I have never seen so many help wanted signs

[doc03]

today McDonald's put up a sign offering a $250 sign up bonus.

[PoliticAverse]

1. What is McDonalds paying per hour? n/t

[doc03]

3. They call it a competitive wage $9 for day shift

and $9.50 for evenibg. The minimum wage in Ohio is $8.80. Subway is paying $10 and they can't find help.

[PoliticAverse]

6. 9*40 is $360. Less than many people can get for unemployment currently

under the American Rescue Plan between state and federal payments.

How much money you can get under Biden's plan if you're unemployed

Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package extends enhanced unemployment benefits until Sept. 6, for $300 more per week on top of what your state pays. That's down from the $400 federal bonus proposed in an earlier version of the bill, and down also from the $600 per week extended in the CARES Act.

The period between March 14 and Sept. 6 spans 25 weeks. If the payments were to pick up immediately, that's $7,500 extra in federal unemployment insurance that you could count on, in addition to your state's check amount.

(From: https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/300-weekly-unemployment-benefits-extra-payments-could-be-leftover-everything-to-know/ )

[doc03]

9. A person would be stupid to work for minimum wage

of $8.80 at that rate. But those jobs are also mostly 30 hours.

[Diamond_Dog]

11. That's the thing

Very few of those jobs are full time jobs.

[RockRaven]

5. I drove past a McDonald's in the SF Bay Area last week, big "we're hiring" sign, starting wage

was posted too, $15-something to $17-something per hour...

[doc03]

8. But it cost what $1500 for a apartment? nt

[True Dough]

2. Good. Power to the employee!

But still a long, long way to go to reach anything close to a living wage.

[msongs]

4. odd how supply and demand seldom benefits the working people nt

[doc03]

7. Adjusted for inflation the minimum wage when I was

16 of $1.25 would be $10.80 today. I started in a steel mill
at $2.10 an hour when I got out of the army. That would be $17.10 today. I thought I was rich at $84 a week back then that's inflation. Bought a new 1971 Chevy Nava for $3400
loaded radio, heater, ps, V8 and auto.

[Diamond_Dog]

10. Back then

You could work a summer job and have enough to buy a nice car 2-3 years old, my husband did, he worked summers at a box factory while going to college. This would be the late sixties.

[doc03]

12. Things were booming back then good paying union

jobs with full benifits. I never paid a penny for health care until I retired.