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I've had a hybrid role for the past 4 years where I get unlimited sick days (well 14 really until fmla kicked in), 3 weeks of vacation, 3 personal days. I am also given the week after Xmas off. if my toddlers are sick I can work at home with them. Interviewing w fortune 500 that offers 15 pto days that have to use for sick days too.Strictly in office job 9-5 and dress bus.prof. These bad benefits? Outdated culture?I am a seasoned professional. Seems tough.
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350-500
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$250k would be enough to cover all my expenses, travel as much as I'd like and save for the future.
I’m thinking around this range too personally
Probably around 200k, in a low-ish cost-of-living area. Used to be a much lower number.
Is it because your standard of living increased or cost of living?
That's a simple question but it gets complicated. My first thought was that I could live comfortably on a hundred grand a year. I could eat what I want and buy the books I want and I'd be more or less content and stress free. But there's no telling how things could change going forward. I might want to have a family or buy a house and so on. And, in a few years a hundred grand might not cover what it will today.
I feel this. When I first graduated and was making 50k, I thought 80 would be my number. Now I’m like oh 200, 300…but will it still keep climbing
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250
Seems like this is the number a lot of us are thinking about
Just to not stress from paycheck to paycheck like I do, $100K. That isn't living the way I want, but it would keep us afloat and take care of any emergencies that might arise. Study was done- for just a single person in SC it takes $92K to live, most of us don't come near that number. I am $30K away from that number and have filed bankruptcy. I thought at one time $60K was good money. It's poverty money now.