What should I be aiming for? I’m simply going by what the sites are stating.
Comment on Why is it difficult to get low-level remote jobs
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There isn’t a single company in the country that’s going to pay you $20/hr to do something that entire offices are doing across the world for that same rate. You’re shooting way too high for that wage doing that kind of work
nicgentile@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Those postings are put up by recrutiers for jobs that don’t exist to pad their rolodex in case they happen to get a overqualified candidate. There aren’t actually any $20/hr entry level remote jobs on the market.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Below min wage. You’re competing with India, not America.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I got paid a lot more than that doing similar for a while before the pandemic. Since the pandemic companies got caught up in the forcing people back into offices for no reason. When you are assisting people across the nation and there is information that cannot be allowed to be accessed outside it, they have to keep the jobs in the country to keep government contracts. There is no point in hiring someone in the city and have them drive in when it costs more to live in the city, it’s cheaper to pay someone who lives further away.
Why pay someone $35 an hour in a city that they can barely afford to live in and are always looking for a way out the door to find a better rate, when you can hire someone elsewhere who can live comfortably off $35 an hour and considers themselves lucky.
I spent 3 years with a company that I never went into an office once.