Has the poor economy hurt your income?
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Lost a little this year, got a slight increase to help make up for past cuts this last review cycle. Should be an ok 2011... more so if my wife finds a job.
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I made a little more and made my boss a lot more. When economy took a dump, I found other ways of bringing in more business (not illegal).
I could've made more if I did side jobs too but its too much hassle. Im too dependent on lifts now :P
I could've made more if I did side jobs too but its too much hassle. Im too dependent on lifts now :P
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I definitely made less in the last couple years, but that has much more to do with opening and expanding a new shop than the economic situation. The most I ever made was when I was tuning part time on my own and doing software work the rest of the time. Those were the days!
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hurt net worth and gross income if i include capitol gains. Ive made allot more money at work so that balances out and i'm still throwing ~$700/mo into retirement accounts so its just been a minor speedbump for me.
Last edited by Irrational X; Feb 2, 2011 at 11:10 AM.
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I haven't finished looking over my taxes yet, but my side work has tanked badly, nobody wants to pay anything extra, I used to earn about $50K+ extra a year...2010 may not even be $10K.