cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16471878

The fast-food industry claims the California minimum wage law is costing jobs. Its numbers are fake

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Now the question is if they actually pay that or if they interview and say “Well, depending on experience so we’ll start you off at $10 and see how it goes.” Lol

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They try but it’s hard when target is paying 15 for stockers. My work tries to pay state minimum of $12 in several departments and the average tenure is measured in one or two pay periods at most, most don’t even stay til sign on bonus payout because they find something paying $4+ more per hour. HR argues that target, McDonald’s, and Starbucks can’t possibly hire everyone so we’ll take what’s left of the crop for our staff

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That’s fucked up man

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