BarterClub@sh.itjust.worksM to Antiwork@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoRecord profits drive inflationi.imgur.comimagemessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up11.58Karrow-down164
arrow-up11.51Karrow-down1imageRecord profits drive inflationi.imgur.comBarterClub@sh.itjust.worksM to Antiwork@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squareadmiralteal@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down4·edit-29 months agoAn $11,000 wage increase is ~$5/hr for a full time employee. Starting pay at Startbucks is around $15/hr. They’re famously stingy with full-time though, so in reality it is quite a bit more than a 25% increase. Honestly, I was expecting to find some glaring error in the logic on this but I don’t really see it.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·9 months agoI did the math, too, and came to the same conclusion. I’ll just be over here eating cake, like a good sans-culottes
An $11,000 wage increase is ~$5/hr for a full time employee.
Starting pay at Startbucks is around $15/hr. They’re famously stingy with full-time though, so in reality it is quite a bit more than a 25% increase.
Honestly, I was expecting to find some glaring error in the logic on this but I don’t really see it.
I did the math, too, and came to the same conclusion.
I’ll just be over here eating cake, like a good sans-culottes