My partner has worked for a large retail clothing chain that has a “surfer vibe” since he was 17 years old. That’s roughly 10 years and it’s the only job he’s ever had, he has worked his way up to store manager.
They start new employees at $9/hr and we live in a large metro city.
McDonald’s pays more, in fact almost every other store in the mall pays more.
Today they told him that if he can’t hire 5 people in the next 30 days they would be letting him go.
Fuck greedy corporations who offer slave wages and wonder why they can’t hire or retain talent.