Upon inception it was set at $0.25. It is now $7.25.

  • sebinspace@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    1 year ago

    Because an employer paying minimum wage is their way of saying “I’d pay you less if it were legal”, because your employer’s interests are in direct competition with your own. A store manager is not only in direct competition with the store across the street, he is also in competition with his own employees. It is in his interest to ensure he maximizes his own profits, but it is in your interest to make as much money as you can aswell.

    • trailing9@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      The focus should be on "Id pay you less but then you would quit”. Everything else is a weak position.

      If there is no competition among stores, workers compete among each other. Though nobody complains because it’s the weakest humans who won’t find a minimum wage job. When there is a choice for the manager, they will pick the better worker.

      Is it still a good deal for minimum wage workers? What should workers do with abusive managers? With minimum wage, there is no option to be willing to work for less but with better conditions.