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Salary Story: I Quit My $115,000 Job To Hike For Five Months — & Came Back To A...

Elizabeth Gulino

Salary Story: I Went From $50k To $72k In 3 Years

Elizabeth Gulino

Salary Story: I Went From Wanting To Teach To Making $140,000 A Year

Elizabeth Gulino

Salary Story: I Threatened To Leave My Job & Got A $48,000 Raise ...

by Elizabeth Gulino

Salary Story: How I Made My Way From A Soul-Sucking Job To $92,000

by Elizabeth Gulino

Salary Story: I Learned The Hard Way Not To Take The First Offer

by Elizabeth Gulino

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I Make About $400 A Month & I’m Scared Of Getting A Raise

I’m A Digital Accessibility Consultant & I Was Once Offered...

It Took Me 10 Years To Find A Job I Loved — Then I Got Laid Off

I Make $93,500 As A Customer Relationship Marketing Manager & I&#...

I Make $137,500 As A Healthcare Consultant — & I Got A $29K Raise...

I Started Out As A Waitress & Now Make $110,500+ As A Restaurant ...

I Make $50,000 As A Chief Of Staff — & I’ve Switched Career...

I Make $145,000 As An Integrated Marketing Senior Manager & I Had...

I Used To Make $250,000 As A Head Of Talent & Now Make $0 As A Fo...

by Britta Larsen

I Make $75,000 As A Behavioral Health Consultant — & I’m Fi...

I Make $54,000 As A Legal Assistant — & I’m Hearing Impaired

I Make $58,409 As A Tax Advisory Specialist — & I'm Legally Blind

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I Make $46,000 As A Social Worker — & I Struggled In Hourly Jobs ...

I'm A Tech Associate Program Manager & I Got A $39K Raise By Chan...

I'm A Director Of Product Management & It Took 9 Years To Land My...

I'm A Graphic Designer — & I Made $200K By Starting My Own Business

How A Business Manager Negotiated A $13K Raise

Years later, when I was promoted to manager, I still had not mastered my negotiation skills and did not negotiate pay. I was intimidated by the process and

by Judith Ohikuare

I'm A Producer — & I Took A $20K Pay Cut To Work At A Better Company

I Started In Mattress Sales & Now Make $100K As A Senior Marketin...

I'm A Technical Account Manager & I Made More By Going Hourly

I'm An Executive Director Of A Nonprofit & Negotiated A $31K Raise

by Ludmila Leiva

I'm 31 & I Make $59K As An HR Director At A Nonprofit

by Ludmila Leiva

I'm 35 & I Left My Office Job For A Career In The Trades

by Ludmila Leiva

I Make $105K As An Executive Assistant — & I'm Starting A New Cod...

by Ludmila Leiva

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