i contracted with a well known aerospace company for over a year and when they offered me a permanent job i asked for this amount in salary, my main argument was i'm probably going to work there the rest of my life so i should be able to live alone comfortably on their wage and accepting anything below that amount ment i'd have to live with multiple people forever which is unacceptable to me. they ended their contract with me a week later but i got a new job that pays the amount i wanted after a week of searching, about 35% more pay, by february i should be able to move into a one bed flat and comfortably live alone. just don't accept a wage you know is unlivable because it is literally unlivable, tell them what wage you want and that it's physically impossible to go lower, be prepared to walk away.
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