Yeah that's about how I read it too.
99 times out of 100, it's because someone was entitled to theirs. Well tough shit it's a new world.
I disagree. I’ve spent the last 6 months trying to get an electrician to replace my freight dock lights with LEDs. It’s very hard to find skilled labor. It is very easy to find a useless college grad to work in a cubicle that contributes nothing to a company.
I don't care what you or your wife did or think about society. It's a new world and people have better options now. Stop being petty and envious.
I also bet they weren’t eating off the Taco Bell $.99 menu like I use to when I made minimum wage.
Maybe you do, but you clearly don't understand the value of working on your own time or not having an asshole boss to put up with. It's worth its weight in gold as far as I'm concerned.Name 3 jobs in college that pay better.
My degree is in economics also.
No way their wait staff make only $7.50 an hour. Not with tips. I cringe to think how little the kitchen staff might make.
Damn right... Unlike a lot of folks, my parents weren't that well off. They managed to pay my tuition and they busted their asses to do that. I'm grateful to this day, even though they are long gone now.
imo living wage changes as you get older. I do agree that minimum wage is asinine.
But to me working at the Esso, like many similar jobs, is not meant to be something you raise a family on. Its for gas and beer money. Same thing with fast food restaurants, etc.
No they don't:
Good for you. You clearly value actual dollars more than anything else from your work life. I don't. I'm not saying one or the other is wrong, but the fact that it's so much harder to find cheap labor now ought to tell you something. And I definitely don't care about your politics. At all.
Well obviously the student age kids disagree and are finding other ways to get by without serving obnoxious drunks for very little money. My son worked at cvs stocking shelves in high school and made 14 an hour. That’s just the reality of what they are competing with.
I don't think it has much to do with living wage vs non-living wage. The market dictates what labor is worth and right now unemployment is SUPER low. If you want labor, you need to pay for it just like you would anything else. It's supply and demand.
No, lots and lots and lots of people work those jobs for way more than beer and gas money. Only someone very out of touch with the real world could think such a thing.
Dumbass post. You should go work at The Esso Club since you find it an issue.The Esso Club will be closed on Monday's going forward.
If I was a college kid this would ABSOLUTELY make me want to come in and apply!
My HS kid worked a at pizzeria making $12 an hour. She'd do a 4 hour shift and come home with $30-$40 in tips as well.
Then I'd recommend they find more meaningful employment. That's not out of touch. That's the truth.
I get what you're saying, but aren't a politician's policies extremely important as to why we're where we are?
something something invisible hand something something free market.
Right now the market is determining wages. That is exactly why the Esso club is taking Mondays off. The number of customers on Mondays may not generate enough tips to make it worth while for the workers. Restaurants have always been the starting point for teenagers to get their first job (it was for me). Look at unemployment for teens in the People's Republic of California. They can't get that first job because businesses need people that will work at the level of a $20 per hour plus benefits. Now everything costs more because of the high minimum wage and it is no longer enough to get by (even with food assistance and federal tax credits).
The job market is a free market. Better pay, more and better employees.
