Wow, so easy to get a job in California

[miri]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
yeah, you can get two jobs, but you still can't buy a house.

i want to save as much money as I can here and open a business elsewhere

Its to expensive to run a business in California, minimum wage is $6.75 compared to $5.15 elsewhere and if a employee works more than 8 hours in a day its overtime????

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: miri

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
yeah, you can get two jobs, but you still can't buy a house.

i want to save as much money as I can here and open a business elsewhere

Its to expensive to run a business in California, minimum wage is $6.75 compared to $5.15 elsewhere and if a employee works more than 8 hours in a day its overtime????

minimum wage might be going to $8 an hour.

 

[Scouzer]

Originally posted by: miri

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
yeah, you can get two jobs, but you still can't buy a house.

i want to save as much money as I can here and open a business elsewhere

Its to expensive to run a business in California, minimum wage is $6.75 compared to $5.15 elsewhere and if a employee works more than 8 hours in a day its overtime????

WTF? Over 8 hours isn't overtime elsewhere in the States?

Its only expensive to run a business if you plan on hiring a lot of minimum wage lackys...

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: Scouzer

Originally posted by: miri

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
yeah, you can get two jobs, but you still can't buy a house.

i want to save as much money as I can here and open a business elsewhere

Its to expensive to run a business in California, minimum wage is $6.75 compared to $5.15 elsewhere and if a employee works more than 8 hours in a day its overtime????

WTF? Over 8 hours isn't overtime elsewhere in the States?

Its only expensive to run a business if you plan on hiring a lot of minimum wage lackys...

It's OT in Washington over 8 hours.

 

[miri]

Originally posted by: Scouzer

Originally posted by: miri

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
yeah, you can get two jobs, but you still can't buy a house.

i want to save as much money as I can here and open a business elsewhere

Its to expensive to run a business in California, minimum wage is $6.75 compared to $5.15 elsewhere and if a employee works more than 8 hours in a day its overtime????

WTF? Over 8 hours isn't overtime elsewhere in the States?

Its only expensive to run a business if you plan on hiring a lot of minimum wage lackys...

im pretty sure its not in red states, I could work 16 hours a day at regular pay

Even if you work over 40 hours a week, overtime for waiters in a state in Virginia is only $2.13 x 1.5 or $3.19 a hour LOL

 

[RaistlinZ]

Originally posted by: miri

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
yeah, you can get two jobs, but you still can't buy a house.

i want to save as much money as I can here and open a business elsewhere

Its to expensive to run a business in California, minimum wage is $6.75 compared to $5.15 elsewhere and if a employee works more than 8 hours in a day its overtime????

That's why you hire from the large pool of illegal immigrants, duh.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: trmiv
Yea, it's not too hard to find jobs, depending on what you do. It's just the affording to live in this state that's the problem. I'm actually leaving California for North Carolina next year.

Good, one more leaves.

 

[MrBlahh]

Originally posted by: ScottFern
I am 1 month out of college in Chicago and I have had the worst time finding any work. It's horrible. There are no jobs around the southside. Maybe my Political Science degree isn't helping me. :-/

My Computer Science degree wasnt much better when I got it a few years ago. Unless you wanna work at Walmart move up north or out of state. Theres no jobs on the south side

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: trmiv
Yea, it's not too hard to find jobs, depending on what you do. It's just the affording to live in this state that's the problem. I'm actually leaving California for North Carolina next year.

Good, one more leaves.

Believe me, I wish I could stay. I was born and raised in California, my parents were born and raised in California. But it's just too expensive for my wife and I to afford a house anywhere near where we work. I'm tired of paying $1730/month for a one bedroom apartment.

 

[ChaoZ]

Originally posted by: trmiv

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: trmiv
Yea, it's not too hard to find jobs, depending on what you do. It's just the affording to live in this state that's the problem. I'm actually leaving California for North Carolina next year.

Good, one more leaves.

Believe me, I wish I could stay. I was born and raised in California, my parents were born and raised in California. But it's just too expensive for my wife and I to afford a house anywhere near where we work. I'm tired of paying $1730/month for a one bedroom apartment.

