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Smeedge_Kilgannon t1_jbc383p wrote

Reply to comment by anusty in Need some Vermonter words of affirmation by xohannasunx

This is wrong on so many levels. Just because you don't like the work that's here to be had doesn't mean that it isn't here and that you can't scratch out an existence consisting of anything other than toiling in misery if you aren't wealthy.

A reliable person is worth their weight in gold in all industries right now and those industries are paying right now.

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vermont4runner t1_jbc79gg wrote

Minimum wage

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Smeedge_Kilgannon t1_jbcbwfm wrote

Maybe for part time and unskilled labor for employees or like a kid with their first job. No kitchen is paying min wage. No construction company either, or public works job, or jobs at hospitals, and many more. If you want to get paid 20 an hour for a job that doesn't require any skilled labor than your whacky and instead should better your position and perhaps trade skills or education.

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Smeedge_Kilgannon t1_jbcbdok wrote

Service, Medical, Sanitation, Hospitality, General labor. It all depends on your skill set and qualifications. Got a CDL? Cha-ching. Your limited understanding of the jobs available doesn't mean that they are not.

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anusty t1_jbckpy7 wrote

Not unavailable, just not what’s necessary to live even lower middle class lifestyle.

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Loudergood t1_jblwy9h wrote

Burlington Bagel is paying $25 now. Anything is possible.

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anusty t1_jbm93z8 wrote

If they can afford to pay that much, suggest you open a competing business

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FunkyOldMayo t1_jbcd2jr wrote

Aerospace for one, tons of manufacturing jobs that start in the $20/hr range minimum.

As far as houses go, Rutland County has quite a few houses on the market cheaper than the rest of the state.

Vermont =/= Burlington

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FunkyOldMayo t1_jbcqdma wrote

I’ve been in aerospace for 20yrs, barely anyone has an “aerospace degree” any hourly job you just need a high school diploma.

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anusty t1_jbckl8e wrote

$50k income will struggle to buy a home. Rutland has devolved into a drug cesspool, unfortunately

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anusty t1_jbckd3d wrote

Yeah, right. There’s nowhere to live because you ca t build there, which I’m good with. Fact is, per capita, homelessness is almost as bad as the west coast and rent and housing per sq ft isn’t far off either. Outside of SMBs, there’s virtually little corporate opportunity and the entire state lives and dies on how well the deacons go. Love the state and those Vermonters with generational legacies there, but it is scratching out a living, unless you’re among the rare who own a successful SMB or are in upper Mgmt in the few larger corps. Even overpaid, tenured professors at Middlebury College can afford a home there. Selfishly, having grown up there 40 years ago, I’m glad, other than the imports, very little has visibly changed, just the whacked out culture. Still one of the best places on the planet and Act 250 will keep it that way. Hmmmm, makes me think, “watch what you wish for”

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Smeedge_Kilgannon t1_jbd7qpl wrote

There are plenty of places to live just not places that will allow you to live the lavish lifestyle on these wages but certainly it's a doable scenario. Nothing in this life is easy and the longer you wait for it to get easier the worse off your situation will get.

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