Americans are unusually down on a solid economy. So far, they aren’t spending — or voting — like it.
www.nbcnews.com
Both parties are laser-focused on voters’ sour economic mood, but it’s anyone’s guess how today’s pessimism might play a year from now.
  • Telorand@reddthat.com
    8·
    1 year ago

    My company is expanding, and my career is actually going in a direction I want, but I haven’t seen an equivalent rise in my pay.

    So the economy might be good, but my income remains the same, and that doesn’t make me feel like the economy is all that great.

    • Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’ve gotten about 10% more the last three years but I’ve changed jobs once, changed positions twice at the original job, interviewed a dozen times for jobs where no one would commit on a salary.

      It just took a lot of work. Work that I did and was a fight the entire way. If I’d stuck around in my original position I’d be at 2.5% raise each year give or take a half point. That’s not beating inflation 10 years ago let alone today.