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My niece just got her first job. Really puts it in perspective how long it’s been since they raised the minimum wage.

My 16 year old niece just got her first job at a fast food place. They’re paying her minimum wage, which is $7.25 in my state. The job is at the same restaurant I worked at for my first job, in 2005. I made $5.15 an hour. That means that in the last 18 years, they have raised the pay by a whole $2.10 per hour. Holy hell. Really puts in perspective to see a real world example. The greed is horrifying. Of course I knew the minimum wage was $7.25 and has been for a long while but something about the direct comparison of the same job role at the same company paying a mere $2 difference after 18 YEARS is blowing my mind. She wasn’t even BORN YET when I worked there!


My 16 year old niece just got her first job at a fast food place. They’re paying her minimum wage, which is $7.25 in my state. The job is at the same restaurant I worked at for my first job, in 2005. I made $5.15 an hour. That means that in the last 18 years, they have raised the pay by a whole $2.10 per hour. Holy hell. Really puts in perspective to see a real world example. The greed is horrifying.

Of course I knew the minimum wage was $7.25 and has been for a long while but something about the direct comparison of the same job role at the same company paying a mere $2 difference after 18 YEARS is blowing my mind. She wasn’t even BORN YET when I worked there!

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