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Apr 11, 2017 3:27 AM
blessyoursoul
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LivingDecomposition
I'm a 19-year old high-school dropout and I got a non-labor-related job at just short of double the minimum wage for my state ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
tacoparlor
Companies that pay minimum wage are saying "I'd pay you less but it's illegal." Meanwhile the CEO keeps 42 million a year. Fuck that.
Djiang09
That's my life goal right here
Mockturtlesoop
Congrats,OP!
AutismDog
I just switched over from factory work to janitorial. 14/hr 6 days a week six hours a day. Hours are flexible so I can work 40. :)
EffieDeia
Where do you work?
DarkDragonTargaryen7
Bad Luck Leo. GETS HIRED...... AT UNITED AIRLINES
nesste
Hope this upvote ive given you covers your bills, or at least makes you smile.
blessyoursoul
Thank you kindly :)
CrepesForDinner
My first retail job 7 years ago paid me more out of the gate than my most recent job. Sometimes we take what we can get.
bigbrothersbinary
Were you working at an A&P. I got a job at that place as the union's were falling apart. Did pretty well for myself and paid for school.
ceramicpear
Opposite for me. New job pays $2 more out of the gate than my previous job did at the end of nearly 6 years.
downvoteacct
As a United Airlines re-accommodator?
CityYeti
I have an interview later today myself. I really hope I get this one
kytrix
Ayyyyyeeeee.
Almightytoad
No tree fiddy jokes? Oh well.
blessyoursoul
Thank Christ there aren't
Mayyybe
55 cents is 55cents!!!! ( round of applause!)
loser9999
You know Wal-Mart makes like 11 an hour right?
blessyoursoul
I live in Canada, minimum is already 12.20
FrostyBunz
What province? I'm in Ontario pretty sure it's still 11.40
blessyoursoul
Alberta
doctorwalterbishop
Heck yeah!
dbs84mn
Congrats! But, I am told by my "red friends" you don't need more than minimum wage. Just saying. /s
nominaltoactual2
Do you live in a tree moonflower??
harleenVT
As someone that lived on miminum wage. You dont need more to live. But more for luxuries we forget are actually such things
Lefthandturnsignal
Minimum wage is survivable, but only just
CigaretteMan
Nice. I've managed to get two (legit) jobs in my life that both payed LESS than minimum. I've got terrible fucking luck.
blessyoursoul
Jesus. That's brutal! Sorry about your luck :(
nominaltoactual2
Try illegit it pays more...Oh yea and don't get caught.
Crustypeanut
I make more than minimum wage. Like, 40 cents over minimum wage. *Sigh*
blessyoursoul
Living the dream! Just like me! Now we can afford brand name bread!
Crustypeanut
I've switched from the super cheap tomato sauce to the kroger-brand stuff. 30 cents more per can, hoo boy am I living the life.
Crustypeanut
actually the Kroger stuff is 100x better for slightly more price. better than ragu/hunts too.
blessyoursoul
Is it? There are some things that I prefer to be brand name, based on flavour and quality.
Crustypeanut
Some yeah, but Kroger ones *tend* to be pretty decent for their price. Like, their Salt and Vinegar chips > Lay's ones.
JerfyMcGriddles
Hey everyone! @OP said he can afford to take us all out for drinks now cuz he's rich!
blessyoursoul
She* but hell ya! Tequila shots for everyone!!!
RonaldBilliusWeasley
Now figure out what the hell happened in steps 2-72
triplesees
Just buy a bottle. Party at your place.
ERJockey
Are you a southerner? Your username leads me to believe so.
blessyoursoul
No I'm a northerner.. Canada
WannaSeeMyPogCollection
Tequila shot* for everyone. OP'S still on a budget.
blessyoursoul
True. And it won't be patron.
bluepopsicles
Congrats @OP
TruckTheChuck
Did some say tequila shots? Those are my favorite.
blessyoursoul
Mine too!
heislegend
Tequila! You my lady!
AnyaNorthern
Did someone say free? Those are my favourite!
Sobutai
Did you just assume your gender?
Insertstupidpun
Nobody is safe
JezusChrizt
JerfyMcGriddles
Woah okay I'll take a gin and are you single?
thisisagoldfish
The thirst
JerfyMcGriddles
We talkin' about the gin here cuz yeah
SpecimenSpiff
No, make it a double.
JerfyMcGriddles
Fuckin' always a double what do you take me for, a chump?
DogBooties
Man Americans can get screwed on wages
blessyoursoul
I'm Canadian, but yes... yes we all do
chupacabraattack
I went to a trade school after fucking up traditional UNI and was making $23 an hour after one year. It isn't impossible to improve yourself
tacoparlor
True, but working hard for yourself and having a government support fair wages are not mutually exclusive.
chupacabraattack
"Fair wage" is debatable. Unskilled labor is just that. Without a low starting wage there is no incentive for improvement.
chupacabraattack
People in their 40s arnt ment to be in fast food jobs. Those are entry level jobs.
tacoparlor
Minimum wage in the 60s was the equivalent of $11/hr today. Companies paying min. wage would pay less if allowed. The "unskilled" labor 1/2
malexmatt
Minimum wage in the 60's was the equivalent of $11/hr today for one year, 1968, for the rest it was more like ~$9/hr
tacoparlor
argument is outdated. What is CLEARLY not fair is someone making 250,000 times what another is while doing less work, if we're talking fair.
tacoparlor
As to "no incentive," nothing is more damning to motivation than working 70 hrs a week at minimum wage.
chupacabraattack
That is a bad attitude. Mine would be "I don't make enough so I need to get a better job"
malexmatt
Just to be clear here, minimum wage for 70 hours a week is more than $2,000 a month. That's a good amount of money.
dontmindmepls
I've been making like 11/hr for like 4 years... stay in school kids!
blessyoursoul
^^this
aninvisiblemaniac
I make 11.50 now and I'm currently going to school, learn to cook, kids
KillerTofu615
Just got a job making 16 an hour with a likely 3 dollar raise in May. Don't have a college degree. Join the military. Get training.
SergeantSalsa
Aand then there are those who get an education and still make the same as me with no education in the same field
malexmatt
As an average, people with degrees still make more than those without them. You have to dis-aggregate to make useful personal decisions
SergeantSalsa
I know, I know. It was a job in-between. Just pointing out that these cases exist also
wlfman
I'm just pointing out 11/hr is way more than minimum wage, but I do agree with your point of staying in school
blessyoursoul
Jesus, 11 is more than minimum where you are from? Minimum here is 12.20
wlfman
US minimum is 7.25
blessyoursoul
Thats terrifying. I can't make ends meet with my wage, how in the fuck can anyone in America do it with that wage?!
wlfman
short answer: they don't, long answer: they should have thought about that before becoming poor (kidding)
wlfman
I'm assuming Canada?
blessyoursoul
Yup. Apparently it's going up to 13.60 in October!
wlfman
geez, you guys just seem to have your shit together