• ShepherdPie@midwest.social
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    1 month ago

    Imagine being a salaried employee and only earning $16.80 per hour, assuming 40 hours a week. I wonder what type of work this even covers as that’s slightly above minimum wage here, and it requires you to work all those extra hours for free.

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      1 month ago

      about the whole “a work week is 40 hours” thing too…

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        1 month ago

        If you’re working 60 hours a week like a lot of the salaried people I work with, that brings your hourly pay down to $11.80. I just can’t imagine why someone would take a job like that when there are so many hourly entry level jobs that pay more than that.

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          1 month ago

          people take shit jobs with shit pay because they don’t have any other options

          so many hourly entry level jobs that pay more than that

          not for much longer would be my guess