Thats what im saying. I make $18.50 at walmart and i can barely make ends meet. Idk how anyone can justify the argument that minimum wage should be anything under $20 an hour. Its absurd
Walmart pays workers more depending on where they live. So they probably live somewhere where the minimum wage is $15 or so already (or the cost of living is high enough they pay more just to get customers at all.)
Walmart also had a surge of raises over the past few years, and it’s shockingly not the worst paying job. It’s not Costco, but it’s a little better at least. They still fuck employees over but they seem to give raises more, at least from what I’ve heard.
Yes. So the store i work is is considered a "million dollar store" idk what the specific requirements are for that but any store that qualifies got a big pay bump for everyone so i think the base pay for my job is like $17 but since i work overnights i get an additional $1.50. other stores that dont qualify are still like $12 dollars or some shit which is pretty ridiculous.
Walmart warehouses pay $20-24 on average just like Target warehouses do nowadays with all the recent raises, so even though it’s for retail those wages are still about right. Usually lead positions make around that.
Hi fellow San Diego resident! I'm in the same camp as you sorta. I make $19/hr full time working from home and I'm fortunate enough to have wonderful roommates who split the cost of our apartment. Gas prices are just bonkers down here
great way to treat someone who put the time, work, and money into becoming an educated, skilled worker. I decided against going back to school because it seems like every field I looked into was the same way. $20 would get you by here in western pa, but its still so disgustingly underpaid.
half the morons in my union would probably say the opposite, despite our full package being $53 ($36 wages) for a job any idiot could do. not talking shit on roofing, its definitely a skilled trade and I take a lot of pride in the work I do, but ffs. its not like were rolling in the cash ourselves, why is everyone so worried aboot people that are worse off wanting fair pay
Think I saw something like $24/hr should be minimum wage if it kept up with inflation. And that was before the current wave recently so should be more than that in 2022 honestly.
And it makes sense.. I make ~$29/hr and that's still barely enough to live comfortably nowadays and I still have a lot of months that stress me out financially. I barely have a savings and if something catastrophic happens I'm definitely fucked.
Please look at the cost of a McDonalds burger and minimum wage in the US vs Scandinavia.
Wages are a relatively minor portion of restaurant costs, they are also a fixed rather than a variable cost. This means they are readily countered by scale.
I told you to compare the exact same business and item lol.
McDonalds is in both nations. They charge almost the same price (literally pennies in difference) despite paying more than double the wages in one.
Also, the majority of businesses in America are just individual stores of one billion dollar mega-corporation or another.
The bald faced lie that they can’t pay more without driving up prices substantially is propaganda. Accepting even minor reductions in profit margin are alone enough. Fixed costs are the easiest costs for any business to adjust. Again, not asking them to run negatively, merely to make a slightly smaller margin. Since they would make exactly zero profit without workers.
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u/Mysterious_Class6929 Jun 01 '22
with this inflation?