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$7.25 an hr is for a high school kid working at McDonalds for first job experience. Not for someone with advanced education and experience in a skilled job.
$7.25 an hr is for a high school kid working at McDonalds for first job experience. Not for someone with advanced education and experience in a skilled job.
It was a period in my life when I had no income and still looked past minimum wage jobs because I knew they would not keep me in my apt.
"Hey you are educated and have work experience, but times can be tough so you should just suck it up and take lower wage jobs companies generous provide to you because it is better than nothing you lazy prick."
It is a somewhat tricky line as to when do you accept the 7-8$ hour job. I know that many if not all college grads did not go to and graduate college with the goal of returning to and making the same wage they had whilst in high school- I argue that the whole point of college is to better aid you in finding a job that a high school diploma is not good enough for. So if I was in the situation of where 7-8$ was my only choice, I would first exhaust every resource in finding a better job, that is hit up every family member, friend, relative, go to every career fair, and go far out of my comfort zone when looking for work-if none of those options worked then I would take the 7-8$ job.
In any case mentally it can be very tough almost to the point of soul crushing disappointment when you have work experience, when you graduated University and you have to go back to the job you had in high school-there is a valid reason why people moan and complain.
Why do people get offered a job only for them to reject it because pay is laughable? It's not like it's easy to get a job, and millions more Americans wish they were in their position. So if anything they should be grateful they were given an opprotunity to work instead of turning it down and complaining that they can't find work. $7 an hour is better than nothing.
Is your question rhetorical?
They reject the job BECAUSE the pay is laughable.
Not everyone searching for a job is so desperate and destitute that they need to take whatever pittance an employee wants to offer. These people are able to be more choosy, and sell their skills and abilities closer to what they think their market value is.
(One other point, if you take that low paying job in the interim, it takes time and availability away from your job search which could hinder your ability to find a better job... you cannot be networking, interviewing, etc, at the fryer bin at McD's).
I'd challenge you to go look at some job listings. Nobody spells out even vaguely what the pay is these days so you pretty much have to go apply and interview just to find out its a job you wouldn't even consider takin.
The same reason why if I offered a roofer $8 an hour they would turn me down, a plumber, a doctor, etc. They know their time and labor is worth more and that someone is trying to take advantage of them.
Why do people get offered a job only for them to reject it because pay is laughable? It's not like it's easy to get a job, and millions more Americans wish they were in their position. So if anything they should be grateful they were given an opprotunity to work instead of turning it down and complaining that they can't find work. $7 an hour is better than nothing.
This is a *very* unusual question for an adult who presumably has to pay rent to ask. Do you pay for your own housing, OP?
just because one person is desperate for a job, doesn't mean another person is
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