>be me making 10 dollars an hour at krogers
>feel like im wasting my time and I ask ChatGPT what my wages were take home
>according to ChatGPT I LOSE money working at Krogers
>find another job cutting down trees
>pay is 13 dollars an hour
Should I just call it quits and meet and wait to die? Their is literally nothing out here for me. I literally don’t make enough money to do anything or enjoy life.

>be me
>find logger job that pays 22 dollars an hour
>get called and accepted
>work a week
>find out they only pay 14 dollars an hour
>complain to manager and he says it was UP to 22 dollars an hour if I work there for 5 years which I won’t because apparently their are layoffs relatively often
>don’t quit just quit showing up
>file a complaint with the board of labor which is on going
Why do people still work these jobs? For 14 dollars an hour you might as well go beg in the street?

The average weekly pay for the average American is $1,194 according to ChatGPT. I went into the trades welding and only make 18 dollars a month after a few years and all my peers aren’t doing much better. Can someone explain this to me?

>be me
>look for job
>apply to about 80 in a month not easy with all the bullshit for each one
>other than 10 dollar shit retail jobs I get one call back from a tree trimmer job where I’ll learn to cut down trees like picture and I’ll get paid a whopping 15 dollars an hour and then 18 in like a year
>ask ChatGPT if I can survive on 18 dollars an hour in 2025 in my city
>pretty much tells me I am fucked
>don’t show up for the interview
>done looking for work
>parents tell me that I have to find something even if it won’t pay the bills and that it’s a matter of personal pride
Am I fucking up here or something? How are people surviving anymore? This is fucking bullshit.