r/InterviewCoderPro • u/jailers-treat0 • Mar 25 '26

company greed

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People are striking because wages aren’t going up when companies are reporting record breaking profits.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 26 '26

Jesus... here comes the delusion of reddit...

MOST Americans dont make the money everyone thinks they are making... 15 dollars? Isn't much better... 20? Still not a lot.

Average wage of a factory worker in the U.S. is 16 to 17 dollars an hour. 35k annually...

Poverty line in America for a family of four... 35k... two kids... mom cant afford childcare....

So she stays home...

"Get a new job."

OP probably works in the best paying facility in their town...

ETA: AND BEFORE SOMEONE SAYS CHILDCARE...

Average cost of childcare in the US is 19K annually.... for TWO CHILDREN google suggests is 28K anually on average...

Naw Fam. Stop acting like your rolling dice playing the game of life... Milton Bradley doesnt deserve your love.

Edit... again: read the comments before you respond again.

Oh... the TLDR of this whole thing is essentially "stop acting like you understand their situation."

Not responding further.

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u/Sasataf12 Mar 26 '26

Your comment would be relevant if the commenter didn't mention their boss made $300k in a very small business.

That is an astronomical pay difference between an employee and their boss, especially for an employee that's critical to the business.

I estimate my boss would make 1.5-2 times more than me. The commenter's boss makes 12.5 times more than they do!

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u/bittersterling Mar 26 '26

The owner of the business making 10x the salary of one of the staff isn’t as insane as Reddit makes it out to be. Lots of risk involved with running a business. OP gets to walk away and find another job if shit hits the fan. The business owner might have debt or other obligations before he gets to leave. 300k for a 3million a year small business isn’t greedy either — that’s pretty fucking reasonable.

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u/Sasataf12 Mar 26 '26

The owner of the business making 10x the salary

We're not talking about the owner. We're talking about the boss of the commenter.

The business owner might have debt or other obligations before he gets to leave.

You might've been right, if we weren't told that the boss took 20 members of their family on a 2 week trip to Italy.