You really need to wonder about some job titles

[jmowreader]

At http://www.ncesc1.com/individual/jis/jobDetail.asp?JobOrder=NC3541101 you can find a job posting for a "Case Manager, Homeless."

Must have a bachelor's degree.
Must have a year's experience.
Will earn $8.50 per hour.

Now about that comma. Is this a "Case Manager FOR THE Homeless" or a "Case Manager WHO IS Homeless"? Kinda hard to live on $8.50 per hour when you're paying off your student loans, guys.

[quiller4]

1. I'm astonished at the pay scale. A starting position in my community

requires an associates degree in human services and pays $12-$15/hour. Positions requiring a bachelors degree start at $15-$18.

[Dappleganger]

2. Our son who's a junior in high school

makes more than that bagging groceries. WTH is with companies demanding so much and paying so little? They should go eff themselves!

[tridim]

3. A few months ago I saw my old $80k/year job advertised at $10/hr.

$10/hr is an insult for professional IT work.

[jmowreader]

7. $10/hr is an insult period

[virgogal]

4. My grandaughter makes $10.00 an hour babysitting.

[mimitabby]

5. i agree with you

but it's harder to live on nothing.

[Turbineguy]

6. $8.50 per hour?

A person can make 3 times that mowing lawns in my neighborhood.

[SutaUvaca]

8. I note the North Carolina job listing. Typical here.

Most listings in my corner of North Carolina are similarly low pay, especially relative to responsibilities required.

I get 2 shifts a week at a local hotel. Earn a bit less per hour than when I did the same job at a hotel in Florida two careers and 30 years ago. Nevertheless, the guvmint can't list me as "unemployed."

[Kalyke]

12. But, on the other hand, the cost of living in North Carolina and

the surrounding states is less.

$8.50 per hour is like making $12 in New York.

[Berry Cool]

9. Figures.

Reminds me of the job listing I found that said "Pay will be commiserate with experience." I thought "I bet it will."

[Jennicut]

10. $8.50 WITH a BA degree?

Wow. That is bad. I made that being a camp counselor at a summer camp when I was a teenager.

[damntexdem]

11. It's clearly for a case manager dealing with the homeless, but ...

the pay suggests that the case manager will her/himself be homeless if depending only on that job for pay.