What Are You Doing Right Now
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Sitting in a seminar about Kari's law and the Ray Baum act
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Forgot to post this... me on stage a couple of weeks ago.
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job interview yesterday for 5 new sites.
interviews get harder as you get older. you get asked the same questions year after year and with benefit of age you can see the types of questions they should be asking they don't.
they still want to hear what your skills are, how do you thin that down after 30 years.
I was asked how do i handle conflict. i've just worked 10 years on my own, said I couldn't answer that.one of the most important things to look for in new staff is how well you think they'll get on with existing staff and fit into the culture of the workplace.
skills can be learnt in a week, getting people to work harmoniously together sometimes never happens.
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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs okay I'm done with the topic. It's making my head hurt lol.
and that is the Gas Stations in the local area.
Wanna hear more?
NO? okay well..we didn't get clock in clock out lunch breaks and they said because "we are a gas station, and legally as this type of business, we are able to withhold your break. " which i talked to a lawyer, and since they stated it up front in the interview, in the training and before you finished the application process they could actually do that legally here in Nebraska.
Couldn't sit down anywhere. there was no sitting involved. you were required to stand all day, regardless of what was going on.
If you were a clerk you were required to work in the kitchen at least 20 hours a week, and had a daily list of assignments that needed to be complete before you could leave, if someone called in and there was no coverage, youd be stuck running the kitchen and floor by yourself, most times you only got 2 clerks and an assistant manager running the stores. They ran you down and stressed you out for (at the time I started 8.25/hr) about 10/hr.
You got bonuses based on Secret Shoppers, if you failed you'd get the report and a meeting from the DM to walk your store within 24 hrs of receiving the report.Is that $10/hr for an adult worker?
The business would be taken to court for underpaying / exploiting workers here.
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Found @MontesVitalPBX
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@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Is that $10/hr for an adult worker?
The business would be taken to court for underpaying / exploiting workers here.Minimum wage laws make sure that you are allowed to pay down to minimum wage. Can't sue someone for obeying the law.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Is that $10/hr for an adult worker?
The business would be taken to court for underpaying / exploiting workers here.Minimum wage laws make sure that you are allowed to pay down to minimum wage. Can't sue someone for obeying the law.
Nope, but that level of remuneration would be considered underpayment for an adult worker down here.
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@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Is that $10/hr for an adult worker?
The business would be taken to court for underpaying / exploiting workers here.Minimum wage laws make sure that you are allowed to pay down to minimum wage. Can't sue someone for obeying the law.
Nope, but that level of remuneration would be considered underpayment for an adult worker down here.
It's not here. That's the difference. That's way above the minimum adult rate set by law here.
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US minimum wage, which includes the high cost cities, is $7.25/hr. So $10/hr anywhere in the US is way, way above the federal minimum. Local governments can raise local minimums, but this is rare. Nebraska does have a locally high minimum, but it is $9/hr for adults. So getting $10 is 11% higher than what has already been determined to be an acceptable level for an adult. And that's a really high number in Nebraska considering how cheap it is to live there.
Texas keeps the minimum at $7.25, but no one pays that low. Gas stations here are $13 minimum. It's plastered everywhere.
Keep in mind, the cost of living in the US is dramatically lower than in Australia. At $10/hr you are poor, but minimum wage jobs have to be. But that's over $20K/year for working just 40 hours a week. And white collar professionals are expected to work 50-60 hours a week on salary.
If you actually care about putting food on the table and are willing to work professional level hours, $10/hr in the US will bring in a final number more like $27,500/year. Nowhere near rich. But plenty high enough to live as a single adult, and a couple both working at that rate can do quite all right.
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When I worked those kinds of jobs, the motivated almost always get offered loads of overtime, and the lazy almost always get chances to fall way below 40 hours a week. I worked hotel overnights to jump start my IT career and got 50-60 hours every week, on the overnight, with all the extra hours being from other shifts that just didn't bother to come in on time or wanted someone to cover last second.
As a "near minimum wage" earner, even in NY, I was able to have quite a nice apartment and an acceptable car.
I have friends in Texas that make $9/hr and get under 40 hours a week and manage to live in a decent apartment, in a decent area, without any roommates! The US is pretty cheap.
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Yep, went over in 2000 and can still remember how everything was so cheap. I can remember wanting to buy a Sony Discman I think it was called. Around $AU80 at the time or $US30ish.
We're paying about $AU6 a gallon for fuel down here, not sure what it is in the US?
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@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Yep, went over in 2000 and can still remember how everything was so cheap. I can remember wanting to buy a Sony Discman I think it was called. Around $AU80 at the time or $US30ish.
We're paying about $AU6 a gallon for fuel down here, not sure what it is in the US?
In the south east, it's around $2.15 per gallon USD.
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My brother-in-law has a friend that he was in the military with and comes to visit every year. In fact, he just flew in Monday from Denmark. While he is here, he buys tons of clothing, etc and flys home with it to save a bunch of $.
Oh, last time I bought gas it was $1.99/gallon
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@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
We're paying about $AU6 a gallon for fuel down here, not sure what it is in the US?
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@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
We're paying about $AU6 a gallon for fuel down here, not sure what it is in the US?
Lucky. It is almost twice that in SoCal.
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@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
We're paying about $AU6 a gallon for fuel down here, not sure what it is in the US?
Noice.
It normal to pay over $100 when you fill up these days.
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$1.86 at all the big stations here.
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@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs okay I'm done with the topic. It's making my head hurt lol.
and that is the Gas Stations in the local area.
Wanna hear more?
NO? okay well..we didn't get clock in clock out lunch breaks and they said because "we are a gas station, and legally as this type of business, we are able to withhold your break. " which i talked to a lawyer, and since they stated it up front in the interview, in the training and before you finished the application process they could actually do that legally here in Nebraska.
Couldn't sit down anywhere. there was no sitting involved. you were required to stand all day, regardless of what was going on.
If you were a clerk you were required to work in the kitchen at least 20 hours a week, and had a daily list of assignments that needed to be complete before you could leave, if someone called in and there was no coverage, youd be stuck running the kitchen and floor by yourself, most times you only got 2 clerks and an assistant manager running the stores. They ran you down and stressed you out for (at the time I started 8.25/hr) about 10/hr.
You got bonuses based on Secret Shoppers, if you failed you'd get the report and a meeting from the DM to walk your store within 24 hrs of receiving the report.Is that $10/hr for an adult worker?
The business would be taken to court for underpaying / exploiting workers here.
LOL
Minimum wage is $9/hr in our state, there would be no courts being bothered here.
There is no wage minimum difference for adults versus children. There are some jobs where the minimum wage is lower - waitressing is one, but the expectation is that tips make up the difference to get to minimum wage. -
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
When I worked those kinds of jobs, the motivated almost always get offered loads of overtime, and the lazy almost always get chances to fall way below 40 hours a week. I worked hotel overnights to jump start my IT career and got 50-60 hours every week, on the overnight, with all the extra hours being from other shifts that just didn't bother to come in on time or wanted someone to cover last second.
As a "near minimum wage" earner, even in NY, I was able to have quite a nice apartment and an acceptable car.
I have friends in Texas that make $9/hr and get under 40 hours a week and manage to live in a decent apartment, in a decent area, without any roommates! The US is pretty cheap.
Yeah, I was in a position like that - IT helpdesk - as much as it was at night. But for the last 2 years I was in that position I actually worked closer to double shifts daily. My OT was insane!