You should try different options. For example, some families (like mine) turn their garages into an apartment and rent them out. We rent a 2 bedroom, bath, kitchen/living room apartment for around $1,000 a month. This is more prevalent in Chinese families I think.
I know some people that does this too.

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: ChaoZ

Originally posted by: trmiv

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: trmiv
Yea, it's not too hard to find jobs, depending on what you do. It's just the affording to live in this state that's the problem. I'm actually leaving California for North Carolina next year.

Good, one more leaves.

Believe me, I wish I could stay. I was born and raised in California, my parents were born and raised in California. But it's just too expensive for my wife and I to afford a house anywhere near where we work. I'm tired of paying $1730/month for a one bedroom apartment.

You should try different options. For example, some families (like mine) turn their garages into an apartment and rent them out. We rent a 2 bedroom, bath, kitchen/living room apartment for around $1,000 a month. This is more prevalent in Chinese families I think.
I know some people that does this too.

Why on earth would I want to do that? I can leave and actually own a 1800-2000 square foot home for $1000-1200 a month

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: trmiv

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: trmiv
Yea, it's not too hard to find jobs, depending on what you do. It's just the affording to live in this state that's the problem. I'm actually leaving California for North Carolina next year.

Good, one more leaves.

Believe me, I wish I could stay. I was born and raised in California, my parents were born and raised in California. But it's just too expensive for my wife and I to afford a house anywhere near where we work. I'm tired of paying $1730/month for a one bedroom apartment.

whoa. you're profile says Fremont. i dont think it costs that much for fremont.

 

[LEDominator]

Originally posted by: Baked
California, FVCK YEAH! We don't have annual shed storm, flooding, 200 degree head, and hurricanes!

Apparently you don't know the Central Valley. It gets damn hot there.

 

[Aquaman]

If only I had a green card

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: trmiv

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: trmiv
Yea, it's not too hard to find jobs, depending on what you do. It's just the affording to live in this state that's the problem. I'm actually leaving California for North Carolina next year.

Good, one more leaves.

Believe me, I wish I could stay. I was born and raised in California, my parents were born and raised in California. But it's just too expensive for my wife and I to afford a house anywhere near where we work. I'm tired of paying $1730/month for a one bedroom apartment.

whoa. you're profile says Fremont. i dont think it costs that much for fremont.

Depends on what complex. If you want to live in complex where every unit doesn't smell of curry, have your house flooded by the smells of cooking curry every day at 5-6pm, or deal with hordes of shopping carts strewn about, you have to pay a bit more. Not that it's that cheap otherwise. I was paying $1200/month for a place with all the "features" I just mentioned.

 

[Aquaman]

Originally posted by: trmiv

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: trmiv

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: trmiv
Yea, it's not too hard to find jobs, depending on what you do. It's just the affording to live in this state that's the problem. I'm actually leaving California for North Carolina next year.

Good, one more leaves.

Believe me, I wish I could stay. I was born and raised in California, my parents were born and raised in California. But it's just too expensive for my wife and I to afford a house anywhere near where we work. I'm tired of paying $1730/month for a one bedroom apartment.

whoa. you're profile says Fremont. i dont think it costs that much for fremont.

Depends on what complex. If you want to live in complex where every unit doesn't smell of curry, have your house flooded by the smells of cooking curry every day at 5-6pm, or deal with hordes of shopping carts strewn about, you have to pay a bit more. Not that it's that cheap otherwise. I was paying $1200/month for a place with all the "features" I just mentioned.

Indian food is freaking awesome

Cheers,
Aquaman <<<<< not Indian

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: Aquaman

Originally posted by: trmiv

Originally posted by: Sid59

Originally posted by: trmiv

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: trmiv
Yea, it's not too hard to find jobs, depending on what you do. It's just the affording to live in this state that's the problem. I'm actually leaving California for North Carolina next year.

Good, one more leaves.

Believe me, I wish I could stay. I was born and raised in California, my parents were born and raised in California. But it's just too expensive for my wife and I to afford a house anywhere near where we work. I'm tired of paying $1730/month for a one bedroom apartment.

whoa. you're profile says Fremont. i dont think it costs that much for fremont.

