Comments on: Work For Minimum Wage? You Got A Pay Raise http://www.northescambia.com/2012/01/work-for-minimum-wage-you-got-a-pay-raise Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:22:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth http://www.northescambia.com/2012/01/work-for-minimum-wage-you-got-a-pay-raise/comment-page-1#comment-112570 Elizabeth Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:49:02 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=79407#comment-112570 And those who had been making minimum wage, who had earned a raise to put their pay above minimum wage, are back on the bottom. Back when I was a teenager, minimum wage was $4.25 (I think). After 3 months, I got a $.25 per hour raise and then another $.50 at 6 months, bringing it up to $5 an hour. The next month, minimum wage was raised to $5.15 and I was back to making minimum wage again. I felt like I'd never gotten anything. And those who had been making minimum wage, who had earned a raise to put their pay above minimum wage, are back on the bottom.

Back when I was a teenager, minimum wage was $4.25 (I think). After 3 months, I got a $.25 per hour raise and then another $.50 at 6 months, bringing it up to $5 an hour. The next month, minimum wage was raised to $5.15 and I was back to making minimum wage again. I felt like I’d never gotten anything.

]]> By: Gus http://www.northescambia.com/2012/01/work-for-minimum-wage-you-got-a-pay-raise/comment-page-1#comment-112536 Gus Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:54:56 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=79407#comment-112536 Now the price of everything else goes up! Now the price of everything else goes up!

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