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minimum wage

woman sitting against wall speaking annoyed face (l) man screaming and pointing to clock on white background (c) woman open mouth shocked expression sitting against wall (r)

‘Managers are shady like that’: Worker says her boss asked her to leave mid-shift—after first asking her to stay late

'I would've said thanks and clocked out.'

On Jun 21, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

IRL
blonde woman talking in a kitchen (l) farmer taking stock of cows (r)

‘Minimum-wage was a lie’: Former ranch hand says dude ranch paid her $20 for a 14-hour work day

'How's it legal to have a minor work 14 hrs straight to begin with.'

On May 30, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

IRL
Woman greenscreen tiktok pointing finger over job description caption "Salary $ 11.50 - $13.50 an hour" "full job description" (l) Woman in car holding glasses up like they're sarcastically confused (c) Woman greenscreen tiktok over job description after interview caption "The start date will be Friday, May 6, 2022" " SF- Your hourly pay will be $7.50/ hr plus tipshare " (red circle around this text) " To confirm acceptance of this offer, please respond to this email directly (r)

TikToker calls out ‘misleading’ job listing for advertising $13 an hour—when they pay barely minimum wage

'You're counting on half of your employee's salary to come from the generosity of your customers.'

On May 5, 2022 by Kathleen Wong

Internet Culture IRL
checklist (l) mcdonalds logo (m) mcdonalds employee dancing (r)

‘Now properly compensate them’: McDonald’s workers celebrate serving 141 cars via drive-thru in 1 hour, sparking debate

"All that for $10."

On May 4, 2022 by Gisselle Hernandez

IRL
Nick Huber on his youtube show with tweet on left side "18 of our 40 employees are located in the Philippines. Insanely competent, great judgement and $5 per hour. If you run a small business and you don't have overseas help you're at a disadvantage"

Startup dude dragged after boasting about saving costs by paying Filipino workers $5 an hour

Twitter users accuse a startup evangelist of being too proud about shipping jobs overseas.

On Mar 31, 2022 by Jacob Seitz

Tech
young woman in scrubs placing stethoscope into bag with background of a "Target starting pay raised to $24 per hour" news story (l&r) target logo (c)

‘More than what I make.. bye medical field’: Viral TikTok about how Target raised starting wages to as much as $24 an hour sparks debate

This nurse went viral after pointing out that Target pays more than her job.

On Mar 10, 2022 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Internet Culture IRL
Church's Chicken sign (l) "Starting pay $9.00 Apply inside" sign

‘No…lmfao’: Church’s Chicken criticized for $9/hour starting pay, sparking debate

'Wouldn’t even get out of bed for that’

On Jan 27, 2022 by Linda Hamilton

Internet Culture IRL
A Whataburger employee.

‘They be so quick to discipline’: Whataburger worker says he was docked $250 from his paycheck after missing 1 day of work

He says he only made $8 for working an extra day.

On Dec 20, 2021 by Kahron Spearman

IRL
A man on the side of the road.

‘Jobs aren’t paying enough’: TikToker catches co-worker ‘panhandling,’ sparking debate

'Everyone wanna laugh, but he probably ain't making it on the living wages we get.'

On Dec 13, 2021 by Kahron Spearman

IRL
hot topic letter

‘You cannot pay your workers in passion’: Hot Topic workers walk out, leave viral letter calling out low wages

'We cannot support ourselves and our families.'

On Nov 7, 2021 by Kahron Spearman

Internet Culture IRL
tiktoker and hooters girl asking for a fair wage

‘You are the reason for their business’: Hooters worker demands fair wages in viral TikTok

'These corporations are crazy.'

On Oct 9, 2021 by Brooke Sjoberg

Internet Culture IRL
Wendy's TikToker Livable Wages

‘The man was infuriated’: TikToker says Wendy’s manager gave her late-night call to berate her over negative review

She had criticized her local store over its low wages.

On Sep 20, 2021 by Kathryn Cardin

IRL
man waving arms near doorway labeled "Senate" (l) man waving arms with caption "Rapping Rick and Morty by Soulja Boy to the Senate Chambers until we raise the minimum wage in Kentucky" (r)

Kentucky Dem raps ‘Rick & Morty’ to try and raise the minimum wage

'Finally, a politician that can meme.'

On Sep 1, 2021 by Mikael Thalen

Tech

‘Are you crazy?’: Healthcare worker shares job offer in viral TikTok, sparking debate over fair pay

'This is exactly why healthcare employees are doing walkouts.'

On Jul 11, 2021 by Rachel Kiley

Internet Culture IRL
14-year-old burger king worker at drive-thru window

‘God this is depressing’: Man celebrates 14-year-old son working ‘every day’ at Burger King

The proud dad said the kid even works 'when most kids are out enjoying their summer.'

On Jun 10, 2021 by Mikael Thalen

IRL

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