I’m 17 and have poor spending habits, so I’ve started looking for a new job. I’m browsing Indeed and there are listings for $13-$15 an hour jobs and they say they’re offering competitive pay. Minimum wage in my state is up to $11/h. Barely above minimum wage is considered competitive?????
The area I’m in is also pretty affluent and last summer I worked a job where my till would come out to like $1500 a night just in cash. Counting it at the end of my shift felt disrespectful. I was making $9.50 so I’d get like $60 after tax after working my ass off and you’re gonna make me count how much you made that night???
I visited last night (it’s an arcade) and the games were like $2 a pop for 30 seconds. That was 20% of what I made hourly for just 30 seconds. If I actually did the math right, a game would make 125% of what I did. Luckily I would just steal abandoned cards and add them to my own so I wasn’t giving them any of my money.
Plus, most of the jobs available are like a 30 minute commute. It’s almost not worth it.
I’ve been saying I won’t work for anything less than $13/h this summer but with the bullshit these high profit businesses are pulling I might not be able to do that. I’d basically make $10 after gas costs and even less after.
I can’t believe service/retail/food industries expect people to work their ass off for something where you can’t even take care of yourself. I don’t even like pay bills/rent/groceries but $11 would not be nearly enough to support myself.