Comments on: Strategies for survival on an entry-level salary http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:26:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Austinite http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/comment-page-1/#comment-203198 Austinite Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:28:45 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/#comment-203198 Stop telling people to move to Austin. Thanks. Stop telling people to move to Austin.

Thanks.

]]> By: Michael Eliades http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/comment-page-1/#comment-180473 Michael Eliades Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:25:52 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/#comment-180473 This is really a very helpful strategy. I use to share room with a college friend to cut cost and live a normal life with my entry level salary. This is really a very helpful strategy. I use to share room with a college friend to cut cost and live a normal life with my entry level salary.

]]> By: How I Stay Positive During my Job Search « PRx http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/comment-page-1/#comment-180150 How I Stay Positive During my Job Search « PRx Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:28:43 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/#comment-180150 [...] Strategies for Survival on an Entry Level Salary [...] [...] Strategies for Survival on an Entry Level Salary [...]

]]> By: pdxRACHAEL http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/comment-page-1/#comment-176628 pdxRACHAEL Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:41:14 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/#comment-176628 While I think your article touches on some very interesting facts, as a recent graduate (2008) I have to disagree with #7. Like many other people quoted in this article, I took a job right out of college, in field of study, I live in the second largest city in the state, and I am still having a rough go of it. What's more is that as an ambitious, driven, young professional, I shouldn't have to simply accept that I don't have the earning potential straight of of college as the generations before me did. The cost of college eduacation is skyrocketing, each graduation year paying more in student debt then the year before, and that trend is sure to continue. But what's more is while the cost of higher education is rising the wages are simply not keeping up with the cost of living. Rather then simply sit back, and take it on the chin, or move in with parents again (I'm sorry, but whoever does this needs to have a pretty valid excuse, if you can't be independent at 22 or 23 years old that's pretty pathetic. You can't wear diapers forever.) I think a wake up call is in order to the entire employer industry. Wages ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH, and until there is realization of this fact by companies young people with degrees are doomed to be poor. At what point do we finally say, "It's not okay?" The greediness of big business, the hardly stable economy, and the cost of college which appears to be all for nothing after you graduate will surely shape my generation's future perspective on how the US should be ran. I can only hope that with time as my genration moves into postions of power we're able to change the face of the working environment to better it for those to come. Certainly the baby boomers who hire us all have no idea of the hardships that face twenty somethings today. So you'll excuse me when I say your point on simply accepting my fate as a underpaid graduate is a bit skewed. While I think your article touches on some very interesting facts, as a recent graduate (2008) I have to disagree with #7. Like many other people quoted in this article, I took a job right out of college, in field of study, I live in the second largest city in the state, and I am still having a rough go of it. What's more is that as an ambitious, driven, young professional, I shouldn't have to simply accept that I don't have the earning potential straight of of college as the generations before me did.

The cost of college eduacation is skyrocketing, each graduation year paying more in student debt then the year before, and that trend is sure to continue. But what's more is while the cost of higher education is rising the wages are simply not keeping up with the cost of living.

Rather then simply sit back, and take it on the chin, or move in with parents again (I'm sorry, but whoever does this needs to have a pretty valid excuse, if you can't be independent at 22 or 23 years old that's pretty pathetic. You can't wear diapers forever.) I think a wake up call is in order to the entire employer industry. Wages ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH, and until there is realization of this fact by companies young people with degrees are doomed to be poor. At what point do we finally say, "It's not okay?"
The greediness of big business, the hardly stable economy, and the cost of college which appears to be all for nothing after you graduate will surely shape my generation's future perspective on how the US should be ran. I can only hope that with time as my genration moves into postions of power we're able to change the face of the working environment to better it for those to come. Certainly the baby boomers who hire us all have no idea of the hardships that face twenty somethings today.

So you'll excuse me when I say your point on simply accepting my fate as a underpaid graduate is a bit skewed.

]]> By: benjamin boyce http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/comment-page-1/#comment-173547 benjamin boyce Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:47:41 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/#comment-173547 stop telling people to come to Portland!!!! we are sick to death of you all stop telling people to come to Portland!!!! we are sick to death of you all

]]> By: Laura http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/comment-page-1/#comment-139980 Laura Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:20:14 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/#comment-139980 I totally agree with #3, #4, and #6. I attend school at the University of WI - Milwaukee, and if my parents lived nearby, I would for sure save money and live with them. I have worked part-time all throughout college. By doing this I have been able to pay my rent throughout college and my utilities and not borrowing extra from financial aid and a private lender. Also, by living with roommates, of course it's a bit more expensive, but then you cut your utilities down by however many people live with you. It's great. I wouldn't have done it any other way. I totally agree with #3, #4, and #6. I attend school at the University of WI – Milwaukee, and if my parents lived nearby, I would for sure save money and live with them.
I have worked part-time all throughout college. By doing this I have been able to pay my rent throughout college and my utilities and not borrowing extra from financial aid and a private lender.
Also, by living with roommates, of course it's a bit more expensive, but then you cut your utilities down by however many people live with you. It's great. I wouldn't have done it any other way.

]]> By: Are Your Friends Big Spenders? » Keep Up With Me http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/comment-page-1/#comment-134385 Are Your Friends Big Spenders? » Keep Up With Me Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:04:30 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/#comment-134385 [...] Brazen Careerist has “Strategies for survival on an entry-level salary.” Accept that it’s normal. It’s OK if you can’t support yourself after college. Most people can’t. Not today. The people who can do it are often high and mighty, but ignore them. Because there is no evidence that supporting yourself right after college leads to a happier, productive life. [...] [...] Brazen Careerist has “Strategies for survival on an entry-level salary.” Accept that it’s normal. It’s OK if you can’t support yourself after college. Most people can’t. Not today. The people who can do it are often high and mighty, but ignore them. Because there is no evidence that supporting yourself right after college leads to a happier, productive life. [...]

]]> By: Penelope Trunk: The Brazen Careerist http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/comment-page-1/#comment-126200 Penelope Trunk: The Brazen Careerist Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:08:11 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/#comment-126200 [...] Strategies for survival on an entry-level salary And of course she has millions of other articles at her site. So check them out. I highly recommend them. Links [...] [...] Strategies for survival on an entry-level salary And of course she has millions of other articles at her site. So check them out. I highly recommend them. Links [...]

]]> By: How I Survived With $7500/year http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/comment-page-1/#comment-125997 How I Survived With $7500/year Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:56:23 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/#comment-125997 [...] were several reasons why I wanted to post this. Penelope Trunk’s entry on how to survive with an entry-level salary gave me a reason to write this up. I agreed with most of her points, and it’s a solid read. [...] [...] were several reasons why I wanted to post this. Penelope Trunk's entry on how to survive with an entry-level salary gave me a reason to write this up. I agreed with most of her points, and it's a solid read. [...]

]]> By: Minimum Wage http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/comment-page-1/#comment-112076 Minimum Wage Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:27:53 +0000 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/10/01/strategies-for-survival-on-an-entry-level-salary/#comment-112076 I'm a boomer earning my state minimum wage. I have no retirement plan, no assets, and a persistent student loan balance. How am I supposed to survive on that? I'm a boomer earning my state minimum wage. I have no retirement plan, no assets, and a persistent student loan balance.

How am I supposed to survive on that?

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