Amazon?

[caver]

I also found it interesting that private corporations discouraged strongly (sometimes with a firing) discussing salaries amongst your peers as it they wanted to pay as little as possible. Capitalism without morality is nor better than communism.

I learned that life lesson in '88. Working for a contractor that paid chump change but I saw it as a learning experience. A co-worker admitted he was making .50c for than me. I played dumb but it bothered me that I was often trusted with making sure the electrical installs were done right. I was thinking of leaving Florida and going back to Illinois and that little thing helped seal the deal. 50 cents may not sound like much but it was back then. I could have negotiated a 50 cent raise but felt leaving was the better option.

 

[Midniteoyl]

People making less than $20/hr don't have the luxury of moving as they can't afford it.

BS. I've moved 3 times and owned 2 houses (current 14 acres) on less than $20/hr. While raising 2 kids and 2 g'kids...

 

[3Ts]

I learned that life lesson in '88. Working for a contractor that paid chump change but I saw it as a learning experience. A co-worker admitted he was making .50c for than me. I played dumb but it bothered me that I was often trusted with making sure the electrical installs were done right. I was thinking of leaving Florida and going back to Illinois and that little thing helped seal the deal. 50 cents may not sound like much but it was back then. I could have negotiated a 50 cent raise but felt leaving was the better option.

A person at a company I worked for got another job offer for more money. When she told her boss, they countered the offer and she accepted and stayed. When raises came around 6 months later she didn't get one because "she had just gotten one 6 months earlier" and there was an implication that she was overpaid so may not get a raise for awhile.

 

[3 Horse Ranch]

$15 an hour is not a livable wage unless you have at least somebody else also working. Moreover, moving costs money and involves risk that some people because of personality or circumstance cannot afford to take that risk. Do you expect employers paying $18 or $20 an hour to cover the cost of moving expenses?

FWIW, since I try to not be a hypocrite (I try), I pay people working hourly for me at least $20 but oftentimes, way, way more than that (I'm a real estate broker so I occasionally need people to drop everything and knock out a punch list so we can go to close).

Do you pay the cost of their medical insurance, social security ... like Amazon does?

 

[Dftodd]

A person at a company I worked for got another job offer for more money. When she told her boss, they countered the offer and she accepted and stayed. When raises came around 6 months later she didn't get one because "she had just gotten one 6 months earlier" and there was an implication that she was overpaid so may not get a raise for awhile.

I had that happen when I got promoted several years ago. Got a decent raise with the promotion. Boss put me in for a good raise at normal time. Divisional president stepped in and gave me a nickel.

 

[JDZ735M]

Once in a while, Wally World has good online deals. Last summer I was buying 5-gallon pails with free shipping of synthetic motor oil and synthetic grease for $50 a pull.

Chinese grease.

 

[jyoutz]

Chinese grease.

Not always true. Much of the Walmart super tech lubricants are made by US companies.

 

[JDZ735M]

Not always true. Much of the Walmart super tech lubricants are made by US companies.

Look at the buckets. Sinopec.

 

[jyoutz]

Look at the buckets. Sinopec.

Maybe the grease. The motor oil isn’t.

 

[tradosaurus]

BS. I've moved 3 times and owned 2 houses (current 14 acres) on less than $20/hr. While raising 2 kids and 2 g'kids...

50 years ago on one income on less than $20/hr?

Try that now.