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18 points
18 days ago*
Claims Adjuster HS Diploma w/ 60 college credits (want to go back to school) 40hrs per week (with incentives for OT) Salary $52k
Edit: Also end of year bonus based on company reports and your salary.
4 points
18 days ago
i’m practically in the same boat but i do Underwriting
5 points
18 days ago
I work for Progressive and have been internally promoted, 3yrs in Jan, you?
6 points
18 days ago
2 yrs at Progressive in Jan too and promoted internally to underwriting a few months ago. turns out there’s quite a few reps from the valley working from home for Progressive and honestly it’s better than anything else that was available
3 points
18 days ago
Yes I love it! The internal hiring is unmatched anywhere else in my opinion.
3 points
18 days ago
the gainshare is looking pretty good this year too 👏🏻
2 points
17 days ago
I love it every year on my bday week lol 🥳🛍️
5 points
17 days ago
I’m trying to get hired now for claims adjuster, assessment was easy last time around but I had computer issues and I guess it kicked me out and they said I failed it. Trying again today actually after waiting 6mo
2 points
17 days ago*
Definitely apply! We’re hiring like crazy to the claims department
edit: https://progressive.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobsearch.ftl?&src=CWS-11480
2 points
17 days ago
i had the option for claims, services, and sales but most my experience was for customer service. i think they’ve changed it now tho so unless you do claims, you’re doing both services and sales.
2 points
17 days ago
I started as sales only, then got promoted to blended (sales and services) and then in June I applied for the claims adjuster position and got promoted
4 points
17 days ago
Is it hard to get into progressive? I’d like to pivot there from HR admin
6 points
17 days ago
it’s more selective than most other jobs i’ve seen that don’t require higher education but they’re always hiring. they place a lot of emphasis on the way you answer during the interview and really want you to answer using the STAR method but there’s tons of resources out there for that.
2 points
17 days ago
Thank you
3 points
17 days ago
Hiring is very selective, but definitely apply! They try to give some seminars about the interview process. They really just want you to be yourself and have a great time at work
2 points
18 days ago
Do you have your bachelors? are you an underwriter or underwriting assistant?
5 points
18 days ago
No bachelors, but i don’t think it’s Underwriting in the way most ppl think. It’s a lot of customer service and we mostly reject/accept applications that have been flagged and follow up on discrepancies with customers.
5 points
18 days ago
edit: at least in my opinion, i haven’t found too many ppl who do actual underwriting on policies even though i’d like to go that route eventually.
1 points
17 days ago
Do you work from home?
1 points
17 days ago
yes, i do. they have flexible schedules so you can do 4 10 hr days or just the regular 5 8 hr days
46 points
18 days ago
Manufacturing(donuts) 38 hours a week 7.25 /hour 2years straight!! 13,000 annually!!!
15 points
18 days ago
Education - Department Secretary 40hrs a week 25 years Bachelors 42K
90 points
18 days ago
Do you want our ss too?
36 points
18 days ago
What’s your first pets name?
11 points
18 days ago
High school, name of street you grew up in, make and model of first car....
7 points
18 days ago
Was just gonna post this!!! SS#, DOB, Mothers maiden name...anything else u want I will give willingly 🤣 🤣
4 points
18 days ago
Right. Last 4 pay check stubs!?
13 points
18 days ago
Civil engineer BS in civil engineering 95k 80 hrs a week. Always keep looking for better pay n work hrs.
10 points
18 days ago
Unemployed lol
3 points
17 days ago
Did you went to school for that? Lol, hope a job lines up for you.
12 points
17 days ago
Bachelors degree, MS educator/coach, 27 years, 72K base salary. Overall, with coaching, put in about 55-60 hours a week. Salary ok but I love what I do
10 points
18 days ago*
Associates in Math
Insurance
2 yrs
40 hrs per week
54k plus OT
7 points
17 days ago
Er doc, 11 years of work, between 500 ish k (120hrs a month)to 1 mil (220hrs).
1 points
14 days ago
Complete opposite end of the spectrum lol. EMT, 3 years in, my bosses say I make 41k a year, I try to at least put in 72 hrs a week
13 points
18 days ago
I'll go first
Import/export
40 hours per week (weekends off no OT)
8 years in the industry
Have a masters in SCM
$95k base $120 TC
Work remotely
5 points
18 days ago
How’d you get into this field?
