Drive everywhere, media is awful, job is either $12/hr or good money to spend all your day making things worse, people are fake, food is poisoned, plastic is in everything, it all gets more expensive every year to pay people who already have enough, and public space is nonexistent.
I am not from US, so I don’t know what the $12/hr is supposed to be. So I went on to check the minimum wage, apparently the federal minimum is $7.25/hr but can be higher per state. OK, but oh boy I found some American-style shit:
The minimum wage for employees who receive tips is $2.13 per hour. The amount of tips plus the $2.13 must reach at least $7.25 per hour. If not, your employer must pay to make up the difference.
The fuck are you calling a “tip” at this point if it just becomes part of the wage and a way for the employer to save some money??
Here’s the source: https://www.usa.gov/minimum-wage
I did not pull it out my ass, although it’s clearly been pulled out of some.
Dec 3 (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled a last-minute proposal to eliminate employers’ ability to pay less than the minimum wage to certain workers with disabilities.
Now for some awful statistics:
About half of workers earn less than $3.50 per hour, and about 10% are paid $1 an hour or less, according to DOL.
America in general is making Americans miserable.
Drive everywhere, media is awful, job is either $12/hr or good money to spend all your day making things worse, people are fake, food is poisoned, plastic is in everything, it all gets more expensive every year to pay people who already have enough, and public space is nonexistent.
Man, fuck this.
I am not from US, so I don’t know what the $12/hr is supposed to be. So I went on to check the minimum wage, apparently the federal minimum is $7.25/hr but can be higher per state. OK, but oh boy I found some American-style shit:
The fuck are you calling a “tip” at this point if it just becomes part of the wage and a way for the employer to save some money??
Here’s the source: https://www.usa.gov/minimum-wage
I did not pull it out my ass, although it’s clearly been pulled out of some.
Also, if you’re mentally disabled, your employer is allowed to pay you less than minimum wage.
USA, whee
Maybe there’s some hope: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-labor-department-proposes-nixing-sub-minimum-wage-disabled-workers-2024-12-03/
Now for some awful statistics:
That 10%… you can’t even call that pocket money.
Yup… wish there was a way forward
Sounds good