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.

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

This. ~ also a 50-something woman

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 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 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.

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 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.

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.

Fast food and retail managers make that.

Yes

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

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.

I would think so

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.

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?