$15.00 an hour isn't a lot of money.
- Thread starter Ethnic Vagina Finder
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This$15 is way too much for people working at McDonald's and Wendy's......the service they provide is TRASH!!
Now people that work at Chick-fil-A should easily be making $15....they only hire strong workers with great attitude
People would have a STRONG CASE for 15
If the fukking work ethic and service matched. It doesn't. It's actually a hassle and rude sometimes and not worth $8
You know they will just automate all the service oriented tasks at those fast food joints anyways so less workers there and a few people getting a higher minimum wage won't cripple any workplace. It's already happening. Cashiers will be extinct within our lifetime.$15 is way too much for people working at McDonald's and Wendy's......the service they provide is TRASH!!
Now people that work at Chick-fil-A should easily be making $15....
knickscity
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I honestly want to know. Post you guys rent, utilities, and how much you spend on food. I'm not even asking about a car/car insurance, phone bill, 401K, cable.
Just the basics.
Just the basics.
In my city you need $17 wage just to afford single living and a one bedroom to rent. Even then you would just be making enough to pay bills.People without children may not know that
Its a completely different ballgame
Black_Jesus
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It depends on how many hours of work you put in a week.. If you work at a company that just throws overtime opportunity at you then you super straight with $15/hr (outside of NY and SF of course)
6 fig 6 series coli brehs cant live off anything less the $72 an hourPhillyrider807
My Soundtrack is the second “Carter”
I only make 13$ a hr but with commission it comes to around 20-27 depending on the month and i budget like a bytch.
Birdie
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The only reason people want the minimum wage raised is because they think they can ball out on $15 and hour. They spend their money on things they want instead of things they need and that mentality wouldn't change whether it was $15 an hour or $50. But $15 and up is a skilled labor payment, people flipping burgers have no business getting paid that much.
It’s possible. I started at my job making $16.8x. Initially I had roommates, but I found a place that was just $100 more to live alone. It wasn’t in the best area and not the nicest place, but it was just fine. Now, I moved to a nicer place (still questionable area lol) that’s more money and I was still able to survive, save, and had a little spending cash to do some things I wanted. I’m also in the guard, so I get like $200 extra a month from that.
Rent- $850
Utilities- $20-$30
Internet- $50
Car insurance- $150 (2 cars both paid off. One I bought off of Craigslist to do uber. That didn’t last long lol. But I was able to save up enough money with that job to buy it)
Food-$150-$200
Health/Dental insurance- $65
Misc. expenses- $100-$200 (gas, toiletries, etc.)
Still put money in my 401k, savings and Roth. I ended up getting a few raises so I was closer to $20 but I started working part time to finish school so I made less. It was definitely harder but I stopped going out to eat as much, packed lunch, had to stop saving as much, shopped at the thrift store (I still look fly), used public transportation more often, but my bills were always paid. I have actually quit that job altogether now so I can finish these last few classes and had enough money saved up to survive me until I start this other program. I had 4-5 months of savings to live off of, just enough time for me to finish and find another job if I didn’t get into my program (I did
). I have had to use CC for some school expenses, but those will be paid off once I start using my GI bill and file my taxes. My credit is excellent so I was able to finance some things that way.I live in Chicago, so it’s not somewhere with a really low cost of living. The taxes are super high, so I was taking home less than someone living somewhere else making less in some cases.
It can be done. You just need to budget. I’m cool with eating rice and beans, and all that other stuff upthread. You start to realize all the frivolous stuff you actually spend money on when you have to focus on your spending. $3 here, $6 there starts to add up more quickly than most of us realize. And there’s some idiot here that always espouses that credit isn’t important. Credit allowed me to invest in myself, I had to put my tuition on the cards. But I’ll get most back through taxes. When I’m done I’ll be making more money.
I will say, there were women at my job who were single mothers with not much help. I don’t know how they were making it. Daycare alone is highway robbery, and half of them would spend their lunch break shopping and buying their kids electronics, Jordan’s, and ugg boots
. So yes, if you have a family it probably won’t work as well, but that should be planned accordingly.Didn’t mean for this post to be so long...
ETA: $15 minimum wage to work at non skilled jobs is ridiculous. None of us making around that are going to get a wage increase, so that just moves us closer to the poverty line. People do programs and invest money to do the job I had and some start making less than $15. It’s okay for me to have no skills and make as much as someone who has attained one?! Nah son.
Muthafukkas wanting to buy 800 dollar Jimmy Choos and have the iphone X and ride a 7 series Beamer to impress thots and their own friends. That is why anaother recession will come soon.
onthereal
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