Had a job at Walmart for a week. $16.50/hour. It was great, that was becoming the norm because everyone else was hiring around that rate. Got sick during my 90 so they fired me, whatever. Went back to a grocery store I worked at years ago that used to pay $3 over minimum wage starting just as a rule. Minimum wage in my state is $12.50 so I was expecting $15. Nope, I’m being paid $12.75/hour with two years of experience in my section. I don’t mind the work but near minimum wage with inflation is a no go. Everyone there is complaining no one wants to work and they can’t keep employees when a job is a job and you take what you can get. I’ve got two kids and student loans. Houses where I live cost half a million dollars and food/gas prices keep going up. I shouldn’t have to settle for near minimum wage.