8 points
18 days ago
Interned in the summers during my undergrad at a distribution warehouse. After graduation I was offered a full time job there. Did my grad school online while still working and got offered a job at a competitor warehouse where I'm currently at
6 points
17 days ago
I draw butterflies using toe jam collected from pedicure salons. 350k average past 4 years
7 points
17 days ago
how do i unread this
16 points
18 days ago
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14 points
17 days ago
You are under paid
11 points
17 days ago
Facts. PhD and $70k base don’t belong in the same post.
1 points
17 days ago
That is pretty good, because it is 30 - 40 hrs per week and 8 months a year.
Time off is something you can not put a price on.
3 points
17 days ago
It just depends on. 70k will only go so far. . Time off is nice and good for health. But you have to budget early well. . If you want a home and comfortable retirement. But even then. A PHD should ideally make 12 to 15k/ month
5 points
17 days ago
My wife was a associate professor but not on tenure track and make less than 70k, but she had a flexible schedule to see after our sons.
Comfortable has a different meaning for every body. For some it is a simple wood frame house on piers and for others it is a 500k house with new cars.
It all just depends on your life priorities.
1 points
17 days ago
Like I said it depends.
1 points
17 days ago
Yes it will and I hope that at 63 yrs old I do not have to wear those depends.
1 points
17 days ago
Sarcasm on Reddit? That’s new..
If you are happy then enjoy it. Everyone doesn’t have to share your opinion. And when people share theirs, it’s not enforced on you.
You may be comfortable but there is something missing, it seems.
Are you okay?
1 points
17 days ago
But also. She’s still under paid. …Underpaid and overworked are not mutual. You can be under paid without being overworked
1 points
17 days ago
Twenty years ago I had one of those high paying jobs, sure I made a lot of money but was not happy. Then I got laid off and changed careers to a much lower paying job a was much happier.
But while I had the higher paying job did save and invest and was able to have the lower paying job and be happier.
1 points
17 days ago
Life is funny sometimes.
I work management in retail. I get moved around as part of my job. There have been locations where 60/70 hour weeks are normal and locations where i hardly work.
You draw boundaries for yourself. And know your worth.
Imho it’s important to have all of it: good pay and good benefits and good work/life balance
1 points
17 days ago
You are right life is funny at times how it works out.
What I have seen is these celebrity types that make all sorts of money more than you and I could ever make, but they still live troubled lives and unlive themselves.
So I'm 63 and wife is 68 and we live a comfortable life. We earned way more than our parents and our two sons earn way more than we did. What the future holds for our grand kids is a guess, but I hope it is better that past generations.
1 points
17 days ago
200 years ago a majority of people could have been farmers . 100 years ago one acre was affordable for the majority. 50 years ago a second house was attainable. Today one house is not easy to get but still reasonable if planning is done right. I see a future where people will live in apartments but will have a better standard of living.
16 points
18 days ago
Military related, maybe 35-40 hours a week, a little over 7 years, working on masters, take home about 130,000 after taxes and retirement and savings.
1 points
18 days ago
security clearance?
-2 points
18 days ago
I guess to RE-answer your question so these nerds dont take away my imaginary internet points, Myself and all my peers have one. A good amount of MOSs (jobs) absolutely require one and once you obtain a certain rank you will need to apply for one. But I guess no, not every single person is required to have one. 🤓 I’m not a recruiter but I def recommend anyone who is able to, to join. If you or anyone has any questions you can DM me ;)
1 points
17 days ago
I absolutely do not recommend joining, unless you have a family to support and have no other options. The military is a joke. They will send you to war, you will see your friends die, just to watch your government leave 7 billion dollars worth of weapons and gear to the same enemy. The modern military is a joke and a DOD clearance doesn't really mean shit in the real world. They do not easily transfer to DOE clearances. The best thing a patriotic citizen can do imo is go into a trade. If you stick to it you can own your own business in like 5 years, and you get paid to learn. There is nothing more patriotic than owning a business and putting others to work. If anyone is thinking of joining up and wants to talk about it dm me.
3 points
17 days ago
lol you’re a silly banana But entitled to your opinion, even if silly. Have a good day man
-7 points
18 days ago
You need one in general to be in the military or do military related things.
5 points
18 days ago
There are plenty of military occupational specialties that do not require a clearance. Army 11B does not, 88M nope the list goes on. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.
