Not a single person here has said $40k is a lot of money. Why do economists keep coming in here claiming that's what was said? The argument isn't about who makes more money. The argument was whether or not $40k is poverty or not. Any actual sociologist would not be making this argument as every intro textbook on earth breaks down what actual poverty is.
And who cares if you make six figures? That's what you get for being a corporate lackey.
good thing this is anonymous. Sadly, I've waited until a departmental event was over to grab some leftovers to feed my family...I even have a spare container in my office for these things...
Oh God, I busted out laughing at this part. The sad thing is I know a faculty member who lived in his office for.. some time, and would literally steal garbage food from those types of things.
if I sneak over to the beautiful business school building to eat the leftovers from business school workshops four days per week.
I've had at least three tenured colleagues who lived in their offices, and another who lives in a small RV he parks on a campus lot. (None of these are soc profs.) They all have homes and families elsewhere, and don't care to pay rent in our city.
And I personally have no shame about attending campus events simply for the food. Sometimes they even have free wine. My favorite are the Women's Studies events. Those portly feminist chicks are often really good bakers.
Lol, still trying to justify hat $40k is an acceptable salary for someone with a PhD. It is not.
Not a single person here has said $40k is a lot of money. Why do economists keep coming in here claiming that's what was said? The argument isn't about who makes more money. The argument was whether or not $40k is poverty or not. Any actual sociologist would not be making this argument as every intro textbook on earth breaks down what actual poverty is.
And who cares if you make six figures? That's what you get for being a corporate lackey.
Lol, still trying to justify hat $40k is an acceptable salary for someone with a PhD. It is not.
Not a single person here has said $40k is a lot of money. Why do economists keep coming in here claiming that's what was said? The argument isn't about who makes more money. The argument was whether or not $40k is poverty or not. Any actual sociologist would not be making this argument as every intro textbook on earth breaks down what actual poverty is.
And who cares if you make six figures? That's what you get for being a corporate lackey.
You might want to retake your first grade reading class. Arguing $40k isn't poverty isn't the same thing as saying it's an acceptable salary for a PhD.
And you might want to become a first grade teacher - you might earn more that way.
Lol, still trying to justify hat $40k is an acceptable salary for someone with a PhD. It is not.
Not a single person here has said $40k is a lot of money. Why do economists keep coming in here claiming that's what was said? The argument isn't about who makes more money. The argument was whether or not $40k is poverty or not. Any actual sociologist would not be making this argument as every intro textbook on earth breaks down what actual poverty is.
And who cares if you make six figures? That's what you get for being a corporate lackey.
You might want to retake your first grade reading class. Arguing $40k isn't poverty isn't the same thing as saying it's an acceptable salary for a PhD.
Lol, still trying to justify hat $40k is an acceptable salary for someone with a PhD. It is not.
Not a single person here has said $40k is a lot of money. Why do economists keep coming in here claiming that's what was said? The argument isn't about who makes more money. The argument was whether or not $40k is poverty or not. Any actual sociologist would not be making this argument as every intro textbook on earth breaks down what actual poverty is.
And who cares if you make six figures? That's what you get for being a corporate lackey.
You might want to retake your first grade reading class. Arguing $40k isn't poverty isn't the same thing as saying it's an acceptable salary for a PhD.
You might want to retake yours. The argument for the last several pages hasn’t been regarding the technical definition of poverty, the argument has been about whether $40k is 1) poor, 2) enough to live reasonably well on, and 3) an acceptable salary for someone with a PhD. Since you can’t be bothered to read the most recent several pages, I’ll inform you of the answers: yes; no; no.
I’m beginning to see why you all get paid so little. See you at the afternoon Starbucks shift on my way home from the country club! If you’re lucky, I might put my change in the tip jar.
^I wonder how proud your rich daddy would be if he knew you spent your time trolling an anonymous sociology board instead of pretending to be a mathematician. And yea, make fun of the Starbucks staff. You're such a big strong and intelligent man.
I only make fun of Starbucks staff who are dumb enough to get PhDs in a field where $40k is considered an acceptable salary. I'm fine with the aspiring actors, those who couldn't afford college, etc.
there are terminal assoc profs at my R1 who do the same for $90k a year. no matter your ambition level $40k sucks unless you got a side hustlemy friend teaches at one of those. 3/3 load, no real research/ funding expectations. S/he works about 30 hours a week and takes the summers off.
Not sure if that's typical, but 45k year for 30 hours/ week 9 months out of the year doesn't sound TOO bad. As long as the salary reflects the work load, I could see it being fair.