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posted ago by Bigbadchows ago by Bigbadchows +2365 / -4

An employee at a major bank in Florida was so grateful we passed 15 an hour min. She makes roughly 19 an hour and her son works in retail. She said how pleased she was that they would earn more money. I stated "how we going to make more money"? She went on to explain her 20 years of service is worth a lot more than min wage. I responded the 15 an hour is like food stamps, designed to help the poorest among us. She than asked the manager when they raise the min wage 1.5 will she get more money. To which she was told no, just the annual raise if available. It was at that moment she understood. Telling me if she could work at the zoo for 15 an hour why would she work in a high stress office. To which I responded "you wouldn't". In hind sight I should have said those making 100k would prolly get raises.

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mikejones 27 points ago +31 / -4

I was making $17 / hour and slightly stressful. I was thinking soon I can make $15 doing something easy. Could get a 2nd easy job and make more money and work a few more hours a week but it'll be easy and fun.

Maybe my job would have given me more than $17 but I didn't stick around.

Took a chance and applied at another job. My hobby is computers so I figured I can do IT. The hiring guy asked how much I'm worth. I said $35 for shits and giggles. Now I may $30 / hour doing something I love.