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In reply to the discussion: Man applied to 60 entry-level jobs in September and got one interview [View all]BobTheSubgenius
(11,572 posts)30. I live in a medium-sized city on the W Coast.
Here, that house would easily be $2200-2500. A 1BR would have a range of about $1200 (and you'd be lucky) to $1800.
Not everyone is lucky enough to live in Wichita, but I take your larger point. Most people don't deserve to make more than $10 an hour.
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Man applied to 60 entry-level jobs in September and got one interview [View all]
bullwinkle428
Oct 2021
OP
a construction company that advertised a full-time job focused on site cleanup paying $10 an hour
Celerity
Oct 2021
#2
if one has to work 4 jobs in order to afford a crappy 620 sq ft apt . you r
AllaN01Bear
Oct 2021
#14
It took my 20 year old nine weeks to get a part-time job in retail or food service.
Pacifist Patriot
Oct 2021
#22
I was wondering if I was alone, out on an island as a crazy conspiracy theorist,
bullwinkle428
Oct 2021
#21
He applied to assholes who claimed publcly that they couldn't get workers because of
Hortensis
Oct 2021
#19