Erika and her husband emigrated to the North American country with the aim of saving money. His plans for the future include build a house in his home country, Ecuador, and give their two children a better quality of life. For those goals, they say, they strive every day.
Among the most recurring questions that women receive in your tiktok account there are two inescapable: what do you work there and how much do you earn. Therefore, Erika decided to share everything regarding her occupation and detailed how she manages money.
The tiktoker specified that they reside in the state of Minnesota (she did not specify the city) and that both she and her husband work as cooks in the same place. In one of her most recent videos, the woman revealed that He earns a salary of $22 an hour and generated quite a debate in the comments section.
Although the Ecuadorian did not mention how much money do you earn weekly, yes you can calculate the salary. It is so because a day of eight hours a day and a week of six days worked, would obtain regarding US$1056. That is, around US$4224 per month if this constant is held. Although for some it might seem like a lot, for others it would not cover more than the basics, as they considered in the reactions.
Érika was grateful to have the opportunity to achieve her goals in the company of her family. However, not everyone agreed with her. Many people criticized her, especially considering that the cost of living in the United States is quite high and, therefore, that salary would not be enough to cover the expenses of a family of four.
For those users, the salary of the content creator is not enough to cover cats in US territory and also save. “Impossible”, “I don’t understand these videos”, “I think that those who live in the United States will know that this it’s like half the minimum”, were some of those comments.
The criticism escalated so much that the woman did not keep her mouth shut and came out to clarify: “In the state that I am payment of US$1200 rent… Maybe I will earn less money but I am grateful because thank God I have a job”, returned the woman.
In another video posted on their same TikTok account, the couple assured that his life in the North American country has met his expectations. Although they miss their home country from time to time, they enjoy this process, mainly because their goal is to raise as much money as possible to build a house.
“With God’s blessing, yes you can save”, Was the description with which the woman published a clip in which she can see how she takes a few hundred dollars from an envelope. “Little by little we are going to manage to make our little house”, he mentioned. With this he wanted to show that when you want to achieve something, it is possible.
Users limited themselves to congratulating her on her enthusiasm and to give him more encouragement to keep going: “Of course you can, those who don’t save are because they are compulsive spenders”; “In the name of God you will have what you long for and much more”; “I believe that if it were not possible to live and save at the same time in the United States, no one would be emigrating to that country,” another user commented.
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