Hear me out. I work for a small business and they pay just a few dollars per hour above minimum wage and we do a lot of work and most of it deals with protecting people’s identities and fraud prevention. The owner is the greediest person I’ve ever heard of and every time any one I know goes and works for a “small family owned” business they’re all a bunch of anti mask, Covid denying, wage thieves who don’t provide benefits. I get no medical, dental, paid time off or anything. 0 benefits. Just what I earn that’s it.
Every time I see “small business appreciation week” or “support local small businesses” I cringe. Not a single small business I’ve run into locally pays their employees anything close to live able and all of them complain nobody wants to work.
The large corporations might suck ass too but they are all offering $15-17 an hour to start. I would change jobs but with my disability I can’t stand long and I’m not fast enough for most jobs. I can sit here and move at a slower pace.
I don’t hate my job. The work is fine. I kind of enjoy it because I do like the customers. But the wages are terrible & my boss is a cheap ass.
/rant