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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
You seem to have difficulty understanding how time works. Somebody who was entry level 10 years ago is not entry level today. The people you know have advanced in their careers and are getting paid more. Meanwhile, as described above, pay relative to inflation has been stagnant or worse, leaving those who are entry level today worse off. An AS-01 making $61k most definitely cannot afford to drive in 3-4x per week at $20/day. Twice a week maybe. But at least we've finally moved on from "most junior bureaucrats make six figures".
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That is in fact my point. The Uber to work Avocado toast crowd who mostly did get in the housing market in Ottawa is the suburban driver of today And certainly junior bureacrats are making 6 figures. An EC 5 (I know one who is 25 years old. Starts at $100k. AS1 is a very low category with AS2 and 3 still only admin assistants. For sure they won't be spending that on parking. Though often they actually have government provided monthly parking.
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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
They are coming to terms with it. It's a grieving process accepting that their old lifestyle is gone. They need a few more weeks of being stuck in traffic before some of them start reluctantly giving in to the idea that maybe the bus is better. It won't be all of them by any stretch. But we'll start seeing a trickle back. And if we ever go back to 4-5x per week? It'll become a flood.
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We will see. As you said job cuts are probably coming before anything comes to a head in a major way.
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