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Self_Hating_Dentist t1_j8b7zgt wrote

As a former salad bar attendant at the sewickley Eat’n park 2000-2004, I can say that salary estimate is slightly off… even adjusted for inflation

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Souritos t1_j8bbc29 wrote

Salad bar in 2004. 6.50 a hour. Line cook was 6. Left in 2005 for a 8$ a hour job.

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Self_Hating_Dentist t1_j8bc94g wrote

That sounds right for starting… by the time I left in 2004 I think I topped out at 8.25 though. I got .25 cent raises like I was salad-tossing royalty. As you could imagine, with that kind of cash flowing in I was really able to pimp out my ‘03 neon and turn it into quite the pussy magnet.

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AutoRockAsphixiation t1_j8dygaq wrote

As Salad Tossing Royalty, you could probably do very well for yourself on OnlyFans now.

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Madlister t1_j8c29w6 wrote

oof, paying cooks $6/hr?

Htf they ever keep anyone more than a week?

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jetsetninjacat t1_j8dk3u6 wrote

This was when the min wage was 5.15. It jumped up to 6 around 2007 and then again 7.25 in 2007.

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hubbyofhoarder t1_j8d58te wrote

That was a crime. Line cooks made 12 an hour plus in downtown hotels in the late 90s.

Source: me, managed downtown hotel restaurants in the late 90s

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BecGeoMom t1_j8i3zbk wrote

In 2005 you were only making $6.50/hr??? Yikes.

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RosieBunny t1_j8fh2hv wrote

I just want to tell you that yours was the last restaurant that two of my grandparents wanted to go to before they lost their mobility completely. They loved eating there and I loved going with them. So thank you so much for that. I just want you to know that your work mattered and made a difference to our family.

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squinkys t1_j8brfk1 wrote

I was slinging salads at Hampton EnP around then...never realized how much they low-balled us!

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