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Micro-retirement (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That is for sure a thing, but in my case it genuinely is having little income

Been making minimum wage for way too long, and at this point I'm too old and don't have the skills to get a significantly better job. My retirement plan is

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Well sure if you never got out of minimum wage jobs then it's no wonder you can't accumulate a safety net, the majority of people don't keep working minimum wage for decades though (median income is above minimum annual salary).

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    If you're making minimum wage, what do you really have to lose by improving your marketable skills?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's a pretty neat trap, you see I can't afford to take any time off work to even look for another job, let alone any unpaid training

    I'm sure if I locked the fuck in and pulled myself up by my bootstraps and got extremely lucky, I could jump ship into a better position, but that target is like 5 feet wide and a hundred feet away and surrounded by homelessness on all sides

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