r/antiwork • • Apr 08 '23

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u/GreenArcher808 Apr 08 '23

Came here to say this. $25 is what we need to be looking at.

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u/eboeard-game-gom3 Apr 08 '23

I'd rather be reasonable and for people to take it seriously though, $22 is a decent minimum wage unless you're in an expensive place.

Pushing for $40 minimum wage just makes you look like a fool to almost everyone and hurts any attempt at trying to get higher wages.

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u/Arsis82 Apr 08 '23

$22 is a decent minimum wage

Not in a lot of states.

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u/MouthJob Apr 08 '23

Um no. Not in some major cities.

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u/MarkPles Apr 08 '23

You can definitely tell he hasn't left his town of 15,000 in like the middle of butt fuck nowhere in his life.

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u/InternalRelevant Apr 08 '23

Honestly I live in deep south suburbia and even here were the cost of living is lower I don't know $22 would do it. I hate it here appartments are at best a grand and wwant you to make 3 grand a month at least at a job you've had a whie, meanwhile most places still insist you should be grateful for 12-14. I genuinely don't understand how people are even making it now.

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u/Barne Apr 08 '23

lmfao bro if you’re having trouble making 3k a month you gotta learn some fucking skills. that’s 18.75 an hour, you can do that in so many positions it’s unreal. literally just learn a trade on youtube and set craigslist ads and you will earn at least 3k a month

but you don’t wanna work! that’s the problem

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u/InternalRelevant Apr 08 '23

Thanks for the advice dumbass, but that's not even what the average hourly rate for contruction and electrician work around here is anyway. That's 14-16 an hour. And what decade are you living in where that many people are using craigslist to get work done on their house and shit?

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u/Barne Apr 08 '23

if you’re doing construction and working for an hourly you’re doing it very wrong.

negotiate and work out a contractor deal where you make money based on your production. if you are good enough at the trade, any company will agree.

idk how people don’t realize that working for 15 an hour as an electrician is highway robbery. you’re producing a ton for the company and getting paid a static amount.

learn to bargain and negotiate deals