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Thor_MN

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77. Unless you wanted the Z28..
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 07:07 PM
Sep 2014

1985 $8,363 4cyl $8,698 V6 $8,998 V8 Z28: $11,060

These are BASE prices. Yes, you could have ordered a stripped down, bare bones sports car for a base price under $10K in 1985. Not a chance you would walk away from a dealer under $10K though. If you were looking at one on the showroom floor, it had options that would put it over $10K. Add AC and an AM/FM/cassette radio to the 8 cylinder and you are over $10K, without any dealer charges, tax, etc.

The point is, wages for entry level chemists suck, and have for a long time. There are good jobs out there, but it's a question of being in the right place, knowing the right people, or paying your dues at a crappy job to get one's foot in a door.

I Am Pissed Off Today [View all] Dirty Socialist Sep 2014 OP
Yep. That's today's "middle class" wage. progressoid Sep 2014 #1
For someone with a college degree in science? n/t Ms. Toad Sep 2014 #47
Yea liberalmike27 Sep 2014 #70
Yep! Awknid Sep 2014 #76
I work for a blood center and that's about what we pay phlebotomists. I don't think a rookie just brewens Sep 2014 #2
I donate platelets every 3 - 4 weeks Skittles Sep 2014 #13
I donate platelets too. They make it convenient for employees, sometimes letting us do brewens Sep 2014 #20
49 galllons! Skittles Sep 2014 #24
Good going. If you're doing platelets, you won't get anyone very green. At least at my center, brewens Sep 2014 #25
a couple of decades ago I was a regular blood donor Skittles Sep 2014 #44
At our center, we have the edonor chairs. They are set up with a PC, screen and keyboard on a boom brewens Sep 2014 #52
I watch DVDs when I give Skittles Sep 2014 #75
The Bachelor's degree is the new High School Diploma yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #3
Let's hope they get no responses. Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #4
yeah its better people should be unemployed instead of taking a "shit" job paying $15 an hour? nt msongs Sep 2014 #5
I understand that. Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #7
"But this is most certainly a shit job for someone with a BS." Veilex Sep 2014 #84
There are a lot of "abusive hiring practices" out there. Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #86
Then they'll complain they can't find "Qualified Workers" Thav Sep 2014 #74
In this case... Veilex Sep 2014 #85
Dylan's "20 years of schooling and they put you on the day shift..." jimlup Sep 2014 #6
$14-$16 per hour ...fitting for a diploma mill degree'd fake. L0oniX Sep 2014 #8
And Yet, I'll bet they toss any applications from those over 40 n2doc Sep 2014 #9
Welcome to the new middle class. SmittynMo Sep 2014 #12
The shit employment we see is an equal opportunity with politicians. obxhead Sep 2014 #31
I'm sitting here at 47 in the same predicament. Efilroft Sul Sep 2014 #62
That's practically chump change for a chemist t LiberalEsto Sep 2014 #10
I can't know about that particular job listing, SheilaT Sep 2014 #11
But in a tight economy daredtowork Sep 2014 #49
Not necessarily. SheilaT Sep 2014 #54
not from that agency daredtowork Sep 2014 #58
Re not being questioned by outside auditors Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2014 #66
Liberal whining jonjensen Sep 2014 #14
FYI - "liberal" isn't an insult here DeadLetterOffice Sep 2014 #27
You really need to work on your messaging. "Whining" is pretty dismissive. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #32
Welcome to DU. obxhead Sep 2014 #33
I find it ironic that you deliver pizzas. cui bono Sep 2014 #40
lols d_b Sep 2014 #50
For a 4-year degree 32,000 isn't so bad. Could have good benefits. aikoaiko Sep 2014 #15
Depends on where you live. cui bono Sep 2014 #41
Really? No other reason? Android3.14 Sep 2014 #59
Right. But why is the economy so poor? cui bono Sep 2014 #80
