I went to a job interview recently for which I was unsuccessful.

>>17594441
Stop waiting for people to be responsible.
Apply for other jobs and other positions while you wait on this moron who may or may not get back to you.

Do you really want to work for people who cant be assed to send an email?
Spam applications like a motherfucker nonstop till your employed.

>>17594449
>Apply for other jobs and other positions
Imagine that only one job was feasible.

Not OP btw.

This is the situation I'm in. Something above minimum wage not requiring 2 years of experience (or an absurdly specific degree) comes along once a blue moon.

>>17594472
Contrary to popular belief, min wage is a lovable income.
What "isn't feasible" is unemployment. If you cant get the income you need to sustain your previous way of living, its time to cut spending. Wether that means cutting yourself off from luxuries like cable tv, or that lofty suburb you want to live in isnt for me to say, but sometimes you have to make a sacrifice and bite the hard bullet, working back up the ladder you fell down.

>>17594449
>>17594472
>>17594491
Thank you all for the good advice.

>>17594441

Go there in person.

>>17594491
>min wage is a lovable income.
No.
No it isn't. Not without assistance from the government.
The minimum wage is below livable. It's a flat mathematical fact.

Go into more detail how it is livable because I'm not convinced.

>>17594520
A shithole in clevland or any other comparable ghetto without shit you take for granted like cable television and a smartphone is well beyond livable on minwage.
Livable doesnt mean comfortable, nor does it mean living up to your standard of "living".

It literally means a roof over your head and food on the table. How you deal with being bored would be for you to figure out.

And besides government assistance, you can do what hardworking people do. (Work 2 jobs), if things are that desperate.

It you really want me to start giving estimates and quoting prices for you, you'll have to wait a bit since im limited to a phone at the moment.

>>17594535
>a smartphone
Please don't assume I have things that I don't have.

And no. Rent is too high.

It doesn't count when you have to work more than 40 hours (y'know, full-time) to live. That's not livable. You lied.

>>17594545
>please do the math for me since im being intentionally retarded.
1bedroom 1bath for 610 a month with utilities included.
40 hour workweeks for a month(at 7.25) translates to roughly 1276 depending on the days in your month before taxes, and assuming you arent paying for anything else except the food on your table, youll have money to spare. Granted you wont be supporting a family unless your wife works min wage also.

And thats just from a quick google. You could find cheaper places if you actually take time to look.

>>17594568
Where was this?

>>17594568
>>17594589
Hey.

Where was this?

>>17594568
>>17594589
>>17594613
Where was this pls

>>17594568
>>17594589
>>17594613
>>17594629
I wish you would tell me where this was.

Because it sounds like bullshit.

Or in a straight up ghetto.

>>17594568
Min wage was 7.65/hour (before taxes) when I worked a summer job this year.

>>17594568
good points, however
>1276
>before taxes
after taxes it's closer to 1k. you'll get some back in your tax return, but the rest of the year it's off limits. you shouldn't factor it into your monthly budget.

>assuming you arent paying for anything else except the food on your table
never ever assume that. there are always other expenses.
>clothing
>transportation to and from work, the store, etc.
>personal care items
>phone, tracfone if nothing else
>healthcare
granted, most of these things can be pretty cheap depending on your needs. so cross your fingers and hope you have cheap needs and no health issues. food can be cheap too if you're ok with a lot of carbs, watch bargains, and/or have a sunny balcony or window for growing veggies. there are food shelves too.

but it still adds up, and shit still happens. you get sick. you get injured at work and get fucked by workman's comp. you get laid off. your bike takes a shit. your knee takes a shit and you can't bike to work. your fridge takes a shit and their landlord won't buy a new one even though it came with the apartment (this happened to me, you can threaten legal action but in the meantime you still gotta eat).

many emergencies can be avoided if you're careful. but no matter how careful you are you can't avoid all of them all the time. and that's when the paycheck-to-paycheck thing falls apart. you can put away some for savings, and it will help with that. but it's no guarantee.

that is what people mean when they say it is not livable. it's more livable than, like, ethiopia. but it's not sustainable. if you're 22 and in great health you can manage til you find something better. if not, not so much. it's also exceedingly stressful, and the stress will drive up your health costs.

I've lived in a 2-person household on $1100 a month. you can do it for a while, but it sucks balls, and the first time 2 things break in the same month, you're up shit creek. and everything breaks eventually.

>>17594866
>transportation
Walk.

>>17594441
There's a decent chance she's just been busy. Email her today.

Hi Manager,

I just wanted to follow up on your message from last week. I really enjoyed our inteview and am definitely still interested in joining Company. It would be great to hear more about the new position you mentioned--could we schedule a short call to discuss?

I can be a bit flexible on my start date, so just let me know if there's any issue there. Thanks!

Best,
Anon

Then email every two days to follow up until you hear something. If you don't get the job you don't get the job, but no one in the business world will write you off for being persistent and on top of things. Odds are she's just busy/flakey and will appreciate the proactivity a lot.

>>17594866
>2-person household
He literally said this only worked for one person.

