Except you won’t work at Tesco because you know that this is total bollocks.
I was someone who’s worked multiple minimum wage jobs, working 10 hrs shift in freezing windowless warehouse or in a supermarket working my ass off dealing with the shittist customers. Then I got an office job for much more money.
I can honestly say I would rather be paid minimum wage in an office job than get paid more money for so-called ‘unskilled’ jobs
If your office job isn’t paying enough, either argue your case for a payrise, unionise with colleagues and use collective bargaining to raise all you salaries, or find another position that pays higher.
Remember that the only people who have seen meaningful wealth growth in the past 20 years are the already-wealthy.
You should ask your boss to pay you more then.
I hate this narrative
that’s not the fault of government, that’s the private sector once again failing.
This made me got the will to continue the protest rather than quitting and going back to my hellhole
It’s a common misconception that a job that does need a lot of training to learn is easy to do, day after day after day…
It’s not the minimum wage that’s the issue.
It’s the fact that wages aren’t keeping pace with inflation. Experienced people should be paid more.
Why the fuck is a gradient job only 27k? It’s a fucking joke…
This just shows how we ALL need to sort out the growing wage iniquity.
Do it then?Ā
It is not a minimum wage issue. Minimum wage was rightfully increased and even less than it should (given the inflation). The issue is that we are losing our collective bargaining power. Companies are reporting amazing profits, we are just getting smaller slices of them.
When was the last time that you heard of a strike happening in private sector to increase wages?
If your problem is that youād be better off working at Tesco why not do that?
Its hilarious that people get upset in scenarios like this. Did some people being worse off than you make you feel better about your job somehow? If so, perhaps take a minute to analyse that feeling
Greedy employers are to blame
Itās mid level jobs that have been flat for 15 years. Hopefully the fact that someone with zero experience would cost an employer 26k a year to hire now, might make them appreciate the skilled workers who can actually do the job well, and up their pay.
Blaming poor people for problems caused by right wing Westminster governments and rich people, again.
Stop.
No one seems to be able to answer this. So if business want the minimum wage to be frozen for a year or two, do they think inflation will magically decrease and no one’s bills or living costs will go up? Everything is going up quicker regardless of the minimum wage rising.
38k basic. 10 years industry experience.
Wages have been stagnating for ages. Ive seen two payrises over the last 5 years… fucking amazing time to be alive.
Turns out the “competitive graduate salary” of 25k was actually competing with minimum wage
Do it then. Quit your job, go and ask Tesco for a full time contract sitting at the tills or stacking shelves and getting your hands dirty, and see how long it takes working with the public before you want your office job back. Bet you won’t.
The benefits of your job are guaranteed full time hours and not doing manual labour. Stop whining.
Legit considering selling drugs at this point
So true.Ā Students areĀ racking up 50k in debt to get a degree and the gap between graduate salaries and minimum wage gers smaller all the time.Ā Meanwhile everyone in the government went to university for free
When I was 15 I worked as a kitchen porter. There was another lad my age there. Staff had just had a pay rise from Ā£4 per hour to Ā£4.50, a few weeks before I joined.
This guy could have been happy for me that I got the new wage straight away. Didnāt hurt him at all and we both got paid more.
Nope, he was pissed off that I didnāt have to work for six months before getting the higher rate like he had. And that simple fact coloured my opinion of him for the rest of the time I knew him.
Love people getting mad at the minimum wage reaching their salary and not their employer for keeping their salary stagnant…
Itās right to be angry but do not turn your rage towards minimum wage workers. Demand more money for your skilled work. Iāve been alive long enough to see the cycle. Itās single mums. Itās chavs. Itās welfare recipients. Itās lazy minimum wage workers. Itās immigrants. Just keep them on a random shuffle while people āmakeā millions in their sleep without lifting a finger and then threaten to leave us in the sh*t if we ask them to maybe be like 1-2% less mega rich.
Damn they got people hating the ones on benefits now they’re doing it with people on minimum wage while the rich laugh all the way to the bank smh lol.
Shitting on people who earn minimum wage isn’t going to make your wages go up. We’re all struggling, mate.
Working in retail absolutely sucks.
Damn, imagine being mad that others less fortunate than you are going to have a tiny bit more money… Tragic
I make more than Ā£27K and I’m essentially just making cardboard boxes. It did take years to actually get good at it though.
You need to demand a pay rise. Or switch jobs. or get a job at Tesco.
Don’t get angry at those getting minimum wages. Blame the bosses who keep your wages down so they can buy another new car.
Yeah, it’s the minimum wage workers fault.
Ball-bearing brain
So many people are pissed that the poorest get a little more, when it is the rich at the top keeping your 27k wage down. All to keep the profit margins high for the shareholders and their own bonuses…… You’re angry at the wrong people.
Unfortunately for you the answer is
Go work at tesco then.
Sucks for you that your wage is worth less. Im in the same boat and have to pay to travel to the office.
But with all that being said doing entry level jobs shouldnt mean you cant afford to exist.
Congrats youre in the fortunate position you are and nothing stopped you doing that. Not everyone is so lucky.
So get a job at Tesco then š¤·š»āāļø
All I want is to work, own a home and have a familyā¦ itās three thingsā¦ š
So go work at Tesco and quit crying. The minimum wage isn’t the problem, your employer is.
Fuckin’ hell. Your problem is not the minimum wage earners, it’s the maximum wage earners. A minimum wage should provide a standard of living regardless of field, and if your job is *actually* harder and more skilled, your boss should pay you accordinglyĀ
People need to be asking why we had something like a 400 percent Increase in energy bills when Frances went up about 5 percent.
