Just discovered this sub pretty recently, but figured this story was perfect for it. I started work with a warehouse in 2018, employed by a logistics company, and contracted to a tire manufacturer (two multi-billion dollar companies). Basically they ship tires to us, and we sort and ship those tires to various stores. We're on forklifts for 90% of our shift, but we aren't paid as forklift operators because of the 10% of our time spent off of the forklift. The pay started out at $15 an hour, and increased to $20.50 an hour currently. The kicker is, year by year we got meager raises, until the minimum wage increased to $15 in California this year. We received a $4 dollar raise as soon as the minimum wage was approved to increase. Casually talking to my boss a few months ago, and he brought up how difficult it has been to hire employees that are reliable and efficient, and how nobody seems to last longer than a few months. I replied with our pay could be better, to incentivize people to want to stay for a competitive wage compared to the numerous other warehouses that surround our facility, and he said he believed $20.50 was a fair wage to offer (our neighboring warehouses start at $25 an hour minimum). I brought up that our wages only had a significant increase due to the minimum wage being raised, and asked if it was instead raised to $20 an hour instead if $15, what would we be paid? Seemingly, without giving it too much thought, he replied probably at least $25 an hour. I said if that's the case, why aren't we being paid that wage currently? He looked at me, realizing what he just said, and just replied thanks for taking the time to voice my thoughts and went back to his office.