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MichMan

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83. What hourly wage would be appropriate ?

Sun Mar 11, 2018, 09:09 PM

Mar 2018

In very high cost of living areas like Anaheim, San Francisco or Manhattan ? $40/hr ?

What about a food server working for a mom & pop restaurant instead of a major corporation?

Look, I sympathize with her situation, but don't think compensation for unskilled employees in very high cost of living areas can be provided to the level expected here. How would you expect small business to stay open if they were forced to pay employees that much?

While people may not want to move, something has to give

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30 year Disney employee can only afford cheese and crackers for dinner [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 2018 OP

I wish I made 15.70 an hour. JNelson6563 Mar 2018 #1

thats not a livable wage in southern calif Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #3

Many people live on less than that in so cal JI7 Mar 2018 #13

Worse than that... Xolodno Mar 2018 #15

S CA is soooooo expensive no one can afford to live here. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #30

Where do you live? Blue_true Mar 2018 #48

What should a living wage there be? MichMan Mar 2018 #58

I would say, whatever wage allows a person to put a roof over Blue_true Mar 2018 #70

Most people in so cal make less than that JI7 Mar 2018 #67

I doubt that their living standard is good. Blue_true Mar 2018 #71

People make it work. Housing is the biggest cost JI7 Mar 2018 #72

I am a space person. The idea of a roommate is bothersome. Blue_true Mar 2018 #73

I'm in the SF Bay Area madville Mar 2018 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author NightWatcher Mar 2018 #2

WTF? If you are in your 50's and have no cash reserves how in the fuck madinmaryland Mar 2018 #6

This!! n/t GP6971 Mar 2018 #28

Just move to get a job or a better paying job. Clueless. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2018 #61

You need to think this thru. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2018 #11

Prices on the West Coast are insane. What else should people do? NightWatcher Mar 2018 #14

Sound like you have higher skills than she does. Blue_true Mar 2018 #50

she has a car JI7 Mar 2018 #56

Also, income tracks cost of living dawg day Mar 2018 #64

Yeah I mean she should have gone to college. BannonsLiver Mar 2018 #41

That sounds callous. Blue_true Mar 2018 #49

Shameful that a company that has it's fingers in everything kacekwl Mar 2018 #4

Worked the graveyard shift there once...a few decades ago.. Xolodno Mar 2018 #18

Anyone else wondering what's in that storage unit that takes precedence over eating regularly? No Vested Interest Mar 2018 #5

That's the exact justification that the CEO criminals use for their ridiculous salaries. Initech Mar 2018 #8

I couldn't help but wonder the same thing. Ilsa Mar 2018 #9

WTF? scraps from the kitchen as a life plan? Merlot Mar 2018 #46

The story says she doesnt have enough money to pay rent for March. Demit Mar 2018 #53

I was just wondering why that is a priority, that's all. Ilsa Mar 2018 #66

Yeah, I have a friend like that. Demit Mar 2018 #10

I know someone with it also but the crap has no value JI7 Mar 2018 #17

If you've ever watched Hoarders, you know that they are painfully attached to Demit Mar 2018 #29

the thing is they probably don't even think of these items until or unless someone JI7 Mar 2018 #55

I have friend who has been storing her extra furniture for years Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #44

Storage units were ubiquitous all over the Bay area when I was there. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2018 #19

They are all over so. Cali Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #43

We have been so conditioned over the past 40 years to blame being poor on the poor, GulfCoast66 Mar 2018 #20

Thank you for this JustAnotherGen Mar 2018 #37

Thank you for saying that. The responses on this post range from stupid Merlot Mar 2018 #47

What good is the union then in this case if it's not procuring a living wage for its employees? No Vested Interest Mar 2018 #51

I was wondering that as well MichMan Mar 2018 #59

People drive me crazy with he storage habits. Sell it Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #42

Meanwhile Bob Iger is about to make as much as Disneyland's entire combined payroll. Initech Mar 2018 #7

Yes the executive pay is sickening FakeNoose Mar 2018 #16

I live like 15 minutes from Disneyland. Initech Mar 2018 #21

The homeless people are actually working for Disneyland? FakeNoose Mar 2018 #25

They're attempting to. Initech Mar 2018 #31

It's really frightening. It seems like the average working person is being smirkymonkey Mar 2018 #74

Income inequality is the 800 pound gorilla in the room. Initech Mar 2018 #75

and there are all those rundown hotels that advertise that they are "drug free". many disney workers Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #52

Something not discussed about high living expenses is debt. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2018 #12

Another thing too is extreme executive salaries. Initech Mar 2018 #23

Yes. Totally free markets become VERY unequal american_ideals Mar 2018 #26

her wages have not kept up with inflation hfojvt Mar 2018 #22

"Cost wise, I think it is much smarter to buy a house." Initech Mar 2018 #24

I have not hfojvt Mar 2018 #34

Yeah Des Moines is the middle of Trump country. Initech Mar 2018 #36

well when I did live in Iowa hfojvt Mar 2018 #84

One bedrooms rent for 1700 and up around disneyland Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #45

they rent and share spaces and other ways to save as much as they can. but many are not able to buy JI7 Mar 2018 #54

Most people who live in So Cal SoCalNative Mar 2018 #79

No gurantees of course, but one's diet does directly affect one's longevity. OhioBlue Mar 2018 #57

Here's a link to Realtor.com for Anaheim; hatrack Mar 2018 #62

What is the solution? MichMan Mar 2018 #63

Maybe not . . . hatrack Mar 2018 #69

Do we know edhopper Mar 2018 #27

If you step back and look at the bigger picture it's an enormous problem pecosbob Mar 2018 #32

Well shit she probably has a refrigerator so she can't be shanny Mar 2018 #33

I smacked my head at the JustAnotherGen Mar 2018 #39

+1 shanny Mar 2018 #40

TRUMP! TRUMP TRUMP! yuiyoshida Mar 2018 #35

That's terrible.. Cha Mar 2018 #38

She needed a plan MichMary Mar 2018 #60

It's an amusement park, and unskilled labor. Not supposed to lindysalsagal Mar 2018 #80

She seems to be one of the higher paid Disney service employees, many make much less wishstar Mar 2018 #65

What the actual fuck is wrong with you people? Codeine Mar 2018 #68

Do you think a food server MichMary Mar 2018 #76

I think a person working for one of the most Codeine Mar 2018 #77

What hourly wage would be appropriate ? MichMan Mar 2018 #83

I just stopped in to read all the heartless comments from bootstrappers... tenderfoot Mar 2018 #81

I spend five dollars a month on food Codeine Mar 2018 #82