Is a 100k salary in a HCOL for a 50 years old easy to get?

[Anonymous]

Is a 100k salary in a HCOL for a 50 years old easy to get?

It seems to me that y'all start at $200k. So even if the job market is bad, $100k should be easy to get right?

[Anonymous]

100k is between junior and manager level. You are competing with 27 year olds. You have to really think about how you propose the value add at interviews.

I am in a field with staffing shortages and I had a hard time getting a job at 37, you act expert the manager sees you as a threat, you act humble they think there is something wrong with you interviewing for 100k role. Things only got better when I targeted higher level jobs.

[Anonymous]

I would think so

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would think so

No, it depends on the field. Plus, companies don't want to hire 50 year olds if they can help it. Ageism is real.

[Anonymous]

Not at 50. Especially if you are a woman (no offense, I'm a woman).

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Fast food and retail managers make that.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the field and the specific company. I work for a startup that doesn’t have the resources yet to pay big money. All our leadership and the next level down is 50-60 year olds doing their last stint. The young kids don’t find the company appealing (yet). So age isn’t a problem within my company. But In the F500s you’d be passed over for a 40 year old with a lot of career runway left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not at 50. Especially if you are a woman (no offense, I'm a woman).

+1 no job is easy to get right now. $100k is a good salary. At 48, I came so close to finally making six figures and got laid off about a year in. Now I can’t find anything and will likely have to take something for far less if I find anything at all. Some of you all are completely delusional.

[Anonymous]

Some of you have spent your careers hustling for mediocrity. There exists a career fast lane which you never found or never realized was there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of you have spent your careers hustling for mediocrity. There exists a career fast lane which you never found or never realized was there.

Oh, look, it’s a man.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of you have spent your careers hustling for mediocrity. There exists a career fast lane which you never found or never realized was there.

Tell us more. What’s the secret?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at 50. Especially if you are a woman (no offense, I'm a woman).

+1 no job is easy to get right now. $100k is a good salary. At 48, I came so close to finally making six figures and got laid off about a year in. Now I can’t find anything and will likely have to take something for far less if I find anything at all. Some of you all are completely delusional.

Do you have a degree? I only have a BS and made $120k 15 years ago. $100k is basically poverty now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not at 50. Especially if you are a woman (no offense, I'm a woman).

This. ~ also a 50-something woman

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at 50. Especially if you are a woman (no offense, I'm a woman).

+1 no job is easy to get right now. $100k is a good salary. At 48, I came so close to finally making six figures and got laid off about a year in. Now I can’t find anything and will likely have to take something for far less if I find anything at all. Some of you all are completely delusional.

Do you have a degree? I only have a BS and made $120k 15 years ago. $100k is basically poverty now.

Congrats, you are completely out of touch with most people’s reality.

And yes, I have a degree from a school that most people in the College forum would love to brag about their kids attending. Careers do not happen in a linear fashion for many people though, particularly women with children.