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Do it then.
Except you won’t work at Tesco because you know that this is total bollocks.
I was someone who’s worked multiple minimum wage jobs, working 10 hrs shift in freezing windowless warehouse or in a supermarket working my ass off dealing with the shittist customers. Then I got an office job for much more money.
I can honestly say I would rather be paid minimum wage in an office job than get paid more money for so-called ‘unskilled’ jobs
If your office job isn’t paying enough, either argue your case for a payrise, unionise with colleagues and use collective bargaining to raise all you salaries, or find another position that pays higher.
Remember that the only people who have seen meaningful wealth growth in the past 20 years are the already-wealthy.
You should ask your boss to pay you more then.
I hate this narrative
that’s not the fault of government, that’s the private sector once again failing.
This made me got the will to continue the protest rather than quitting and going back to my hellhole
It’s a common misconception that a job that does need a lot of training to learn is easy to do, day after day after day…
It’s not the minimum wage that’s the issue.
It’s the fact that wages aren’t keeping pace with inflation. Experienced people should be paid more.
Why the fuck is a gradient job only 27k? It’s a fucking joke…
This just shows how we ALL need to sort out the growing wage iniquity.
Do it then?Ā
It is not a minimum wage issue. Minimum wage was rightfully increased and even less than it should (given the inflation). The issue is that we are losing our collective bargaining power. Companies are reporting amazing profits, we are just getting smaller slices of them.
When was the last time that you heard of a strike happening in private sector to increase wages?
If your problem is that youād be better off working at Tesco why not do that?
Its hilarious that people get upset in scenarios like this. Did some people being worse off than you make you feel better about your job somehow? If so, perhaps take a minute to analyse that feeling
Greedy employers are to blame
Itās mid level jobs that have been flat for 15 years. Hopefully the fact that someone with zero experience would cost an employer 26k a year to hire now, might make them appreciate the skilled workers who can actually do the job well, and up their pay.
Blaming poor people for problems caused by right wing Westminster governments and rich people, again.
Stop.
No one seems to be able to answer this. So if business want the minimum wage to be frozen for a year or two, do they think inflation will magically decrease and no one’s bills or living costs will go up? Everything is going up quicker regardless of the minimum wage rising.
38k basic. 10 years industry experience.
Wages have been stagnating for ages. Ive seen two payrises over the last 5 years… fucking amazing time to be alive.
Turns out the “competitive graduate salary” of 25k was actually competing with minimum wage
Do it then. Quit your job, go and ask Tesco for a full time contract sitting at the tills or stacking shelves and getting your hands dirty, and see how long it takes working with the public before you want your office job back. Bet you won’t.
The benefits of your job are guaranteed full time hours and not doing manual labour. Stop whining.
Legit considering selling drugs at this point
So true.Ā Students areĀ racking up 50k in debt to get a degree and the gap between graduate salaries and minimum wage gers smaller all the time.Ā Meanwhile everyone in the government went to university for free
When I was 15 I worked as a kitchen porter. There was another lad my age there. Staff had just had a pay rise from Ā£4 per hour to Ā£4.50, a few weeks before I joined.
This guy could have been happy for me that I got the new wage straight away. Didnāt hurt him at all and we both got paid more.
Nope, he was pissed off that I didnāt have to work for six months before getting the higher rate like he had. And that simple fact coloured my opinion of him for the rest of the time I knew him.
Love people getting mad at the minimum wage reaching their salary and not their employer for keeping their salary stagnant…
Itās right to be angry but do not turn your rage towards minimum wage workers. Demand more money for your skilled work. Iāve been alive long enough to see the cycle. Itās single mums. Itās chavs. Itās welfare recipients. Itās lazy minimum wage workers. Itās immigrants. Just keep them on a random shuffle while people āmakeā millions in their sleep without lifting a finger and then threaten to leave us in the sh*t if we ask them to maybe be like 1-2% less mega rich.
Damn they got people hating the ones on benefits now they’re doing it with people on minimum wage while the rich laugh all the way to the bank smh lol.
Shitting on people who earn minimum wage isn’t going to make your wages go up. We’re all struggling, mate.
Working in retail absolutely sucks.
Damn, imagine being mad that others less fortunate than you are going to have a tiny bit more money… Tragic
I make more than Ā£27K and I’m essentially just making cardboard boxes. It did take years to actually get good at it though.
You need to demand a pay rise. Or switch jobs. or get a job at Tesco.
Don’t get angry at those getting minimum wages. Blame the bosses who keep your wages down so they can buy another new car.
Yeah, it’s the minimum wage workers fault.
Ball-bearing brain
So many people are pissed that the poorest get a little more, when it is the rich at the top keeping your 27k wage down. All to keep the profit margins high for the shareholders and their own bonuses…… You’re angry at the wrong people.
Unfortunately for you the answer is
Go work at tesco then.
Sucks for you that your wage is worth less. Im in the same boat and have to pay to travel to the office.
But with all that being said doing entry level jobs shouldnt mean you cant afford to exist.
Congrats youre in the fortunate position you are and nothing stopped you doing that. Not everyone is so lucky.
So get a job at Tesco then š¤·š»āāļø
All I want is to work, own a home and have a familyā¦ itās three thingsā¦ š
So go work at Tesco and quit crying. The minimum wage isn’t the problem, your employer is.
Fuckin’ hell. Your problem is not the minimum wage earners, it’s the maximum wage earners. A minimum wage should provide a standard of living regardless of field, and if your job is *actually* harder and more skilled, your boss should pay you accordinglyĀ
People need to be asking why we had something like a 400 percent Increase in energy bills when Frances went up about 5 percent.
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