longtimeyisland t1_j13xr1q wrote on December 21, 2022 at 2:24 PM

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Then why did you tweet that "wild that 14$ isn't enough"? What do you pay as a starting wage now?

SmellMyChocha OP t1_j13yn8f wrote on December 21, 2022 at 2:30 PM

Because I was surprised by the sudden rise in wages caused by government money printing.

We had been paying $10/hour for temporary labor and it jumped up suddenly to $14/hour and at that time, we couldn't get people for $14 either. That was surprising to me. It wasn't an accusation of laziness.

We probably pay $12-$14/hour now for temporary unskilled labor right now, but it's been a while. All our full-time employees in the warehouse earn significantly more than that.

You can read a ton about the local economics of where we are here: https://twitter.com/Molson_Hart/status/1449573538294378499

People don't understand how much farther your money goes in rural Texas than it does in a city like San Francisco or New York.

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SmellMyChocha OP t1_j1411ta wrote on December 21, 2022 at 2:48 PM

I think that there is an element of that, but, it's money just money printing that's causing inflation, not corporate greed nor supply chain.