essaitchthrowaway3 t1_jef0vrp wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:16 PM

Reply to comment by TEKC0R in The Sonic in Manchester is going downhill fast by TEKC0R

I've seen Wendys and McDonalds with starting wages at $15/hr, so Sonic can't be that different.

Don't give me this crap that a starting wage that high is tantamount to slave labor like so many people online like to pretend it is. You are making up this theory in your head that the owner is one of those "nobody wants to work" types and then acting like $15/hr is anything but a damn decent wage for the skill of the workers needed.

TEKC0R OP t1_jef1wtp wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:23 PM

In CT? At 40 hours per week, which you'll never get since scheduling always avoids that so they don't risk overtime, that is just $32k per year. The average apartment rent is more than half of that. $15 per hour is not a living wage by any stretch of the imagination.

It has nothing to do with skill and everything to do with the work that needs to be done. If we want people to do these jobs, we need to pay them for their time. There will always be jobs that are easier than others, but a) time doesn't care and b) food service is not easy. It's easy to teach, but it is not easy.

essaitchthrowaway3 t1_jef3hw0 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:33 PM

Tell me you get all your news and opinions from Reddit, without telling me you get all your news and opinions from Reddit.

hillarysabortedson t1_jefrgqy wrote on March 31, 2023 at 6:09 PM

Exactly, that dude is freebasing the kool-aid!

thomisnotmydad t1_jef3aat wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:32 PM

Minimum wage isn’t based on skill, it’s meant to reflect (at minimum) how much money is required to maintain a defined minimum standard of living with that single income so that people who have jobs arent in poverty, even on the lowest rung of the totem pole.

Inflation go brrr, minimum wage must increase

jarfin542 t1_jefezd5 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:47 PM

$15/hr is not a living wage. Maybe if you live at your parent's house and it's a part time wage for a kid in tech school or high school, but there is no way that a person can pay rent, afford a vehicle and insurance, pay for the bare minimum of healthcare, and provide themselves with food in this state, or any other. The system is broken.

ellemenopeaqu t1_jefj7bl wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:15 PM

My aunt works at a daycare. She's lost multiple coworkers because they can get more flexible hours and better pay at McDonalds ($16-17/hr).

essaitchthrowaway3 t1_jefmb8f wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:35 PM

It isn't just those kind of companies. Lots of other smaller businesses can't compete with the wages offered by some fastfood establishments.

Yet the same people in here who will state "oh, well just give those people more money to stay!" will also cry when their child daycare costs become even more. But they'll probably blame the "rich" owners for hogging all the money, even though in many cases daycare companies are mom and pop operations running on a shoestring budget.

The echo chamber in here is hilarious. Clueless and out of touch, but hilarious none the less.