Unionization!
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- adamfinger0
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Finances is not always the most important issue. I'm okay with my pay, but I'm not okay with my hours. Workers today, and certainly including designers, work hours comparable to that of 100 years ago. In return, we get the fewest days of vacation of any western country and we get poor social services in return. This is not progress.
Plus being "smart" with your money when the disparity of wealth is so great sounds a lot like capitulation -- simply learning to live with what we get.
According to the 2006 AIGA Salary Survey and the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, designer's aren't that well off. Mid-level salaries are around $40,000-$45,000. Even when its more, the hours required to earn that money plus the high cost of living translates into a real wage that's much less.