this journey, an administrative assistant shares how she overcame losing her job during COVID-19.I'm a 37-year-old white woman working as an administrative assistant in the Midwest. I make $16.50 an hour with full benefits, about $33,000 a year, working for a stainless-steel company. My primary duties are filing invoices and putting together orders. 73.3 million peopleMy salary journey has had its ups and downs.
I took a full-time job at a steel-manufacturing company, starting at $11 per hour. I worked there for three and a half years and left making $13.75. I asked for two raises myself. But just as tax season in 2020 was about to wrap up, COVID-19 hit, and my company went completely remote. Before the pandemic, I'd planned to spend the summer working for the US Census Bureau, but that fell through. Suddenly, I was jobless.