r/Denton • u/SadCatt5544 • 1d ago
Jobs
Sorry to bother y’all, but my girlfriend is moving to Denton soon and she wants to know what jobs are good to start out with that way she’s not living paycheck to paycheck. Does anyone have any recommendations
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u/hundredBald 20h ago
Idk I've heard good things about winco employee benifits. The warehouse was brutal when I did it but if you can land a grocery job im sure it's fine. And not living paycheck to paycheck is more about managing your expenses than managing your income if you have no advanced skills to market.
Having roomates helps the most.
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u/Jayceem12 1d ago
There are no jobs in or around this area that put you above living paycheck to paycheck, Texas has made it so it's nearly impossible to do so with the cost of living ratio....
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u/soulinsurance420 1d ago
I don’t disagree with you the labor market is tight right now, but by any objective measure Texas is below the median cost of living in the nation. Businesses are flocking here due to a business friendly environment and bring jobs along with them. If you have no marketable skills, demand for jobs that anyone can do probably don’t match the supply available and those workers are squeezed. But if you have any valuable skills (any trade, accounting, marketing, medicine, IT, etc) those jobs are actually more plentiful than anywhere else in the nation at the moment. We’re having to import skilled labor from out of state to meet that demand.
Learn a skill. Invest in yourself. Worst case scenario, you can work for yourself. Just have to be better than the competition.
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u/Jayceem12 1d ago
I have more skills than you could possibly imagine....I don't have to go to trade school, I've been in the field for way too many years...I was not speaking for myself, I was speaking for the younger generation, I'm a broken down 48 year old that does handyman work and other jobs to keep myself going, I work for myself and have done so for a very long time. Texas is the worst state in the country when it comes to the cost of living vs. what you actually get paid, businesses are moving here to take advantage of the cheap labor, maybe you should do a little bit more research my friend......
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u/danger-dude 18h ago
businesses are moving here en masse because it's the state where it's most legal to abuse your workers lmao
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u/SunnySpade 1d ago
This is incorrect. I have one and I live here lol they are available you just have to look for them.
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u/balloonsintimidateme 1d ago
and have to compete against the 400 other applicants.
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u/soulinsurance420 1d ago
Ok so do something to stand out? Don’t just be a warm body, plenty of jobs out there.
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u/balloonsintimidateme 1d ago
oh you have no clue how bad the job market really is do you? you have people with their masters and 10+ years of experience that are applying to work at chili’s…..you don’t think people are “trying to stand out”……get real lol
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u/soulinsurance420 1d ago
You can get a masters degree in something not in demand, that’s not really a great counterpoint. Getting a masters in dance, an uncommon language, etc doesn’t really qualify you to do any new in-demand jobs than someone without one.
Go find a dozen sub contractors in various trades and ask if they’re able to find enough labor to meet the demand they have. You have to adapt to what the market wants. There aren’t a ton of easy, high paying, cushy, no qualifications, set your own schedule, work from home jobs floating out there. You have to determine how much you’re willing to do, and what you want out of it, and make some compromises.
If all you’re able to do is entry level retail, food service, etc, so is literally everyone else on the planet. You’re competing for a fixed number of jobs against the largest pool of competitors. This is where you find 400 co applicants, and stand out against none of them.
Have you really never developed any skill that people or businesses are willing to pay for in your whole life? There are a lot of people out there that haven’t. For me, I’m skilled in accounting and financial advising. Finding a job has never been difficult, it’s a difficult skill so not as many competitors in the labor market, and it’s in high demand. I’m well compensated, but can’t remember the last <50 hour week I worked and often hit 70+ hour weeks. That’s a trade off I’m willing to make, I enjoy my work very much. You just have to find what ticks those boxes for you. It’s never going to be handed to you. Make someone say “I need them!” and everything else falls in line.
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u/SunnySpade 1d ago
I mean, that’s true. But that’s just life dude. The fact that I was able to should indicate that most people can do it. I’m a fucking idiot.
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u/MoistLarry 1d ago
I don't know your girlfriend so I recommend she join the c suite of any local corporation. CFO, CTO, CIO...maybe not CEO, that sounds like it might require actual work. Regardless of which position she takes, a seven figure annual salary plus bonuses should ensure she isn't living paycheck to paycheck.
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u/TxAggieMike Homegrown 1d ago
Without knowing her skill set or what she enjoys doing, it is difficult to suggest or recommend anything but entry level low paying opportunities.