In 1964 minimum wage was $1.25. The last year the govt minted 90% silver coins was 1964. In that year 5 silver quarters equaled 1 oz of silver or about $1.25 … What are five 1964 silver quarters worth today? About $24.00 Minimum wage should be at least $24 if kept up with inflation. edit: silver quarter value at https://www.coinflation.com/coins/1932-1964-Silver-Washington-Quarter-Value.html
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Has anyone ever run across being paid two different hourly rates? The job I’m about to start pays me at the rate I negotiated for while doing direct work with a client, but pays four dollars an hour less for indirect work (travel,prep,training). I’m just having a hard time wrapping my head around my time being worth four less dollars an hour depending on what function I’m preforming.
Throwaway account. I started working at a new bar in my city in November. I'm a full-time student and I have another job as a bar manager but I picked up this job as a supplemental income while my other job is slow this season. It was supposed to open in November when I was hired but after about 4 or 5 opening day pushbacks and two months of useless, repetitive training, it finally opened in January even though this place is very much still under construction. The bar has a ton of issues but the money was pretty good so I stuck with it and even got my partner a job working during the week (I worked on the weekends). Mind you we both have studies and primary jobs. I'll sum up some of the core issues of the place since listing them all would be a novel. The…
So I took a job 6 months ago, as a way to earn some extra money and figure out what I wanted to do (transitioned out of higher ed). Starting pay was $17-$20, they gave me $17, which sucked, but it's on me that I didn't negotiate. In that 6 months, I've edited and written multiple documents, taken on extra hours, and assisted multiple departments with finding and fixing errors, including several accounting errors. I did all that partly because it's engrained in me to do my job well and to fix problems when I see them, and partly because any experience is useful. I've been applying to other jobs, but they were giving me more and more responsibility, including training some coworkers, and writing and designing the documentation for a new manager position. They also asked me to take on the manager duties I've got my 6 month performance…
“Your manager worked 80 hours last week. I worked 60 hours last week and you only worked 47 hours last week so I docked your pay one whole day.”
Hey guys! Quick clarification: I work at a really small company, and it is a toxic workspace. Micromanaging, criticism on minute details (and on bigger scales), a boss who is constantly annoyed and tense and seemingly so angry all the time. Add that to unpaid overtime, assignments being given just before I want to leave, personal requests being entirely forgotten – you get the picture. Conditions aren't great, but it took me 30, 40 failed applications to get this job and at the time I thought it was better than none. Anyways, this toxicity has led to my anxiety spiking, and I dread going there. Hell, I dread being there. I also constantly have fear of getting fired, getting treated like shit over mistakes… how do you guys maintain a “fuck it, do bare minimum, I leave when I leave and I don't care about criticism” attitude? I want to…