cities struggling with being broke making 6 figures.

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