“The former banker drove fancy cars and took extravagant vacations… Ernie Casillas says that being unemployed has grounded him from his high-flying days in the banking sector. But with the banking industry in crisis, his job is gone – as is his lavish lifestyle.” “Casillas says, he was successful, making about $70,000 a year in the banking industry.” http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/03/12/craigslist.economy/index.html $70,000 salary in CA = lavish lifestyle. Really now.
That is hilarious.
Almost sounds like a joke.
The $70K/year “high fliers” out there are a major reason why we are in this credit crisis to begin with. Give me a break…$70K? Seriously?
He was ballin’, living lavishly with the hottest Honda EX on the block and two automatic garage door openers. Man, those bankers have it made.
philip.platt Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > He was ballin’, living lavishly with the hottest > Honda EX on the block and two automatic garage > door openers. Man, those bankers have it made. and don’t forget a house with an indoor plumbing and heat. Man i wish I could ball like him.
46 years old making $70k in ‘banking’??? Was he a branch manager of a retail bank? In my line of tax work, I’ve seen 26-30 year olds making much more than him in financial services. Hell, I saw a 24 year old plumber making more than him. At 46 you had better be in the 6 figures so your salary keeps up with CPI/Inflation growth.
maybe they forgot to add another zero to that number
Bill.S.Preston,Esq Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > maybe they forgot to add another zero to that > number Somehow I don’t think so.
he worked for a non-bank subprime lender and his dad is an immigrant, possibly illegal, so 70k a year is good for him i’m sure. its not like he was an ib or anything. its all relative boys and girls, we all can’t have private schooling, a bachelor’s and a master’s.
The son of a Mexican immigrant, Casillas says, he was successful, making about $70,000 a year in the banking industry. “I was just living a very good life,” he said. “My daughter would ask me to take her to Las Vegas for her birthday, and we would stay at the most expensive hotels. Every year, this is what she wanted.” But ultimately, he said, he decided, “I’m just going to put it out there. I’m not going to be embarrassed. I’m just going to tell the whole world: I’m unemployed, and I need a job today. And the response was great.” “I have over 20 years of experience in sales, telephone sales in a call center, customer service, administrative assistant, cash handling, teller, and many more skills and abilities. Great personality, very friendly, hard worker, very responsible,” it said. “I will be happy to e-mail you my resume. I need a job now. Please call my cell phone.” “My phone kept ringing and ringing and ringing with people interested in my ability to think outside the box,” he said, adding that he now has three good leads on potential jobs.
In the oil patch, you can have no undergraduate degree and make really good coin on the rigs (100 to 150k). Your life is horrible though (worse than a banker’s)
TheAliMan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In the oil patch, you can have no undergraduate > degree and make really good coin on the rigs (100 > to 150k). Your life is horrible though (worse than > a banker’s) yea and they don’t work full year either probably
Deep underwater scuba divers at oil rigs make pretty good coin as well - I think their life (risk) is even worse though . . haha
Yes, no doubt phil. I much prefer Carpal Tunnel Syndrome risk 
Sounds like a leveraged sellout post.
Was this article a satire piece? Why is he calling himself a yuppie? He’s old
This guy is a clown, not a yuppie.
Sounds to me like he’s also got some identity crisis on top of his financial woes
When can you call yourself a banker?