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This is beautiful.

Lol, thank-you :)

Darn it, Dr. S! You beat me to the it, had the same idea for a meme…. 😭

Well, the problem is that some people work hard and do not get the wages they earn because their employer exploits them.

The issue is not about employees not getting their earned wages from their employer. If that ever happened, the employer would be subject to a greater liability payment than what was originally due and is a fairly straight-forward labor case.

The whole meme and joke around the $15/hr proposed minimum wage increase is that the current Federal minimum wage is $7.25, so increasing to more than double to $15/hr is an unsustainable increase rather than the usual gradual increase, like first increase to $8-9/hr, then after a few years increase to $10-12/hr and so on. A company will always pay the employee the least they can which is directly proportional to the employee's role within the company. If you work an entry-level part-time fast food worker job, which requires no experience, no training and no quota, you would of course get paid the minimum wage. But if you work as the assistant manager or manager role, which does require some experience, some training and some sales quota, you will get paid much more.

In my state most jobs that are usually minimum wage are around 15 an hour because of employee shortage

Wants $15 an hour. Also can’t remember how to salt the fries.

Today, Panda Express, NO NAPKINS in the bag 🤷‍♂️😡 first world probs….

lmfao if karens could meme, this is it. middle class cuck

Pay me a living wage and maybe I'll remember.

Stop whining and get a job that pays a living wage.

I got paid $4.25/hour to do it. I didn't whine and I remembered straws.

How to go from burger flipper to franchise owner-
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/mcdonalds-worker-goes-flipping-big-19497158

how about we send out the message of "Aim higher than the bare minimum wage"

They are.
Hence the worker shortage and emptying shelves.

The current worker shortage is not a true labor shortage as in the absence of qualified workers, it is due to the fact that they can currently receive federal unemployment benefits that are more or just about equal to what they can earn working a part-time or minimum wage job, typically in retail or fast food. I don't blame the workers, they are doing the logical choice that they're being incentivized to do. There's been an on-going shortage for truck drivers for the past several years, the emptying of shelves and "supply chain" problem is primarily due to a consistent demand but interruptions in the manufacturing and shipping industries have a domino effect throughout the economy.

The Unemployment Insurance Boost program ended in September.
That, and the rest of the Stumulus, worked. They stimulated demand after supplies went down due to lack of demand or a stifling of production starting in 2020.

It also worked in that those that already earned more now want more for less - easier jobs, preferably at home, for higher pay.
Meanwhile those on the lower end of the pay scale have been shifting to higher paying jobs now vacant, leaving a vacancies in their jobs.

They're so desperate for truckers now that there's been a significant incerease in women truckers.

This is what’s wrong with our country and why these jobs don’t pay more. Do the damn work and the recognition will come in time. If it doesn’t, find another job with the experience that you gained. I would agree to 10 but not 15.

Minimum wage, minimum effort.

Yeah you wouldn’t last long working for me.

Like I’d even let you within 30 feet of my surplus value.

I’m not so sure I would want to be near it. I have my own to worry about.