>>17594878
And where do you live?

Because fuck you for ever saying that to the general public.

>>17594894
>fuck you for ever saying
>>>/tumblr/

>>17594898
That's not a tumblrism and you know it.

>>17594913
It really is, though.

>>17594919
Isn't tho

And say the workplace is 5 miles from the guy's home. And that would be a very lucky distance indeed; It's often much farther.

Are you still saying walk?
Do you have any idea how long it takes to walk ONE mile.

>>17594959
The phrase
>fuck you for saying X
Is extremely tumblr.

>>17594999
Well fuck you for saying evolution isn't fact.

>>17595005
Evolution isn't a fact, it's a theory, which are composed of multiple facts.

>>17595054
Mac pls go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ2bQq4Hgmg

>>17595131
>reading comprehension this bad

>>17594520
lmfao get a load of this guy.

bruh, there's this thing called living within your means. Down size your living space, studio apartments are rarely over 400 a month. Electricity in a studio better not be over 50 a month, and that's with climate control.
If you have gas, I bet that wouldn't be over 50 either.
Water I'd imagine to be about the same

So, there we have an over estimated 600 bucks a month in living cost. With a minimum wage full time job after taxes, you're looking at over 200 a week take home, with 4-5 weeks in every month that leaves you with a surplus of 200-400 bucks, while overestimating your bills.

So if you can't fit gas, insurance, food, and entertainment in 200-400 bucks a month, you're a fucking retard.

>>17595194
So I'm guessing you didn't read many posts after that one, huh.

>>17594568
610 a month rent is a dream, unless it is a really bad ghetto but even there the rent is a bit higher.

And is it really "living" if you live in constant fear of being mugged?

610 a month rent. Jeeze that is delusional.

>>17595309
That's why I asked him 4 times where.

And it being bullshit is probably why I got no answer.

>>17595296
Yadda yadda emergencies happen is the gist I got. Which is why you have that 200-400 in spending money each month to utilize wisely. How often do you need to buy clothes? I haven't bought clothes in almost a year, and when I did it was at the thrift store for under 20 bucks, and I got multiple outfits.

Transportation I included in that extra money, use it for insurance and gas, or taxi's and bicycles, however you can best manage.

Personal care items can easily fit into that budget , tooth paste is a fucking dollar, and shampoo is a couple more and it should last you over a month.

You mention cell phones, which is some really homo shit to bring up when you're talking about living self sufficient on minimum wage.

Health care is mandatory by US government now, and is paid for if you're under the states poverty line. Minimum wage would be paid for, because it's mandatory by the government now.

If you're sick, most jobs offer great sick leave programs, including walmart, where you'll still get paid if you're within your allotted time off. Doesn't include vacation time.

Work mans comp doesn't fuck you, unless you're a drug abusing retard, which is probably why you're not making it on minimum wage in the first place.

If you get laid off, you get unemployment benefits, and this conversation isn't relevant because you're not working for minimum wage.

If your bike fucks up, you've still got whatever money you've been completely able to save to fix it.

When my fridge went out in my apartment, I bought a new fridge and included the receipt with the remaining amount of my rent paid to him for that month.

>>17595315
I pay 525 for a decent 2 bed room house in the midwest, includes a detached garage and a fenced in back yard.

Sorry for the offtopic /pol/ post, but LMAO @ America. 7 dollars minimum wage. And you even rejected a president wanting to raise it to a reasonable amount.
~20$ factual minimum wage european country reporting in (less than 5% of the population with a wage below 22$).
>But everything's much more expensive in your country!
You can get 1-room appartments (meaning something with kitchen+bedroom and a bath) for the equivalent of ~700-900USD here.

>>17595392
Raising the minimum wage does not help.

It just makes our money even less valuable, and inflation gets a big push.

>>17595347
>You mention cell phones,
No I didn't you stupid fuck. I said I had no phone, when I was accused of taking one for granted.

>Which is why you have that 200-400 in spending money each month to utilize wisely.
Okay fuckhead, here's where you fucked up your math.

Assuming you got 1100 per month. And assuming, just assuming that rent is as low as 610 a month (and it isn't; that's extremely low.) Oh wait you don't get 1100 per month. Because that's before taxes. It's 1000 at most. And now take 610 from that. 390. 120 of that is immediately gone, to pay for gas. It was not within biking distance, and there is no public transportation here. None. I refilled every 2 weeks at my last job and that was 60 bucks each time. There's 270 left. We haven't even bought food yet. I don't claim to know offhand how much groceries cost each week for a single person, but 270 isn't a lot. Not for a whole month. Doable, but not a lot. You're basically PRAYING that nothing goes wrong. And something will eventually.

And remember. 610 was a bullshit number to begin with. It's going to be higher.

>unless you're a drug abusing retard, which is probably why you're not making it on minimum wage in the first place.
What the fuck is your problem.

>When my fridge went out in my apartment, I bought a new fridge and included the receipt with the remaining amount of my rent paid to him for that month.
I don't know what you want me to do with this information.

>>17595351
Show me the specific location if you would.

