"I’m a therapist at a non-profit. I have a master’s degree and most of the time I’m getting paid $15/hr to fill out tons of paperwork that only someone with a master’s degree can fill out. It sucks. I also only get paid hourly. If I only have 3 clients that day, I get paid for those three hours only. If someone cancels on me, no pay for that time wasted, even though I structured my whole day around seeing them.
At this point, I’m basically working for dirt cheap so I can get licensed and go about my own business. I didn’t get into this field for the money, but it’d be nice if I could at least live off my paycheck, ya know."
"$15 / hour as a therapist with a Master’s? McDonald’s in California pays $17 / hour starting."
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Reba 2 year s ago
Zero sympathy. In every case the person that is whining did not think through their choices thus it is their problem to deal with. Everyone has a choice to stay with their job or find a new one. Stop acting like a victim.
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Elmira 2 year s ago
Reba,
Wow. You s#ck.
Wow. You s#ck.
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Midge 2 year s ago
Elmira,
he's not wrong, you know.
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Buren 2 year s ago
Maybe it’s because they like their profession and just want to be able to live from it? Just a thought …
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Cleatus 2 year s ago
Buren, every profession has wage range. I may like being a Beach Lifeguard but I would not become one with the assumption that I’m going to be living in a $250K house - I would know that I’m going to be relegated to renting an apartment. Just because I went in to the profession doesn’t mean that now the employer needs to pay me more because I can’t afford a house and other nice things like an Engineer (that made wise choices).
Wow. You s#ck.