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Wow the job market is absolute shit. (hexbear.net)
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Started applying today to put my feelers out there to see if anyone even responds. Like the best I can find is $18 an hour factory work. This was the same kind of work that existed during covid, nothings changed! It's still shit!!

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[–] 68 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I don’t know what’s sadder, how little $18/hr really is with today’s prices, or that despite that it’s still more than twice the national minimum wage.

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  • [–] 49 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    the real jokerfying thing is that even low paying jobs are now competitive

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  • [–] 19 points 2 days ago*

    Trvke. Like I know they’re getting a sick enjoyment out of it.

    “Ooooh, we just had sooooo many GREAT choices for this cashier position. We went with the Harvard PhD. Sorry, but that flimsy master’s in Computer Engineering from Berkeley just ain’t good enough in this day and age.”

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  • [–] [S] 44 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    ikr? You think, "wow $18 that's like twice minimum wage!" then you realize minimum wage needed to be $18 back in 2019 to match inflation, and now with the very same inflation running away, well.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    I'm pretty sure the inflation numbers are bullshit. They keep them intentionally low. But these bs numbers are how people calculate "livable" wages, salary increases, etc. And the divergence between actual and reported inflation has been ongoing for decades.

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