>>17595394
Stop parroting things you've heard without doing any of the research yourself. Everyone says this when they want to squash the conversation.

I don't want to have to dig up the 8 paragraphs that it takes to explain this shit in detail, which you won't even read anyway. Here's the abridged version. Wages were not adjusted for inflation, even as productivity skyrocketed.

>>17595404
Do I need to remind you of the math?

Here's my posts, for reference:
>>17595194
>>17595347


Here's a link to quite a few properties in the midwest that are in a college town (Kansas University) and neighboring cities, all under 600 bucks.

610 isn't a bullshit number, although it is an accurate amount for some properties, none of which you'd be living in with minimum wage. We're not talking about the cul-de-sac in suburbia here, dipshit.

One dude was saying he can't live on minimum wage because his fridge went out. Simply take it out of your rent, and let your landlord eat it, it's a completely appropriate way to handle the situation.

>>17595429
forgot link


https://lawrence.craigslist.org/search/apa?max_price=600&postal=50

>>17595429
>Do I need to remind you of the math?
.. Do you?

I do not live in the midwest, I live on the east coast.
>So move
Just in case you say something that stupid, do recall that moving costs money I don't have and won't have.

>Simply take it out of your rent, and let your landlord eat it,
Suppose that's not how it works. Just suppose it doesn't. And you eat it.

That's it for you, isn't it.

>>17595432
That link only shows thirty properties for some reason, but the town 20 miles over has over 700 properties in that price range.

>>17595392
nobody cares about your socialist hellhole. enjoy paying half your income in tax to house syrian refugees in those apartments.

>>17595442
Where at on the east coast? A lot of east coast cities have different minimum wages than the federal nationwide 7.25

>>17595458
It's 7.50 where I am.

>>17595481
All the more livable. Stop being an addicted to substances, and you probably won't have any issues.

>>17595486
>Stop being an addicted to substances
I'm just on the ritalin. Which has altered my body chemistry permanently after being introduced to it at an early age.

>>17595490
Let me guess, you get your prescription filled at Walgreens?

>>17595492
No.

And why are you guessing? What 'gotcha' are you after?

>>17595486
>All the more livable.
That's a dollar more every 4 hours.

>>17595499
Walgreens is fucking expensive.

I had to use them as an intermission one time when I couldn't go to my regular pharmacy.

Same insurance, same medication, Walgreen's prices made it so that I paid almost 500% of what I was used to.

>>17595515
Yeah the prices have shot up recently.
I've had to go to goodrx.com just to hunt down what I can even afford in my area. Right now the cheapest by far is Kroger's.

--Except I just checked it, and apparently my specific dosage just went from $45 to $115. I could get half that dosage for $23 still, but that doesn't make any sense.

Shit like this has been happening all year. And looking at my dosage, Walgreens has become the cheapest option. At 77 fucking dollars. Everywhere else is at least 100. There is no sign that this shit is going to stop. I used to be able to pay for all this $12 at Walmart. Holy fuck.

>>17595531
You don't need a membership to use the pharmacies at Sam's Club or Costco, and they've been by far the cheapest I have ever found.

>>17595537
Sam's Club was actually among the most expensive, but for Costco I can't even find a way to look their prices up.

Holy shit I'm so depressed.

So yeah, that's at least 100 dollars a month. For a pill.
Minimum wage is not livable.

>>17595588
Implying you 100% need ritalin to function is a lie.

Because you're weak and unwilling to not have advances in medicine give you an edge on life doesn't mean you need a pill.

Go be broke and weak somewhere else. Democrat voter detected.

>>17595602
Uh, buddy.
I know what the pill does for me. It's an effect that starts in the stomach. There is no placebo effect for it. And I do not function well without it.

And the fact that I was put on it, was not my fault. I've also looked into weening myself off it. It cannot be done cold turkey. It takes years.

Don't talk about this subject in the future. You are a clown.

>>17595618
Says the drug dependent poor fag.

If you can retain information, you can stop being autistic, at least virtually. Trust me, I'm high functioning without meds. All it takes is not being weak willed.

>>17595635
It's an effect of the metabolism. When you get put on it as a child, it changes you permanently.

I don't care what you story is, so long as I know what my story is.

I am giving you permission to stop talking to me, because you are dumb.

>>17594491
>>17594535
>>17594866

A few years ago, McDonalds published a monthly spending guide to helps its employees manage their budget so they could get by on the garbage wages they offered. Guess what? They concluded that it's impossible without working a second job.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/07/mcdonalds-cant-figure-out-how-its-workers-survive-on-minimum-wage/277845/

>>17595685
> McDonalds published a monthly spending guide
Ah yeah, was that the same site that advised workers to sell their christmas presents as a way of getting some extra cash?

Fuck me.

This thread makes me sad.

I hate the way poor people are treated on a regular basis. Just because you'll get away with it. Faggots.

>>17595685
The comment section of that article is actually pretty amazing.

At least the comment threads that were upvoted into the 20s and above. Very obvious and salient arguments that fucko here in the thread would have no chance debating.