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  • I’m a crane operator, if we still got the wages people would get 15 years ago and all the required paperwork it would feel important.

    But now it’s just a: “hey guy, go try it out…see how it goes” and if it goes well you get to stay…for the same wage and no official paperwork to prove you’re capable and as such no opportunity to do the same at a new employer and maybe build up your wage.

    It’s a bit if a run on ramble, but yeah… that’s how I feel, after 30 years of trying to save money, increase my skills and wage, not owning a car to save on costs and doing everything on a bicycle up to 40km a day and still not being able to buy a house…I’m ready to throw in the towel











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    5 months ago

    The average european has a good life, but the average person doesn’t exist outside of statistics.

    I used to work 84h weeks as a European, overtime is taxed at a higher rate so the take home is lower than a regular working hour. But if you really want something out of life (like buying a house) you have to sacrifice everything if you’re just a normal worker.

    Hell i sacrificed it all only to lose it to economic troubles and later again due to covid.

    I’m not doing that again even though all my employers try to get me to work overtime, some even fired me for refusing to work overtime past the contractual 3h per week.

    I somehow ended up making a decent wage at my current job, but i dislike the job so badly it’s not even funny anymore.