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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by riboflava on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @04:53PM (#12213307)
$1k for other 'expenses' is huge. You can drive that down at least by half with wiser spending.
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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by foldr on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @07:04PM (#12214131)
It's not huge. That's bills together with all of your everyday spending. It's certainly possible to get that down to less than $1000 a month but you can easily spend $1000 a month without doing anything extravagant.
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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by dvt on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @07:19PM (#12214190)
Food, insurance, gas, water, electricity, student debt, etc. At least by half? Come on. Let's be real.
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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by eru on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @09:32PM (#12214908)
You might want to save, but there's no need to be a total miser on any >100k salary.
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