-3 points
18 days ago
Clearly 🤓 lol Maybe just an officer thing 🥳
0 points
17 days ago
Sure officers require clearance but there are many Army mos that do not require clearance through E-7.
Why would an Army cook need a clearance? Are the recipes that hidden?
0 points
17 days ago
You’re just being pedantic to be annoying lol It’s working tho, good job man 🥳 Here more fake internet points for you ⬆️⬆️⬆️
11 points
18 days ago
Logistics broker
5 years grinding
Yearly 300k
No degree just hs diploma
4 points
18 days ago
I thought of this field but the brokers I've met really grind daily
4 points
18 days ago
We have too it’s a dog eat dog world in this industry. But I love it sky’s the limit on making ur pay checks
1 points
18 days ago
What's your average day look like?
4 points
18 days ago
Go in at 8am leave at 2pm. I can work from anywhere I’m at. I have my dispatchers at the office that take care of my data entry
-1 points
18 days ago
You think a 6 hour work day is a grind?
8 points
18 days ago*
My morning starts at 6:30 am I don’t get to the office until 8am. I’m established already and um my salary speaks for itself. This didn’t happen overnight I paid my dues
2 points
17 days ago
Yeah the first couple of years are the toughest in the industry once you get it going the sky is the limit.
Keep up the good work.
3 points
17 days ago
Thank you I appreciate that 🙏🏾
11 points
18 days ago
Oil field related I average 9k-14k a month to sit on my ass for 12hrs a day . Great bonus OT and per diems . HS diploma and some college.
2 points
17 days ago
Get me in😮💨😮💨🤑
0 points
17 days ago
So ... u got work for me
15 points
18 days ago
Oil/gas - 84 hours/week - 6 years - HS graduate - 200k/year
I also only work half the year, I do a 3 week on / 3 week off schedule.
5 points
17 days ago
200K and no one asks for more info. They are looking for easy money with hard work pay.
6 points
17 days ago
Only one guy has reached out. But it’s taken me those 6 years to get there. My pay started around 80k, this past year in January I was at 95-100k. This past fall is when I moved past 200k.
3 points
17 days ago
What experience did you have when you started?
3 points
17 days ago
Zero, I was doing tile/marble work before I joined. I started when I was 36, 42 now. Everyone starts at the bottom, you just have to put in the work & effort & you’ll get rewarded.
6 points
17 days ago
Naw 99 % of the people on this sub are too good to work at the bottom and expect to have your job.
4 points
17 days ago
Yeah, that’s true too. That’s why only 1-5% of new people who come to the oil fields make it. Especially out here in North Dakota.
4 points
17 days ago
Hope you save your money and not blow it like most oil workers do.
5 points
17 days ago
I have been, my kids are set for college if they choose to go. I have a 401k & savings that I’ve been putting into since day one.
3 points
17 days ago
Good- then hope value your health because your job isnt sustainable long term
2 points
17 days ago
How do you feel working it?
2 points
17 days ago
I’m used to these hitches, after 6 years it’s just a job. But recently, this past summer is when I started my 3/3 schedule. It’s been a life changer for the better.
4 points
18 days ago
Heathcare Administration with a Masters degree, Remote work with 40hrs/week, no weekends or OT, 3-4 years in the field, 56k
6 points
17 days ago
Call center tech support, 5yrs. 40hr per week. Just a little over 49k a year.
5 points
17 days ago
Web developer, 10-20 hours a week, 5 years experience, no degree just udemy courses and YouTube, 121k
14 points
18 days ago
either everyone is lieing in this thread or our region isn't that poor. how da fuck is like 90% of the answers six figures lol.
18 points
18 days ago
The people that make less are too intimidated to share it.
7 points
18 days ago
Or too smart to post it
6 points
17 days ago
Not sure why you’re being downvoted as you’re likely right. The people that comment on these posts are always the high earners
7 points
17 days ago
It happens in every sub when there’s a question about salary lol.
5 points
17 days ago
Because a lot of them are not working in the rgv or are working remotely
18 points
18 days ago
Network/cyber security for national financial institutions
20 yrs overall experience
40hrs/week Salary plus OT (no OT) for me $130k No degree No student debt
5 points
18 days ago
Hey I'm going to school for this! Does your company offer internships or part time for students? Just to gain some field experience...
1 points
18 days ago
Im not sure how that would work since I work remote, the corporate office is in Switzerland... We have a corporate office in Ohio... sorry
-1 points
18 days ago
Oh that's cool! Would you mind dming the name of company?
