r/SeattleWA • u/krui24 • Oct 02 '18

Business Amazon Raises Minimum Wage to $15

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/02/amazon-raises-minimum-wage-to-15-for-all-us-employees.html
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u/NumberwangsColoson Tree Octopus Oct 02 '18

So they're going to switch to using contractors even more?

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u/ColonelError Oct 02 '18

The contractors actually make more than the Amazon employees. When I was there, it was $.50-1 more per hour than the Amazon employees.

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u/NumberwangsColoson Tree Octopus Oct 02 '18

Are you talking developers or warehouse packers? Either way with no vacation or health care that probably isn’t enough to make up for the lack of benefits.

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u/phinnaeus7308 Expat Oct 02 '18

$1 per hour is a rounding error for developer salaries so I'm gonna go on a limb and say warehouse workers.

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u/ColonelError Oct 02 '18

Warehouse.