[thisisit]

So I went for a job yesterday, while contemplating the desolation of the workplace I was listening to the old walls of the surounding while the manager was talking to her self at my face...Poor salary offer was standing on the desk...I thought to my self wouldnt it be great if salaries move with the price of oil on a daily basis...that should stabilize things...
And what if I ask 20% more for the base and twice the commission they offer...will the price of oil automaticly increase if they accept....since I want higher oil prices should I stick to my demand or make a donation to humanity and accept the low wage they offer....

[MD]

Change industries then, if you can. If yours has thin margins and is exposed to high energy costs (and many market segments are, these days), then switch industries.

Energy maybe?

[Cloud9]

I have taken a 20 percent cut over the last six years. This is a sign of the times.

[davep]

I've had a monthly decrease of 3k euros since moving from Germany to Switzerland, but it's more a lifestyle choice than anything else. Switzerland is doing pretty well in my sector (and I could easily change jobs if I wanted to).

That's not a boast, btw. I would recommend Switzerland as a good place during the transition while having a doomstead nearby.

[thisisit]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'I')'ve had a monthly decrease of 3k euros since moving from Germany to Switzerland, but it's more a lifestyle choice than anything else. Switzerland is doing pretty well in my sector (and I could easily change jobs if I wanted to).

That's not a boast, btw. I would recommend Switzerland as a good place during the transition while having a doomstead nearby.

[dsula]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', ' ')I would recommend Switzerland as a good place during the transition while having a doomstead nearby.

[MD]

Peak salaries will occur in energy and efficiency technologies. It's up to you to pick geographic locations.

[thisisit]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', 'P')eak salaries will occur in energy and efficiency technologies. It's up to you to pick geographic locations.

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'I')'ve had a monthly decrease of 3k euros since moving from Germany to Switzerland, but it's more a lifestyle choice than anything else. Switzerland is doing pretty well in my sector (and I could easily change jobs if I wanted to).

That's not a boast, btw. I would recommend Switzerland as a good place during the transition while having a doomstead nearby.

[dsula]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'I')'ve had a monthly decrease of 3k euros since moving from Germany to Switzerland, but it's more a lifestyle choice than anything else. Switzerland is doing pretty well in my sector (and I could easily change jobs if I wanted to).

That's not a boast, btw. I would recommend Switzerland as a good place during the transition while having a doomstead nearby.

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dsula', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('davep', 'I')'ve had a monthly decrease of 3k euros since moving from Germany to Switzerland, but it's more a lifestyle choice than anything else. Switzerland is doing pretty well in my sector (and I could easily change jobs if I wanted to).

That's not a boast, btw. I would recommend Switzerland as a good place during the transition while having a doomstead nearby.

[dsula]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', 'E')U/EFTA nationals may enter Switzerland for job-hunting purposes.
No permit is required for a period of up to three months. If they have not found a job after this time, a short-term residence permit (L permit) will be granted for another three months' job-hunting.

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dsula', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', 'E')U/EFTA nationals may enter Switzerland for job-hunting purposes.
No permit is required for a period of up to three months. If they have not found a job after this time, a short-term residence permit (L permit) will be granted for another three months' job-hunting.

[GoIllini]

My dividends have (internally) gone up 10% in the past year. Factor in my additional purchases of dividend stock and they're up much more. It's a tough year for finance, but I'm still up over the past 5 years.

The key to being happy and content is living well within your means and saving, saving, saving.

It's possible we will have WWIII between India and China or China and Russia. As long as the US and Europe stay out of it, things will get better after that. Just like they did after WWII.

[thisisit]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GoIllini', 'M')y dividends have (internally) gone up 10% in the past year. Factor in my additional purchases of dividend stock and they're up much more. It's a tough year for finance, but I'm still up over the past 5 years.

The key to being happy and content is living well within your means and saving, saving, saving.

It's possible we will have WWIII between India and China or China and Russia. As long as the US and Europe stay out of it, things will get better after that. Just like they did after WWII.

[GoIllini]

Well, don't look to the US to start it. A war is not in the interests of the powers that be over here. One, it's going to dramatically raise wages. Two, it's going to destroy infrastructure and capital. Three, it means taxes are going up. Of course, it's also going to kill a lot of people.

When Chinese workers can't afford to eat off of the wages they're earning, that's what will spark something. Either we'll see something similar to Egypt or Tunisia or we'll see a war between China and one of its neighbors. My hunch is honestly on a revolt. The CCCP may be totalitarian, but they're not crazy. They do not want to get into a nuclear war with Russia or India, and getting forced out of the country is preferable to having your family blasted into the Sea of Japan.

But it's still a possibility they'll do things differently. The US just needs to stay out of it and maintain a strong navy that's not too occupied by the goings-on in the middle-east.

[davep]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')witzerland is hopelessly overpopulated. With 1/2 the population, all energy imports cutoff during WW2 Switzerland barely made it through without starving. Switzerland is small and half of it is uninhabitable mountains and like everywhere else, the best and flat land is built over. Are you sure you you've seen Switzerland? Where's your doomstead? In the neighbours 10m^2 backyard?

[babystrangeloop]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('thisisit', 'S')o I went for a job yesterday, while contemplating the desolation of the workplace I was listening to the old walls of the surounding while the manager was talking to her self at my face...Poor salary offer was standing on the desk...I thought to my self wouldnt it be great if salaries move with the price of oil on a daily basis...that should stabilize things...
And what if I ask 20% more for the base and twice the commission they offer...will the price of oil automaticly increase if they accept....since I want higher oil prices should I stick to my demand or make a donation to humanity and accept the low wage they offer....

[AgentR11]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Lore', 'B')eautiful... sounds just like the good ole USA!

[Kristen]

Well considering Morgan Stanley instilled a 150 thousand dollar pay cap how can I feel bad making minimum wage being a bartender? At least it's job security, when the economy is up people drink and when it is down they also drink.