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just as a data point to this. I worked for a PepsiCo, massive company. The position requires a PhD and you have to live in metro NYC, pay was only 80k. So not
by chaosbutters314 5y ago
just as a data point to this. I worked for a PepsiCo, massive company. The position requires a PhD and you have to live in metro NYC, pay was only 80k.
So not just professors, but a lot of positions that "require" a PhD pay poverty wages when someone has given up any kind of earnings for 5-6 years developing skills getting a PhD.
There is a big problem with east coast jobs (mid-atlantic to NYC) from "older" companies that require tech experience and a PhD but do not want to pay accordingly because theyre stuck in an 80s mindset.
- fennecfoxen 5y agoAs a PhD you might aspire to better but a position in NYC on $80k is hardly "poverty wages". For starters, there's this little thing called "commuting" you may have heard of. Ordinary people, without PhDs, do it plenty. The NYC Pepsi offices seem to be a medium-short walk from Christopher St. PATH; you would have no trouble living in Jersey City or Hoboken on the (computes) ~$2000/mo rent that would be 'affordable' at such pay. I bet you get tax-deductible transit benefits, too, and a monthly pass is around $100. There are people in New York working full time jobs to make $15/hr, $30k a year. That's a lot more like the "poverty wages" you name.
- 999900000999 5y ago80k a year minus student loan payments. I couldn't imagine living in any HCOL city with less than 100k minimum. If others want to struggle, fine. But logically why not live in Chicago off that 80k, and take a 20 minute L ride to work.