I just got a raise to $15/hr. Been working a year and a half at $13.50/hr. If this goes through, I'm back to being minimum wage. I really feel like I would no longer have a reason to live.
My son makes $16/hr as a college intern, computer engineer. He'll now be $1 above minimum wage. Most engineering internships are at least double minimum wage and they're not going to pay him $30/hr.
No incentive for high skill high stress jobs. Money is the only reason I prefer to code and destroy my health and eye sight then doing something like construction which I've done in the past.
Inflation might do it, but minimum wage law is inheritably bad for everyone. Employers get less employees, employees working have higher expectations laden on them that they typically can't meet, and applicants for jobs find themselves unable to find one.
He knows. He doesn't give a fuck.
I just got a raise to $15/hr. Been working a year and a half at $13.50/hr. If this goes through, I'm back to being minimum wage. I really feel like I would no longer have a reason to live.
My son makes $16/hr as a college intern, computer engineer. He'll now be $1 above minimum wage. Most engineering internships are at least double minimum wage and they're not going to pay him $30/hr.
No incentive for high skill high stress jobs. Money is the only reason I prefer to code and destroy my health and eye sight then doing something like construction which I've done in the past.
tell me about it, im making 18/hr for doing hard manual labor........
Inflation might do it, but minimum wage law is inheritably bad for everyone. Employers get less employees, employees working have higher expectations laden on them that they typically can't meet, and applicants for jobs find themselves unable to find one.
That's the funny thing about getting paid minimum wage, it's like they're telling you "We would pay you less, but that would be illegal"
Minimum wage should be a dollar per hour, then everyone could feel wealthier where they are, and negotiate for what they need.