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Leith

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17. It's easy enough to look this up on Glassdoor

Mon Jun 17, 2019, 05:45 PM

Jun 2019

I just did. Many of the lowest wages are $13 ~ $14 per hour, but they could be older reports. They do have full benefits that start on day 1.

The lower paying jobs are strenuous (somebody has to run around the warehouse putting an order together) and it won't be easy living in a large urban area on that wage, but Amazon pays more than your local bank teller or barista.

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Amazon Fires Back at AOC: She's 'Just Wrong' to Say We Pay 'Starvation Wages' [View all] DonViejo Jun 2019 OP

Yeah! It is not starvation wages, it is "decide whether to pay rent or starve" wages. Thomas Hurt Jun 2019 #1

so what is the correct minimum wage then? qazplm135 Jun 2019 #13

I was being sarcastic, and I don't know what the number is... Thomas Hurt Jun 2019 #16

So it is up to the states? former9thward Jun 2019 #20

Who says a federal minimum wage has to be the same number? Thomas Hurt Jun 2019 #44

The Constitution. former9thward Jun 2019 #59

Make your argument, got case law citations. Thomas Hurt Jun 2019 #60

Show me a federal law where standards are changed based on the state. former9thward Jun 2019 #62

A minimum wage law is not a duty or an impost or an excise, those are all taxes... Thomas Hurt Jun 2019 #65

Every state has the same federal income tax rate. former9thward Jun 2019 #97

you left out the actual clause containing the enumerated power, number 3, in Sec. 8 Celerity Jun 2019 #77

And??? former9thward Jun 2019 #96

And????? you tried to answer that poster's question and did Celerity Jun 2019 #115

I made no mistake. former9thward Jun 2019 #116

The Commerce Clause, you knew this I think Celerity Jun 2019 #76

Federal and State minimum wage can be (and often are) different. thesquanderer Jun 2019 #106

And? former9thward Jun 2019 #113

Where I live in Northcentral Florida, $15 per hour for a single person Blue_true Jun 2019 #35

So should we require people with kids to be paid more? Recursion Jun 2019 #71

As a business person, I think that the minimum wage is irrelevant. Blue_true Jun 2019 #34

That struck me too Recursion Jun 2019 #70

Like Walmart, the problem is that many of the.jobs are part time n/t TexasBushwhacker Jun 2019 #54

So you're saying you want more business for WalMart and Amazon Recursion Jun 2019 #74

I'm saying that I think both could offer more full time TexasBushwhacker Jun 2019 #98

"sorry, I meant to say pays no income taxes..." nt msongs Jun 2019 #2

You can afford food working at Amazon Calculating Jun 2019 #3

Don't blame Amazon only...Walmart, among other companies are this same way, ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #4

Blame congress. mobeau69 Jun 2019 #63

Well everyone MyNameGoesHere Jun 2019 #5

No. Caliman73 Jun 2019 #15

Exactly what is a living wage? Blue_true Jun 2019 #37

Wow! Fifteen whole dollars an hour? Every hour? gratuitous Jun 2019 #6

The 50,000 jobs at the NYC "HQ2" NewJeffCT Jun 2019 #14

The key is average. A $3 million per year executive and a lot of people paid much less. Blue_true Jun 2019 #42

Depends on what average they're using. Mean, median or mode? mobeau69 Jun 2019 #64

They always use mean. That is the problem. Blue_true Jun 2019 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author mobeau69 Jun 2019 #69

They're hiring tech workers in DC. They're going to have to pay six figures Recursion Jun 2019 #72

It was only 25,000 (the other 25K were to be in Virginia) and only half were in tech. It also Celerity Jun 2019 #48

$150K was median, at least for Northern Virginia Recursion Jun 2019 #78

The concept of a living wage is nonsensical if we don't have mechanisms Blue_true Jun 2019 #40

+10000 Celerity Jun 2019 #49

Rent can't go down because we told people housing is an investment Recursion Jun 2019 #75

What has to happen is governments have to step into the breach. Blue_true Jun 2019 #119

I agree. The only way housing and childcare can work is public provisioning Recursion Jun 2019 #120

You know that democrats don't leave people to burn, even when people are stupid. Blue_true Jun 2019 #123

Yes, he's a billionaire partly because he pays his workers dirt wages. LonePirate Jun 2019 #7

$15 a hour to start is now "dirt wages"? former9thward Jun 2019 #21

Yes, $15/hr ($30K/yr) is dirt wages. $7.25/hr min wage is subterranean wages. LonePirate Jun 2019 #28

How come you have not been posting against the people calling for $15 a hour? former9thward Jun 2019 #30

Moving from $7.25 to $15 is the first step. It's not the final step. LonePirate Jun 2019 #31

So wages chasing costs? Sounds like a plan. Blue_true Jun 2019 #45

We don't have a society anything like Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #102

Then we should collectively make a choice. Blue_true Jun 2019 #118

Fine but the repeated argument in this Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #121

I was one of the people making that point. Blue_true Jun 2019 #122

Ok, so the starvation wage of $15 a hour is not the "final step". former9thward Jun 2019 #58

