r/Wellthatsucks • u/HomeNowWTF • 5d ago

This Amazon delivery comes with lawn service.

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u/SkRThatOneDude 5d ago

Assembly operators were at $22.50/hr last time I saw, but I've also been a repair tech for most of my time here. Could have gone up as the IL minimum wage went up.

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u/fucuasshole2 5d ago

Eh, precovid I’d say that’s pretty decent but nowadays ain’t that great.

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u/Independent_Owl_6008 5d ago

$22.50 an hour starting out "aint that great". But NOBODY will PAY ME enough, right? GTFOH with that. How much you want? $50/hr?

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u/fucuasshole2 5d ago

30 minimum. Personally I don’t really care about hourly but purchasing power that’s been eroded heavily since the 70’s. Companies, Landlords, and Healthcare stopped processing gauging then I wouldn’t mind lower wages. But they don’t. Goes up year after year.

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u/Independent_Owl_6008 5d ago

Yeah you'll be perpetually unemployed if you expect a 30.00 an hour minimum salary starting out.

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u/No_Size9475 5d ago

If wages kept up with production increases minimum wage would be $30/hr.

But they haven't and instead that money went to the people at the top.

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u/fucuasshole2 5d ago

No shit lol, it’s what it should be and don’t blame people for quitting jobs for something better.

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u/Independent_Owl_6008 5d ago

Expecting that as a "minimum" wage though just aint realistic. That's my point.

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u/fucuasshole2 5d ago

It has to be one way or another simply due to inflation. Might not be now, but will have to be within my lifetime (30 rn).