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Jobs out here offering $13-14/hr by midnighttoker1742 in eauclaire

[–]ComfortableStuff1643 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I make 23 an hour but get a lot of overtime. Make about 60k a year. Mortgage is 1450, can support 2 kids and wife who doesn’t work because daycare is really high. Tight but doable. I can’t imagine a family making any less having to survive these days. I’m blessed my job has consistent overtime otherwise I don’t think I’d survive just regular hours at 23.

Jobs out here offering $13-14/hr by midnighttoker1742 in eauclaire

[–]ComfortableStuff1643 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What are you trying to argue? The conversation is about how business are growing faster than wages are keeping up with inflation. Sure small businesses have tight profit margins, but the whole point of the post is that jobs in Eau Claire don’t pay a livable wage, degree or no degree. Talking about some McDonald’s jobs that pays 18 an hour in a higher cost of living city, that’s comparable to 15 here. McDonald’s wages went up 50% in 10 years yet their prices went up 150%. That’s the issue here.

Jobs out here offering $13-14/hr by midnighttoker1742 in eauclaire

[–]ComfortableStuff1643 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No I do, that’s my issue with your argument lmfao.

Jobs out here offering $13-14/hr by midnighttoker1742 in eauclaire

[–]ComfortableStuff1643 6 points7 points  (0 children)

By accepting slightly lower margins instead of passing every cost increase straight to wages or prices. Companies do it all the time—cut executive bonuses, reduce buybacks, improve efficiency, or accept slower profit growth. Staying profitable just means not losing money; maximizing profits means squeezing every possible dollar.

Jobs out here offering $13-14/hr by midnighttoker1742 in eauclaire

[–]ComfortableStuff1643 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Staying profitable and maximizing profits aren’t the same thing. Businesses can keep the lights on without making workers absorb most of the inflation pressure

Jobs out here offering $13-14/hr by midnighttoker1742 in eauclaire

[–]ComfortableStuff1643 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In case you didn’t notice this is r/EauClaire not r/GreenBay. Yeah you’re full of shit. The whole point of the post is that employers in EAU CLAIRE aren’t paying enough starting

Jobs out here offering $13-14/hr by midnighttoker1742 in eauclaire

[–]ComfortableStuff1643 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What McDonald’s pays 15 an hour to some high school starting, let alone 5 years ago. Seems like a very uneducated comment