When we first step into the professional world, we immediately start thinking of what we will be doing with our first salary. But when the paycheck finally arrives, all we can actually buy is a tissue roll to wipe our sorrows away on seeing the amount on it.
In India, doctors are getting Rs 9K as salaries despite having an MBBS and doctorate degree and institutes are offering only Rs 10K to full-time video editors that too with 5 years of experience. The fact that we earn peanuts for our efforts is legit and real.
A woman on Twitter recently vented her frustration about freshers getting paid Rs 50K a month. She took to the micro-blogging site and questioned how someone is supposed to survive with such a low salary in a metro city.
“Why are fresher salaries so low? How is someone supposed to survive on it in a metro city? With 50k a month you’ll barely have any savings. Not everyone can take money from their families!”
Why are fresher salaries so low? How is someone supposed to survive on it in a metro city? With 50k a month you'll barely have any savings.
Not everyone can take money from their families!
— Medha Ganti (@mehhh_duh) April 25, 2023
First up, congratulations to those getting paid Rs 50K as a fresher as it’s a huge deal in India and I’m sure many people can agree on this. People sometimes get paid as low as Rs 12K-18K when they get their first job.
However, we can’t deny the fact that surviving in a metro city without compromising on basic things and having a decent lifestyle can be difficult with even Rs 50K at hand.
A lot of people online thought it’s a huge deal for a fresher to get paid so much in India.
I too cannot relate, When I came to Bangalore my salary was 20k. 5k rent (10k total shared with a friend) & 5k for food. 2k for other expenses, still saved 8k. If you wish to live you can sure live . I thinks its in the mindset. Didn’t mean to offend you, just wanted to share.😄
— Anil Antony (@iamanilantony) April 25, 2023
This lady needs to refresh her knowledge and control her greed.
Most freshers are paid less than 20K/month. They would be in 7th heaven if offered 50K/month, which is a salary of less than 5% of graduate freshers.
Even 5 yr experienced, married people dont get 50K/month.
— Self_Explorer (@bhosale_nilesh4) April 26, 2023
Also, which freshers are getting 50K salaries? It’s even lesser. I’m assuming IT/software engineer here
— Shrikant (@4thUmpire_) April 26, 2023
@divyaappathak @DalRotiForLife @SolitaryStudd bhaiyo freshers ko milne lage kya 50k 😭
— Stuti (@stuutiiiii) April 26, 2023
There are companies paying 50K to freshers? 🙈
— Meg (@WanderlustGirl_) April 26, 2023
You can’t survive on 50K??? Seriously???
— Abhay (@abhaysrivastavv) April 26, 2023
50k is not fresher salary. If you’re getting that congrats. You’re in top 10% of the country if you make 1L a month.
People survive on 15k also – lifestyles change.
My first job was 28k – in a Tier 1 city – I lived and had fun.
If you want to live in a place where rent is 30k…
— Nitin Gupta (@asknitingupta) April 25, 2023
50k is not less for freshers if you say so. But if a fresher acts like Ambani’s daughter or son then definitely even 50L is less.
— Ayesha Ladha (@1985luckygal) April 26, 2023
There are literally people out there in hundreds of professions earning less than 50k a month and feeding their family with more than 10 years of experience. Which world are you living in bahan where 50k isn’t sufficient for you to live a happ life?
— Madhur Singh (@ThePlacardGuy) April 26, 2023
I wish they offered 50k as a starting salary. In Mumbai, at least, haven’t seen any firm offer that. They all start at like 18-20. And yeah, you’re right, it’s ridiculous to think one can survive on that much. Most would just go on rent.
— Roshni C (@roshnic29) April 26, 2023
Don’t want to preach but have never earned 50K pm as salary (side hustles, yes. Salary, no). One learns to live frugally, save diligently, invest wisely. Life skills like cooking, cleaning, laundry come handy in cutting expenses.
Hopefully you will get great raises.— namita (@namitaj68) April 26, 2023
And there were also some who suggested making some lifestyle adjustments as they did and people could eventually start saving with that amount of monthly salary.
Though I agree that 50k is low in metro city, but it totally depends on your lifestyle. For example, as a fresher I am also getting only 30k in Bengaluru, around 10k I send to my family, but still end up saving around 5k.
— Sachin Pandey (@SachinPandeyATD) April 26, 2023
It depends on your lifestyle.
I know ppl with lower than 50k salaries, but still end up saving atleast 8-10k per month, post all expenses.
And I also know ppl whose lifestyle expenses go beyond 50k.
Its all in the lifestyle we want to live.
— Tejas Shekar (@tejas_shekar) April 25, 2023
I think 50k INR per month is enough for a fresher in any major city today. They have to make tough choices and might have to live a bit far away from the city, but its only upwards from here. Its a compromise to make to gain experience. A bit tough but its only a short while…
— Bhargav (usenextbase.com) (@codewithbhargav) April 26, 2023
This comes from a very privileged place i understand because i had parents who could do this.
But doing that helped me 15x salary in 7 years. Had i gotten stuck in the idea of looking for the next better paying job i would be still stuck there.
This is just another take on it
— Bhartiya Kopite (@KloppFSGStooge) April 26, 2023
Well, someone who hires freshers shared why their salary is low. And by low we mean not Rs 50K but way lesser than that.
As someone that hires freshers…that because their value add straight out of college is so low that you can’t afford to pay them more. If they had better skill sets and more longevity salaries would be higher…
— Varun Mehta (@VarunDMehta) April 26, 2023
If nothing works out, it’s best to take moms along to salary negotiations as it’s the last resort to get us paid money for our skills.