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In reply to the discussion: I Am Pissed Off Today [View all]Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)77. Unless you wanted the Z28..
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.
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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 too. They make it convenient for employees, sometimes letting us do
brewens
Sep 2014
#20
Good going. If you're doing platelets, you won't get anyone very green. At least at my center,
brewens
Sep 2014
#25
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
yeah its better people should be unemployed instead of taking a "shit" job paying $15 an hour? nt
msongs
Sep 2014
#5
I think it was kind of implied that established corporations were what was being referenced...
Veilex
Sep 2014
#88
I worked at a place once where they called the minimum raise an introduction....
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2014
#55