Is it worth staying at 50hr week job for 50k/year

The company is in sales and they are the type of company that like to keep branches bare bone in staffing size. The least amount of staff as possible and work them like they are twice the size.

So, you basically make $20 per hour. 🤔

Shoot for the moon even if you miss you'll land among the stars.

People are too scared to take risks. The institution has set people up to think this way. Even if their job sucks, they're scared to leave it because they are afraid to do worse and lose what (little) they have.

No.

For 50k, I think 40 hours a week is a reasonable expectation. Or even less. And I would spend the time to find trust setup.

To work 50 hours a week, I would need a lot more compensation.

Almost true.

Definitely true, however, is that Trump won the $100K+ vote in both 2016 and 2020. 55-44% in 2020.

Clinton and Biden dominated the <$50K bracket both times.

Look for other jobs on your days off. Once you have something else lined up, cut ties in a professional manner.

I worked at a family owned business for 30 years. At the end I was working 6 days a week about 55-60 hours for $64,000 a year. One day the owner talked to me wrong, I handed him the key's walked out found a new job, 40 hours, life is good.

Are you quaified to find similar work somewhere else? If this is a first-step kind of job that you can grow into a great career then grinding for a few years might be worth it. It is/was for me. Three years ago i was putting in extra hours for less money than 50k knowing that it would likely pay off in the end. Now I have been promoted and make just over double what I did back then. I still often have to put in extra hours though lol.... can't have it all I guess. I'm happy with my job overall though.

That said, if your job/salary is replaceable and you're miserable with your hours then yeah, you should probably figure something else out.

150k, 38 hours a week, no college education.

Didn’t know prostitution paid that well.

My issue is that I’ve already put in 3 years worth of paying my dues. Now that I have seen what running the business is like and how many hours the currently manager puts, with the plan of me taking over in about of year puts me on a dilemma. 

if I turn down the promotion I basically wasted 3 years at low wage but high responsibility position. But it almost doesn’t seem worth the promotion now that I’ve got a real look at what it is going to be like.

I am at the age were I really need to be all out or all in. I’m hesitant to accept my fate of an unfulfilling next 30 or so years. 

You are thinking in terms of sunk costs. You've learned a lot in those 3 years. Like what you want long term. And what you're worth. And you've gained a lot of transferable skills. Anyone who works hard for 3 years and is on the cusp of a promotion can take trust experience elsewhere.

Now, I'm not arguing that you do that. I just want you to think about it more broadly. This 3 years have not been a waste of time.

Ask how much you can expect. Simple answer.

You're current situation sounds terrible. Especially if the carrot turns out to be a stick.

Best move would be to somehow add value but reduce effort. Can you do that? Think outside the box. If not, move on to a job where people make money AND enjoy life or at least enjoy life.

^gets it.

I empathize with you, no sarcasm. There are probably some LRCs who probably inflate/exaggerate their income (not all, of course).

If you have better options, no.

Leave this job right now. You are being underpaid for 50 hrs of work.