when was the last time you worked for minimum wage? - Page 2

onewhippedpuppy · 07-24-2008, 10:06 AM

Funny, I don't recall ever making minimum wage. My first job was mowing lawns starting at 12, I typically made between $20-30/hr depending on my level of motivation. Even the crap job as a cook at BK in HS I think paid a bit over minimum.

Question, who pays only minimum wage in this day and age? Around here you can start at $9/hr as a convenience store clerk or working fast food.

tabs · 10:41 AM

The first job I ever had was selling Avacados on the street corner when I was 12...$3.00 an hour...that was more than double minimum wage.

BTW..I was working for myself...

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

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Originally Posted by Pazuzu

You got minimum wage at 15? Lucky! I was making $3.00 when I was 14 and 15 (same time period).

I more than doubled my pay the following summer. In 1987 I was making $7 per hour at the Wendy's across the street from Ponderosa. We had negative unemployment in the town at that time. Supermarkets had packed crates sitting in the aisles. The summer of 1988 I was making $10 per hour in cash plus tips as a mover. That was back-breaking work though.

Hard-Deck · 07-24-2008, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Hugh R

1970 I think $1.75, of course when I was in the USMC I'm sure I worked for less than that.

Hugh, add up the room and board, medical, dental, tax free housing income if you're on BAH and it's good jack actually. You probably made more than minimum wage.

BeyGon · 07-24-2008, 10:16 AM

Jan, Feb, Mar, April 1964 at 18 living on my own in Hawaii, working in a gas station and surfing every day and weekends. $1.25 an hour.

Jagshund · 07-24-2008, 10:21 AM

I know of a few SB owners who would [currently] be doing well to be averaging minimum wage! And then there's the corporate exec pay scale - $1 million if you run the company well, $10 million if you run it into the ground. Sign me up, I could use a bigger garage.

fxeditor · fxeditor's Garage

Ahh yes, working the drive-through at McDonald's back in 1985. Now they outsource that job!

serge944 · serge944's Garage

I think (and hope) it is just a scare... Permanent workers just get their wage temporarily cut; retired annuitants, permanent-intermittents, student assistants and temporary help get terminated. Seeing as I am still in a transitionary phase, waiting for my diploma to be released from UC Davis, I might just have to start collecting aluminum cans on city streets.

osidak · 07-24-2008, 11:32 AM

never made minium - First job I had 17 years ago I was making 7/hr to start and quickly got it up to 9/hr

jyl · jyl's Garage

1977

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

Can't hurt.

It's ultimately only a stopgap/time-buying measure anyway. The State of CA is GOING to go bankrupt and fail - the only question is when.

rouxroux · 07-24-2008, 12:30 PM

1974 - summer job working in a fiberglass shop. Shooting gelcoat, chop, rolling, etc. Can't remember how many 48 x 48 tabletops we made for the govt. a slight perk: got to keep a few "2nds" of tabletops, PLUS a dune buggy body that "for some reason or another" did not release from the mold perfectly and took a bit of gel coat with it. (Someone forgot to wax the mold)...Oh well, who needed the gold metalflake finish anyway? Working with many stoned bikers on the night shift. "Don't stand in one place too long around the molds as they roll through"...you'd get glassed to the floor by the overspray. My jeans could actually stand up by themselves after driving home and "setting up"...We'd wash our hands with acetone...ah, the good 'ol days.

Zef · Zef's Garage

In 1988...just out of Aerotechnical school as an aircraft mechanic at a small shop, in the north side of country...4.25 \ hour.

JavaBrewer · JavaBrewer's Garage

In H.S. worked in a liquor store/deli located in Montecito CA. Made $3.25 hr but drank much more than that... Also did construction labor, carried stone block for a mason, brutal on the body, for $12/hr cash. I only managed that gig for a summer before my body called it quits.

mikester · 07-24-2008, 01:22 PM

High School, 1989 or so at $4.25 at a hobby store building RC cars and Airplanes.

dmcummins · 07-24-2008, 03:32 PM

Never. My first job in High School was for a home builder. I don't remember what minimum wage was back in the early 70's, but I know I made more than that.

cantdrv55 · 07-24-2008, 04:00 PM

1982 - 1986 Usaf

p911dad · p911dad's Garage

At Slipko's Food King, in Niagara Falls, NY. Maybe a buck sixty five? I think I made $525. that year. In 1964. Bagboy and shelfstocker. High school job.

azasadny · azasadny's Garage

At A&T Hamburgers, Southgate, MI, back in 1976, I had a Camaro to support...

juanbenae · juanbenae's Garage

today.