Posted on 09/20/2017 4:37:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Thanks to the internet, it’s not hard to make a six-figure salary from anywhere in the world.
Our newsfeeds are filled with the anomalies, millennials who create and scale businesses that consistently generate over $100,000 in annual revenue. But that reality isn’t an option for most, and not everyone is ready to take the plunge into self-employment.
An overarching theme of Deloitte’s 2017 Millennial Survey was the desire for both flexibility and stability at work. In other words, millennials want the stability of a good, consistent paycheck but also seek flexibility in work location, hours, and the ability to move within the company.
Millennials often struggle to find stability in their salaries, as this generation has a 20 percent lower average salary than previous generations. That reality, combined with soaring student loan debt and crushing cost of living in major cities, means that a great salary is an appeal to many millennials.
The common conversation around millennials and paycheck is that the generation prefers to work for a purpose instead of a paycheck. Purpose doesn’t pay the bills, so a more accurate statement is that millennials will choose purpose over a paycheck, but they still want to get paid....
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
in the last 10 years I hired engineers out of college at 55k/year at 2 companies. the companies dint balk and I interviewed 4x what I hired. there were some with attitudes, some unprepared, some were just complacent, and some had a little fire... who do you think I hired??
the teams I put together in those roles were some of the best I’ve ever had the benefit of working with. I doubt ill get a chance to do it again.
Why would a plumbing contractor on average earn less than a sole proprietor?
Plumbing contractors have plumbers working for them. The can bid on new construction etc. They make big bucks.
For the last three years or longer, my employer has been saying "we have to hire more millenials!"
Yesterday almost 500 highly skilled I.T. professionals where I work were let go from their high paying gigs. Not sure how many of them were "millenials" a very high number of them were over 45-50 years old.
Any bets how many of them are going to land gigs paying as much as they were making before being let go?
I'm sorry, F*** "Millenials." Lazy. Poor work ethics. Unreliable. Entitled. Worthless.
RIght—but that means you are out fixing everyone’s broken toilets.
But the point of this list is that you could have a job working for a company in a higher-cost (coastal) area, without having to live there.
It is true that more and more tech company jobs allow you to be based elsewhere, but no they don’t generally hire entry-level people for these positions to be based wherever.
Still, it gives millennials who aspire to mobility something to work toward.
Millenials and "work" in the same sentence? OH MY SIDES!!!
Painting all Millennials with a broad brush is as bad as their deriding all Boomers.
Not to many jobs start you out at 100k or more.
You are doing good if you start out in the 35-50 range.
The boomers deserve their reputation as much as the minis.
“Electrician is a little easier and pays really well.”
Electricians ruin their hands.
P.S. The results of the boomers was the creation of the minis. The boomers were given no discipline and their kids and grandkids have even less discipline.
So what are you, a Gen Xer?
I live in the mountains of North Carolina and I have one of these jobs with a Silicon Valley mover and shaker company.
It's 2 hours for me to drive to the Charlotte airport, but when I get back home and look out across that mountain range, it's not so far.
With today's remote tools to work with, there's really no reason for many jobs to require people to come into an office. More companies should begin to adopt this work culture.
Looks like good gloves should help to cut down on that:
http://www.ecmweb.com/contractor/hand-protection
BTTT
Doesn’t matter what I am. Don’t try to change the subject.
Struck a nerve, did I? These minis came from “Greatest Generation” out of WWII who created the hippie-dippies of the 60’s, who created the latchkey kids, who created the minis.
Less and less discipline per generation.
Ah. I was viewing the ‘contractor’ as the plumber working for a larger firm that takes a cut for the labor performed, rather than the person hiring plumbers.
I agree with that—on average.
But my point would be the same as before—a broad brush accusation of all would be wrong.
And no—not a nerve with me—just a silly generalization.
But it’s sooo much fun! And I get it all the time from my two millenials (sons)
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