I think it was kind of implied that established corporations were what was being referenced... Veilex Sep 2014 #88
A four year degree SHOULD net about 55k Veilex Sep 2014 #87
I believe those data include long-time workers with 4-year degrees... aikoaiko Sep 2014 #94
Hmmm... well BLS.gov Veilex Sep 2014 #95
I am 63, and this is not the America I voted for or ever wanted nikto Sep 2014 #16
Well you will get more of this if Hillary is warrant46 Sep 2014 #29
+1 n/t area51 Sep 2014 #69
+1 n/t Veilex Sep 2014 #89
Agreed! mdbl Sep 2014 #35
I doubt many People of Color ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #56
OK, fair enough nikto Sep 2014 #99
PLUS ONE, a huge bunch! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #60
We need a new Teddy Roosevelt. n/t Bonhomme Richard Sep 2014 #72
Is this the beginning of Breaking Bad? dougg Sep 2014 #17
Just Call Me Heisenburg Dirty Socialist Sep 2014 #19
I'm lost on this Boom Sound 416 Sep 2014 #18
OK I Get It Dirty Socialist Sep 2014 #21
Brass Plated CaptCaribbean Sep 2014 #22
Get your foot in the door and see what gives. toby jo Sep 2014 #23
$31,000 a year brooklynite Sep 2014 #26
It calls for one year experience Dirty Socialist Sep 2014 #28
2 yr degree is just over 40k/yr Veilex Sep 2014 #91
What do you make a year? Aerows Sep 2014 #46
My starting salary with a Masters Degree was $23,500 in 1984 brooklynite Sep 2014 #53
$23,500 in 1984 would be $53,887 today using CPI inflation krawhitham Sep 2014 #63
That would be more than double than what I started at about 30 years ago Thor_MN Sep 2014 #30
30 years ago. obxhead Sep 2014 #34
A Corvette was over $20K in 1985. Same for BMW 3 series Thor_MN Sep 2014 #39
A V8 Camaro was under 10k in '84 Reter Sep 2014 #42
Unless you wanted the Z28.. Thor_MN Sep 2014 #77
It is four times what I started at 34 years ago. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2014 #79
There should be published ROI data by major... Thor_MN Sep 2014 #81
BLS says this: Laelth Sep 2014 #100
And $15 an hour is $31,200. I don't understand your point? Thor_MN Sep 2014 #102
I suppose so. Laelth Sep 2014 #103
Well, two data points don't necessarily paint the entire picture. Thor_MN Sep 2014 #104
Makes me sick too. IrishAyes Sep 2014 #36
Where I live they pay medical coders more than $16 hour. mackerel Sep 2014 #37
and I'm thinking about getting a coding certificate just for that reason Quayblue Sep 2014 #65
Very true. Santa Barabara City College has an online program mackerel Sep 2014 #96
Thanks! Quayblue Sep 2014 #97
I wish you all the best. mackerel Sep 2014 #98
About 30 years ago, I reluctantly... 3catwoman3 Sep 2014 #38
Conservatives have been waging war on the middle class for decades. lpbk2713 Sep 2014 #43
This ^^^ Veilex Sep 2014 #92
Someone will be dumb enough to apply for it. Aerows Sep 2014 #45
The Age of the "Crafted Message" daredtowork Sep 2014 #48
i'm appalled. in NYC in '88 DesertFlower Sep 2014 #51
I worked at a place once where they called the minimum raise an introduction.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #55
Damn. I got job offer with HVAC certification and EPA Universal license, the starting pay is.... TRoN33 Sep 2014 #57
You Should Be Pissed Off! cer7711 Sep 2014 #61
That's about what you get for a BS in science. alarimer Sep 2014 #64
Sorry to Hear That Dirty Socialist Sep 2014 #83
Wondering what the CEO is making. . What's the name of the company? B Calm Sep 2014 #67
As Palin said it, Helen Borg Sep 2014 #68
Makes no sense............ BlueJac Sep 2014 #71
link, please Duppers Sep 2014 #73
A college degree is the price you pay for a job out of the rain. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2014 #78
But but but... Veilex Sep 2014 #82
Yeah and if they can't fill it with an American citizen... Jasana Sep 2014 #90
+1 Veilex Sep 2014 #93
Here's your problem: MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #101
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