Being financially better off in the recession.

Three Seasons · 17-03-2013 10:38PM #1

I'm currently earning more than I ever have and I reckon there are a lot more people like me than most would think.

Are you earning more now than ever before?

If I knew how to insert a poll on a phone I would have.

Augmerson · 17-03-2013 10:42PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-7v4qnHP8

KTRIC · 17-03-2013 10:44PM

Not so thinly veiled I have a job thread :pac:

the groutch · 17-03-2013 10:45PM

Three Seasons wrote: »

Are you earning more now than ever before?

yep, it's something called a pay raise, and it tends to coincide with another thing called inflation.

Dwork · 17-03-2013 10:45PM

Yeah, but getting to keep less and less.

C.K Dexter Haven · 17-03-2013 10:50PM

Three Seasons wrote: »

If I knew how to insert a poll on a phone I would have.

Here's a Pole on a hands-free kit:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lech_Walesa_MEDEF.jpg

SEPT 23 1989 · 17-03-2013 10:52PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHo2pXO_XAI

sozbox · 17-03-2013 10:56PM

I agree, I was a lowly student during the boom years, so got by on part time work while watching class mates who dropped out of school for a FAS SafePass drive past in new cars, head off on NY shopping trips and generally have more cash than I did.
It made me question my world view, as the usual social contract and expectation is the better educated you are the more you earn (generally).

I stuck with it, did a masters too and now earn a good salary, drive a big shiny car (bought at a fraction of it's original value) and don't see those lads around anymore as they've all gone to spend a year in Oz.
I know a lot of people like this but again there have been certain sectors that have grown in the recession so it's not that surprising.

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 17-03-2013 10:59PM

Nope, I'm earning less but I couldn't be happier.

If there's one thing Irish people can't handle, it's money. It turns some people into d ickheads.

byhookorbycrook · 17-03-2013 11:00PM

Obviously not in public service then

Paddy Cow · 17-03-2013 11:17PM

Three Seasons wrote: »

I'm currently earning more than I ever have and I reckon there are a lot more people like me than most would think.

Are you earning more now than ever before?

If I knew how to insert a poll on a phone I would have.

It's a myth that everyone in the boom years was raking it in, buying a property to let and a holiday home in Spain. Plenty of people were working away at minimum wage jobs. I don't begrudge anyone who did clean up back then but I'm getting sick and tired of hearing about the Good Times, as if all of us were living the high life. A lot of us were just living the normal life back then, as we are now. You can't really take a pay cut or freeze on minimum wage

ejmaztec · 17-03-2013 11:26PM

KTRIC wrote: »

Not so thinly veiled I have a job thread :pac:

Probably managed to wangle 15 internships all at the same time.

galwayrush · 17-03-2013 11:29PM

Repossession / debt collector perhaps ?

highgiant1985 · 18-03-2013 12:06AM

I was in college until 2007 but I'm working now and have no mortgage so yeah I'm better off now than during the boom but its just lucky I got a job when I did and had I graduated a few years earlier I would be the same as any one else big mortgage to pay and would prob be worse off now. So just luck really.

helimachoptor · 18-03-2013 12:08AM

My earnings have gone up quite a bit since the recession started. however my house value has dropped :pac:

flutered · 18-03-2013 12:10AM

i was on invility pension during the boom, now i am worse off, as the crowd up in the dail have cut my pension plus the add ons to the quick.

Archeron · 18-03-2013 12:12AM

I make and sell tumbleweeds, and I am living the high life.

the groutch · 18-03-2013 12:17AM

Paddy Cow wrote: »

It's a myth that everyone in the boom years was raking it in, buying a property to let and a holiday home in Spain. Plenty of people were working away at minimum wage jobs. I don't begrudge anyone who did clean up back then but I'm getting sick and tired of hearing about the Good Times, as if all of us were living the high life. A lot of us were just living the normal life back then, as we are now. You can't really take a pay cut or freeze on minimum wage

what I'm sick of is people who got carried away moaning and whinging about their debts as if someone had put a gun to their head and forced them to live beyond their means.

cabledude · 18-03-2013 12:19AM

I'm making a little more money since the recession hit in 2009. But the household income has gone down generally due to the better half losing her job. But we have made cuts to out outgoings which negate somewhat the loss in income so all in all we are holding out own. I am in a position now to look for promotion or more senior jobs in my field, so whenever the planets align in my favour, I will be laughing.

losthorizon · 18-03-2013 12:15PM

TBH I'm doing this .... not

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p47fEXGabaY

Mr Benevolent · 18-03-2013 12:37PM

No, but I'm managing my money much better and so have more. Even have savings now!