Depends on what complex. If you want to live in complex where every unit doesn't smell of curry, have your house flooded by the smells of cooking curry every day at 5-6pm, or deal with hordes of shopping carts strewn about, you have to pay a bit more. Not that it's that cheap otherwise. I was paying $1200/month for a place with all the "features" I just mentioned.

Indian food is freaking awesome

Cheers,
Aquaman <<<<< not Indian

Sure, it's good. But that doesn't mean it doesn't smell very strong, or is impossible to get out of clothing.

 

[BoomerD]

I moved to Kahleeforneeya in 87 when the company I worked for in Wyoming sent me here for what was supposed to be a 6 week job. My kids came down to visit, and found out it didn't snow here. They asked if we could stay a while. After living 7 yrs in the Rockies, with 2 winters in western Wyoming, I agreed we were due for a break from cold weather. Haven't left yet...
This place is a freakin supermarket full of jobs. Not always what you WANT to do, nor do they all pay enough to buy a house on, but there is certainly no lack of work, which is surprising, considering the local unemployment rate (in the HOT Central Valley) is around 8%. Rents (and homes) here are considerably more affordable than in most parts of the state, (possibly because of the lower wage rates and heavy agricultural environment) but are still higher than in much of America.
Since getting hurt, I'm no longer working in my trade, so we'll probably bid a fond AMF to Kahleeforneeya within the next couple of years. I certainly hope the housing bubble doesn't pop before we leave. Hopefully, the current "deflation" is temporary...

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: Baked
California, FVCK YEAH! We don't have annual shed storm, flooding, 200 degree head, and hurricanes!

Extreme pollution in LA, taxes out the wazoo, earthquakes (including the BIG ONE that will put CA into the sea if you believe the mumbo jumbo, or just a good ol' 1906 style one), race riots, Democrats and boys in da hood, etc.

Nice place to visit though....

Could be worse, could be Dumbfsckastan AKA Texas

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: miri

Originally posted by: Molondo
Landlocked sure. Cold? not really.

average low in Calgary in January is 4 degrees, that is cold

thats not cold thats sub arctic...

man I'll take my 50 degree winters any day over that.. ride motorcycles all year round.. take your convertable top down on new years day and still get a sun tan..

 

[fLum0x]

Originally posted by: miri
I have a BA so back in Virginia I had a hard time finding jobs, other than waiting tables at night, the best thing I could find during the day was working assignments for a temp agency making $10.50 a hour. I posted a resume on monster.com when I moved to California 2 weeks ago and now every day I get about 2-3 calls. I dont even have a good resume either. I already have 2 jobs now but the offers keep coming in, making things interesting.

it is all about priorities. 40-45k in the midwest to start out is decent money. I have a friend that pays around 1500 in rent and he lives in chicago...needless to say, he is making more than 50 to handle that. My rent is only 575 a month for a 1 bedroom, 1bath, 800 sq feet.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: CVSiN

Originally posted by: miri

Originally posted by: Molondo
Landlocked sure. Cold? not really.

average low in Calgary in January is 4 degrees, that is cold

thats not cold thats sub arctic...

man I'll take my 50 degree winters any day over that.. ride motorcycles all year round.. take your convertable top down on new years day and still get a sun tan..

You could do all that in Calgary too, even the suntan. You'll just freeze your cajones off is all!

 

[allisolm]

We don't have annual shed storm, flooding, 200 degree head, and hurricanes!

Okay - I understand hurricanes and floods and I assume "200 degree head" is supposed to be 200 degree heat, but what is "annual shed storm"?

 

[rudder]

I've got 8 job offers from california. They are in the agriculture industry and only seasonal so I am not sure if I will make the jump.

 

[Pabster]

CA is a lovely state to visit, but I'd never live there.

It isn't just cost of living (other areas are just as bad) but everything else. Crime, Pollution, et al.

I'll stick with the Midwest, where one can actually breathe clean air and $1800 a month gets you a mansion, not a studio apartment.