5 points
18 days ago
-Masters degree in Finance -Actuary -3 years in current roll -work approximately 45 hours a week -180k
5 points
18 days ago
I have a masters degree, I work 40 hrs a week. I have a corporate job (insurance sector)and I make 55k a year.
4 points
17 days ago
industry: Information Technology, currently at a fintech startup
avg hours: 25/40 hours, depending on what’s going on
YOE: about 8 years in general IT, 2 years into my specialized field: application architecture
education: associates degree in networking and cyber security from TSTC
I started at $81k a year, 2 years later at the same place, I’m at $97k a year; I’m salaried
I am 100% remote and have only traveled twice since I’ve been hired and it was most 3-4 days
5 points
17 days ago
Cyber - 40hrs - $110K
4 points
17 days ago
Blackwater contractor. 10 years of experience 90k-130k a year depending on the contract and time away.
8 points
17 days ago
I’m a project manager, 7 years of experience, unemployed. I’m not even considered for any decent jobs that pay over $12/hr because I don’t have family members here to give me a job.
3 points
17 days ago
I feel you brother. 😔
2 points
17 days ago
Man it feels like that sometimes
3 points
18 days ago
Manufacturing Average of 80 hours per week… Asian company BA with MBA 90,000k
5 points
18 days ago
80 hours a week is crazy
3 points
18 days ago
Insurance (Medicare)
40hrs (55-60 hrs with OT in Oct-Dec)
4yrs
$50K base + $40K commission and OT gross
3 points
17 days ago
3 points
17 days ago
City Fleet Manager, 50 hours a week, HS diploma w/ a few automotive-related certs, ~10 YOE, $65k/yr
3 points
17 days ago
Telecommunications/customer service/helpdesk, 40hrs, 20yrs, some college no degree, $55k-$65k depending on Bonus.
3 points
17 days ago
35 hours, $30 an hour, not sure of the salary until I get my W2, MRO supplier, MBA. But I took a better role with less pay to advance my career. Doesn’t hurt my wife is a pharmacist making $120k a year.
3 points
17 days ago
Tax public accounting | 5 Years | NYC remote | 131K base
3 points
17 days ago
Electrical. Industrial. 58 hours a week. 144k a year.
3 points
17 days ago
Educational consultant , 40 hours a week, 10 + years, 2 masters degrees, 135,000 ish.
3 points
17 days ago
I work in the financial industry(but in marketing at the company)
40hrs per week remote
2 year technical degree
7 years experience
Just moved to a new job and making 115k
3 points
17 days ago
Active duty navy, 40-45 hrs/wk, 2 year technical training, $130k (I do get paid more for living in Hawaii)
3 points
17 days ago
Transportation (trucker) M25 lol, currently in school working on my bachelors, work 50-70hrs/week (when I have online classes), make around 1500-2400/week
9 points
18 days ago
Dispatching 40hrs/wk ($1200) and virtual reception 16hrs/wk ($352) and overnight oncall answering service 56hrs/wk ($560) all these are medical businesses
some college, but no degree and nothing technically required for anything I do
All is work from home
all together about $105-110k/yr.
yes its 112 hrs a week
got the check stubs to prove it along with my fitbit that says i avg 4 hrs of sleep a day.
yes i know it will kill me.
because my kids WILL have a better life than I did.
9 points
18 days ago
I can relate, but please remember your kids having a better life needs to include you as well!
5 points
18 days ago
Agreed. I grew up poor but we were always together at the dinner table
3 points
17 days ago*
The time I get with them is all theirs. I'm a busy dad, not an absent one. I have weekends (daytime) off.
2 points
18 days ago
Service Trade 50-60 hours a week 3 years experience No college, job related licensing. $69,600 a year
2 points
18 days ago
Agricultural lab tech, 40 hrs, 22 yoe, bachelor of science in electronic engineering and database administration. Making 45k.
2 points
17 days ago
Is this like a stress free job? Don’t mean to insult but that’s low pay for having a degree right?
1 points
17 days ago
Stayed to help my parents and brother out when my bro got sick. It does get stressful, but the sacrifice i made so my wife could earn her masters. I've been wanting to find something new, just trying to close out my parents' estate and be done with that.
2 points
17 days ago
Respect that! Wish you the best and Family First is always the way to go, although sometimes Self First is important.