The Big Red Button · 18-03-2013 12:48PM

I don't think the recession ever really affected me. Worked all through college. Finished college in 2009, got a job straight away. Got bored of it and looked for another one a few months ago, didn't have trouble finding a better job on better money and with better prospects.

I know I'm very lucky, and maybe one of the exceptions to the general rule.

not yet · 18-03-2013 01:02PM

But the country is broke, we cant't keep borrowing to pay these wages............oh wait that's he PS. Go ahead so enjoy.

handlemaster · 18-03-2013 01:02PM

flutered wrote: »

i was on invility pension during the boom, now i am worse off, as the crowd up in the dail have cut my pension plus the add ons to the quick.

I often wondered about this type of payments if your in a pension i assume you got it at 60+ do people get this younger but still could work some type of job like typing etc

spankysue · 18-03-2013 01:21PM

I'm worse off since the recession, used to have a 40k a year factory job, got let go during the recession, trained to do something different and am now on half that amount but much happier, no more shift work, love me 9-5 job

Mr_Spaceman · 18-03-2013 02:29PM

Self-praise is hollow praise.

COYVB · 18-03-2013 02:33PM

Praetorian Saighdiuir wrote: »

Nope, I'm earning less but I couldn't be happier.

If there's one thing Irish people can't handle, it's money. It turns some people into d ickheads.

Nothing turns people into dickheads, they either are or they arent. The money just makes them more comfortable showing it

COYVB · 18-03-2013 02:34PM

Fluffy Bunny Rabid wrote: »

I don't think the recession ever really affected me. Worked all through college. Finished college in 2009, got a job straight away. Got bored of it and looked for another one a few months ago, didn't have trouble finding a better job on better money and with better prospects.

I know I'm very lucky, and maybe one of the exceptions to the general rule.

I'm in much the same boat. Was doing quite well in Ireland, saw that things were going to get ugly and got the hell out of dodge before the **** hit the fan. Now I'm doing incredibly well in my new country of residence

Odats · 18-03-2013 03:21PM

Was doing my articles during the boom so was on crap money (actually losing money waiting on the next payday and dipping into my savings to attend the weekend lectures in Dublin). Single, no loans, no car as have good public transport,walk to work and able to enjoy my twice a year UFC in Vegas. But I worked damn hard to get where I am and don't want to waste it.

Wompa1 · 18-03-2013 03:32PM

Before the recession I worked for minimum wage in a Toy Store, during Christmas I was working until 1:30am. Life sucked.

Now I'm pulling in a lot of money, more than I ever thought that I would. Everything also seems cheaper now, grocery stores have a lot more deals. So I'm saving a lot of money and will hopefully be able to afford a very comfortable lifestyle in a few years.

I also moved to a place where my medical coverage costs less, fuel costs less, food costs less and I pay less in taxes percentage wise than I did even when I made a fraction of what I make now.

Piriz · 18-03-2013 03:41PM

after college in 2006 I was employed in relatively low paid job for the next two years, I received redundancy in 2008 and spent the next two years on the dole trying to figure out what to do with my life...i had spent 5 years in college and didnt want to let it go to waist...I identified a career change and spent the next two years doing a masters...completed it in 2012 and have two part time jobs ever since...II earn more money than i ever did (but still its modest) but i work less than 30hours a week, I have better career prospects now...my future is not certain as im just temporary in one job but I am happy and optimistic.. Im glad of the property crash / normalisation as I feel I will at some point in my life be able to buy a nice little house somewhere in the city as oppose to the boom time when I was priced out of the market completely..

Being financially better off in the recession.

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