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my wife will be working for $7.25 an hr. unless a budget is reached soon by the State.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/02/califo ... index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/02/califo ... index.html
radiantquest said:If it was minimum wage or nothing I most certainly would. I would not be willing to work my current job for minimum wage.
studyer83 said:f I needed the money and there were not other options, sure.
This article in the NY Times raises a similar/related issue: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/busin ... ation.html
i'd agree with you !! our state waste so much money especially in the Ca. State prison system. 3 meals a day with full health benefit for prisoners on death row.studyer83 said:If I needed the money and there were not other options, sure.
This article in the NY Times raises a similar/related issue: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/business/economy/07generation.html
I'm amazed the kid let himself be a NY Times story. If I were looking to hire him and found this, I would hesitate.
California is running out of money. Many have received generous benefits from the state for years. Now they must cut back, in many painful places. The cuts cannot be perfectly targeted at those who received the benefits, of course. But they have to happen. I'm sure everyone knows a "better" place for the states to begin cutting, but at the end of the day they just have to slash.
DF, this is not aimed at you or your wife at all -- I couldn't imagine how stressful it would be to have my salary slashed!! Just saying that this is one of the unfortunate consequences of living way beyond our means. Maybe the most painful cuts will help us all remember this in the years to come. Not that all people NEEDED this reminder, of course.
all Ca. State workers will net about $800 after all the deductions.Trekkie said:At least then you'll finally know what she earns...
RhubarbPie said:I wouldn't do my current job for minimum wage. I have a master's degree and I didn't get it to get paid min. wage. I would perhaps do some menial desk job that didn't require a lot of work for min. wage. I don't think there is too much I would do for minimum wage though. While I was getting my master's degree I worked for a theater selling tickets. But it wasn't quite minimum wage, plus we got nightly bonuses (like 10 dollars for the first person who sells a subscription) and we also got commission on everything we sold. So it was fine and it was part time and in the evening which was great because I was in school.
PinkTower said:RhubarbPie said:I wouldn't do my current job for minimum wage. I have a master's degree and I didn't get it to get paid min. wage. I would perhaps do some menial desk job that didn't require a lot of work for min. wage. I don't think there is too much I would do for minimum wage though. While I was getting my master's degree I worked for a theater selling tickets. But it wasn't quite minimum wage, plus we got nightly bonuses (like 10 dollars for the first person who sells a subscription) and we also got commission on everything we sold. So it was fine and it was part time and in the evening which was great because I was in school.
I am getting a new classroom asst. this fall. She has a Master's, and was working at the movie theatre selling tickets. She will now be making $12.50/hour, no benefits, but it is a step up from selling movie tickets with a Master's. The teacher down the hall is also getting a new assistant w/a Master's degree.