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Employers demonstrated their infidelity to their staff by paying loyal workers, on average, 7% less than new hires โ€” 20 years ago, salaries were largely the same between new and longtime employees.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 53 points 9 months ago

Read "Hell's Angels" by Hunter Thompson.

There's a chapter about the economics of being a biker/artist/hippie circa 1970. A biker could work six months as a union stevedore and earn enough to spend two years on the road, and a part time waitress could earn enough to support herself and her musician boyfriend.