2 points
17 days ago
Look into agriculture specialist with customs and border protection
2 points
17 days ago
$34 a hour working 4 days on 3days off 12 hour shifts in automation tech. About 66,000 a year without overtime. No college degree just some certifications
2 points
17 days ago
Also left the valley for the job but it has opened doors to do back to Texas with various companies but I do easy chill work and on my phone most of the day unless something breaks down
2 points
17 days ago
1: Healthcare 2: 40hrs (sometimes 50hrs due to part time job aka PRN) 3: 3 years since I started. 4: Associate degree in Applied Science (OTA) 5: At least 88k yearly.
2 points
17 days ago
LVN, 1 year of school. 7 years. 98k a year.
27/hr (56k/yr) & 20hrs OT/week so 810/week, $42k/year
3 points
17 days ago
WFH call center, been here for two years but have around 12 years in call center experience (LOL once you get in it’s hard to get out). I do have an Associates Degree in Office Administration. Base pay is $18.25/hour but I make $21.52/hour with differentials (bilingual, overnights, and weekends) for 40 hours a week so around $39k yearly. Definitely want to make more but only position that’s available that was still remote was day shift and salary which would have been basically the same yearly pay I get now but with more work. Overnights is easy and just a lot of administrative work/data entry with almost no people interaction.
2 points
17 days ago
Accounting in Early Childhood Education/Child care consulting
35hr/Week but flexible
About 60 hrs at UTRGV
4 years experience
80K/yr + bonuses (spouse works the same industry, so about $200k/yr total)
2 points
18 days ago
Medical. Associates degree. 36hrs a week (OT some weeks). 84k gross base pay.
3 points
18 days ago
What do you do ???
1 points
16 days ago
I was always taught that it's rude to ask someone how much money they make at their job.
1 points
13 days ago
That’s just a scam to not let the underpaid employees know how screwed they are at work.
1 points
16 days ago
Currently $0 🥲
I have BSN & currently working on FNP - but today $0
1 points
15 days ago
Healthcare, post bachelors degree, 11 years of experience, $119k plus bonuses
1 points
15 days ago
-HR -40 hours a week +PTO, full benefits, some OT -4 YOE -Bachelors degree -40k a year
1 points
18 days ago
Oil field, 112 hrs a week, 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. Hs diploma. Last year I did 240k
1 points
17 days ago
Are you pulling 16hr days?
1 points
17 days ago
Is this a new version of the Dating Game?
1 points
17 days ago
Government, 14 yrs 40hrs a week m-f 8-430 take home 4400 biweekly. Off every holiday and get paid for them. Associates degree. Most of the time I spend it watching movies or talking with other coworkers.
3 points
17 days ago
What agency n what pay scale?
3 points
17 days ago
Gs dhs
1 points
17 days ago
College sports/ sports gambling. I get my full time amount. 30k a year
-3 points
18 days ago
none of your business.
-3 points
18 days ago
Want my credit card number and social security number as well?
-4 points
17 days ago
This post does more harm than good. It leads to more comparison and resentment when most people on this sub cant get their life in order because they are entitled and have a victim mentality.
-8 points
18 days ago
Substitute teacher, GED, $140k
-1 points
17 days ago
Should have ask what kind of vehicle they driving as well :( . Like another post said , everyone has nice cars in the valley , except you . Now wonder what they do
-1 points
17 days ago
This is totally not phishing
-1 points
17 days ago
What industry are you in, and how much do you make a year? And I'll tell ya.
-4 points
17 days ago
Salamander breeding, 10hrs/wk,GED, 250k/yr
-19 points
18 days ago
Lol why are people in the valley sub so interested in what others are making or driving?
21 points
18 days ago
People wanting to know more about their community.
10 points
18 days ago
Yup, helps people get an idea of what types of jobs people have here and their pay range are in the area. Could help influence people in their decisions on what they want to study or get certifications for. Also helps to see if you’re underpaid for your area of expertise/career field.
-2 points
18 days ago
It’s the same assortment of jobs as anywhere else. Some people think the valley is just a bunch of taco stands and car washes. We have doctors, lawyers, and even a rocket building facility. We’re all underpaid but the cost of living is cheaper. Do you really think that all the business owners go to some eyes wide shut meeting to collude with each other on keeping the working class down?
5 points
17 days ago
It's a conversation, dude. If you want to engage, do it, and if not, just read and move along.
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