I used to pay employees $8 an hour

[Quasar44]

That was good $$$ back in the early 2000s
Now I am paying a whopping 13 an hour

That is over 50 percent inc

 

[percysunshine]

That was good $$$ back in the early 2000s
Now I am paying a whopping 13 an hour

That is over 50 percent inc

If you hire illegal immigrants, it will be slightly less expensive than Harvard graduates.

 

[Asclepias]

That was good $$$ back in the early 2000s

Bullshit. I made more than that my very first security guard job back in the 90's

 

[JoeMoma]

Considering that it's been 20 years, that is an inflation rate around 3 % on wages.

 

[Quasar44]

JoeMoma
You think $13 is too low ??

 

[Asclepias]

JoeMoma
You think $13 is too low ??

Where do your employees live? That shit is low.

 

[deannalw]

You've been at it 20 years and still ain't got it right

 

[JoeMoma]

JoeMoma
You think $13 is too low ??

It may be okay for a starting wage. Good for a first job for a teenager.

 

[Quasar44]

deannalw
lol

 

[Quasar44]

deannalw
I was paid tree fiddy at my JCC job in the summer of 1992

 

[bodecea]

That was good $$$ back in the early 2000s
Now I am paying a whopping 13 an hour

That is over 50 percent inc

So you are talking almost 20 years ago? Do you think housing, gas, cars, etc. have stayed the same?

 

[Quasar44]

bodecea
I have no idea

 

[Likkmee]

That was good $$$ back in the early 2000s
Now I am paying a whopping 13 an hour

That is over 50 percent inc

I paid more than that in 1977

 

[Flash]

Pay them what they are willing to work for. If it is too low they will go elsewhere.

 

[deannalw]

deannalw
I was paid tree fiddy at my JCC job in the summer of 1992

Min wage in '92 was 4.25.

 

[bodecea]

bodecea
I have no idea

And yet you are all in for Capitolism, aren't you?

 

[Quasar44]

deannalw
Maybe it was 4.50 then
I just love saying tree fiddy lol

 

[Likkmee]

Pay them what they are willing to work for. If it is too low they will go elsewhere.

I can get $15 an hour tomorrow picking coffee if I HAD to. IF it was a good farm

 

[Flash]

I can get $15 an hour tomorrow picking coffee if I HAD to. IF it was a good farm

I can get $250/hr doing Engineering consulting.

 

[deannalw]

I can get $15 an hour tomorrow picking coffee if I HAD to. IF it was a good farm

I'd work on a beer farm for free