$15 per hour for a childless, single person where I live is a pretty good wage. Blue_true Jun 2019 #43

15 for a single parent is a nightmare Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #103

Yes, for a parent, that is tough almost anywhere. Blue_true Jun 2019 #117

His billionaire status is largely due to the value of Amazon stock. thesquanderer Jun 2019 #108

And stock prices are impacted by business costs (including labor costs) which impact profitability. LonePirate Jun 2019 #110

She doesn't say what wage she thinks is fair Beringia Jun 2019 #8

She does not know. None of the people mouthing the $15 per hour standard know. Blue_true Jun 2019 #47

Thanks. Beringia Jun 2019 #53

When you make $11 BILLION and pay NO Income Taxes..... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2019 #9

The company piled up big losses early on. Blue_true Jun 2019 #50

Yeah, and who let on that they plan to automate that facility in 2 years, after getting tax breaks? TheBlackAdder Jun 2019 #10

I would assume those who don't agree with Amazon's wage structure do not do business with them still_one Jun 2019 #11

;) sheshe2 Jun 2019 #52

Word StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #56

after your second billion onethatcares Jun 2019 #12

It's easy enough to look this up on Glassdoor Leith Jun 2019 #17

Anazon is an easy target because of it's recent success. nt Blue_true Jun 2019 #51

Post removed Post removed Jun 2019 #18

If you are a single parent, 15 USD an hour, pre-tax, in NYC, is a joke AND, as Amazon's Celerity Jun 2019 #19

People don't have to work at Amazon Alea Jun 2019 #22

True, but this OP is about Amazon Celerity Jun 2019 #25

Yes, and not working for Amazon because because they "don't pay enough" is about Amazon Alea Jun 2019 #26

If you want to defend them paying less than half of the US average for similar work, knock Celerity Jun 2019 #29

Fortunately that won't be a problem in NYC fescuerescue Jun 2019 #24

Should parents make more than non-parents? (nt) Recursion Jun 2019 #79

non sequitur Celerity Jun 2019 #80

Not at all Recursion Jun 2019 #82

that is another discussion Celerity Jun 2019 #84

Separating the discussions doesn't work Recursion Jun 2019 #85

How does making the MW a decent level (enough to support a family) allow single people to price Celerity Jun 2019 #88

Because if a single person can afford to rent a 3 bedroom, he will Recursion Jun 2019 #89

that is a huge leap, and I would love to see some datasets to back that up now Celerity Jun 2019 #90

Right, $15 is not enough to rent a 3BR Recursion Jun 2019 #91

this is not going to change Celerity Jun 2019 #93

What's changed is that people are single and childless much, much longer Recursion Jun 2019 #94

I wouldn't expect minimum wage to support a 3 BR or 2 BR apartment. thesquanderer Jun 2019 #107

Then we need to stop with the outrage about employees being on public assistance Recursion Jun 2019 #112

Must remember to be grateful Red Mountain Jun 2019 #39

Is that part of Democratic platform? To raise wages to $15? fescuerescue Jun 2019 #23

good luck getting the FMW to even 8 or 10 USD per hour with Rethugs in charge Celerity Jun 2019 #27

I revised your list (see bottom of list) Alea Jun 2019 #36

revise it again to show that Amazon is going to pay less than HALF of the national average for that Celerity Jun 2019 #38

Mississippi's *median* hourly wage is $13 Recursion Jun 2019 #73

They're not literally starving. maxsolomon Jun 2019 #32

not gonna defend AOC on this one AlexSFCA Jun 2019 #33

Amazon pays what they do Red Mountain Jun 2019 #41

It would be interesting to know if Amazon is the employer of AJT Jun 2019 #46

All Fortune 500 companies use temp services to some extent fescuerescue Jun 2019 #114

In my city trev Jun 2019 #55

How many people who criticize Amazon are willing to stop ordering their inexpensive goods StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #57

Why blame working class people? leftstreet Jun 2019 #61

I didn't mention "working class people." Why would you suggest I'm "blaming" them StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #68

We're all working class people leftstreet Jun 2019 #100

Why don't you call and ask them? ChubbyStar Jun 2019 #67

AOC response melman Jun 2019 #81

Somebody making $15/hour needs 3 dependents to qualify for food stamps Recursion Jun 2019 #83

Do you seriously think the reason they don't make people full time is lack of business? melman Jun 2019 #86

Yeah, that's the whole point of "just in time" staffing Recursion Jun 2019 #87

The places they're paying people $15/hour are not SFO and NYC Recursion Jun 2019 #95

Fuck Amazon Tiggeroshii Jun 2019 #92

She is right as usual. nt live love laugh Jun 2019 #99

How do people thinks wages should be determined? kennetha Jun 2019 #101

The federal min wage should set the floor Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #104

you mean that wages would rise automatically, independently of market forces. kennetha Jun 2019 #105

The floor rises with inflation. Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #111

STFU Amazon. I'm on Social Security and still self-employed. This month I returned Vinca Jun 2019 #109