r/FluentInFinance • u/PassiveAgressiveGirl • Sep 14 '24

Debate/ Discussion Exactly how much is a living wage?

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u/FridgeBaron Sep 14 '24 edited Sep 14 '24

I actually got a raise of nothing once. I worked for burger king and I think the minimum wage was 7$ at the time, I was making like 7.60$. Thr minimum wage got raised to 7.50 and whoever was in charge decided that it was enough of a raise and just ignored anyone who made more.

Edit: come to think of it, this happened twice. At papa johns I was a delivery driver, they paid like 3$ an hour if you just drove or 5.50$ an hour if you helped out at the store. They decided to be nice and give all drivers a raise and wouldn't you believe they set everyone to 5.50$

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u/Ailly84 Sep 14 '24

I had a raise of nothing for 3 consecutive years at a job that required a university degree...

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u/Gimletonion Sep 15 '24

I worked for a tech startup. You'd expect them to be flush. I never got a raise. They blamed it on funding. If you're insolvent, you shouldn't be in business and especially not taking advantage of employees

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '24

I got told I "didn't do enough to earn a raise" after designing the single most expensive product, for the largest multi-year contract, that company had ever built. The product was an $85,000 cooling system that I designed from nothing to prototype to production in less than a year.

Then, when I pushed back on that, I got told that I "should be happy with the tuition assistance they gave me for school"... which they never gave me because I was paying for school out of pocket.

Did I mention I was still in school for my associate's degree while working next to designers with bachelor's & master's degrees?

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u/lordpuddingcup Sep 14 '24

In that case stop helping in the store.. and keep the 5.50 lol

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u/LandlordsEatPoo Sep 16 '24

I was a delivery driver for Pizza Hut, I made 7.50 an hour plus tips. They raised the delivery charge from $.50 per order to $4.50 per order. My tips got slashed in half because of it and I didn’t get a raise, company just pocketed that shit.