Anonymous #1 5w

girl they make $21 an hour plus tips. and they have very good benefits. the problem is not having enough hours

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Anonymous OP 5w

that is not enough to live comfortably ✋💀💀💀💀

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Anonymous #1 5w

bro is unaware of the state of our economy it seems😭😭😭

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Anonymous #1 5w

working full time yes it is lol?

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Anonymous #3 5w

bro is aware bro just thinks that we have to be realistic here

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Anonymous OP 5w

like think about it; ur making 21/hr but your hours aren't fixed so you dont know when or how ling you'll be working until your boss feels like dropping the schedule. but that aside, lets say you are working a full 40hr work week for a month, lets say thats 4 weeks of work so 160hrs at 21/hr is like 3,360 PRE-taxes. lets say taxes will be like $700 to be nice, now u have 2,660 for the month. rent in general nowadays is like 1,200 for a studio lets say, and obv u need groceries and shit ...

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Anonymous #1 5w

and that's like 100 for one person nowadays so lets say you're spending $150 (incase u wanna get somethting for urself. But wait! what about utilities? lets say water, garbage and electricity is all like 200 for the month (being nice). and now ur at 1,110 and thats without considering having to pay off a credit card, student loans, car loan, gas for ur car, etc

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Anonymous #1 5w

wait you’re thinking 21 isn’t enough in a place where you pay $1200 for a studio?

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Anonymous OP 5w

its not ✋💀 ur not just paying for rent bro, there's so many other things ur money goes into 💀 do you pay rent?

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Anonymous #1 5w

take home like 1400 per paycheck

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Anonymous OP 5w

and being realistic means…. people should live in poverty while working for billionaire ceos?

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Anonymous OP 5w

i gotta be honest, idk what u mean by that. Like ur rent is 1400? or after rent u only have 1400 left? or is 1400 all ur making?

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Anonymous #3 5w

you’re not gonna be in poverty if you’re working full time. they just don’t let them work full time!

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Anonymous #1 5w

take home pay for $21/hr full time biweekly paycheck about $1400

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Anonymous OP 5w

sure but will they ever be able to afford a house? a family? one emergency and they could lose everything. living paycheck to paycheck isn’t sustainable. you quite literally NEED savings to fall back on. i’m confused why you’re upset. what do you lose from your fellow person being paid more??

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Anonymous OP 5w

you will though, imo to live comfortably (as in you can buy youself sweet treats, experiences, save up money, and live alone) considering the average person our age has student loans id stay you need minimum like 26/hr

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Anonymous #3 5w

Im not upset i just dont think they need to ask for higher wages. I think they need more hours

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Anonymous OP 5w

why not both

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Anonymous #1 5w

starbucks free college

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Anonymous OP 5w

free college means u need to go to classes, aka less work hours, so then you wouldn't be getting 1400 biweekly you'd be making wayyy less than that, like maybe 1000 biweekly? and does the 1400 even include the taxes they take out?

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Anonymous #1 5w

girl how are we having a discussion about wages and you don’t know what take home pay is

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Anonymous OP 5w

the way ur typing is just not clear to me ✋💀 i dont even know why ur trying to look for a loophole so bad? like the average starbucks worker is probably not even getting paid that much

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Anonymous OP 5w

and even then, what i wrote out still stands like im only off by what $200 ish? those $200 could easily just go towards loans

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Anonymous #1 5w

I mentioned seattle in the post mostly because I was talking about seattle where the company is based

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Anonymous #1 5w

what is not clear about the phrase take home pay

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Anonymous OP 5w

why ur so pressed against service workers getting a raise

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Anonymous birthcontrolfairy 5w

and what has indicated that I am giving them business

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Anonymous #6 5w

they do request more hours and don’t get the hours is the problem. a union contract would guarantee hours

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Anonymous OP 5w

More than one way to cross a picket line. Siding with corporations weakens union support and can hurt their bargaining power. There’s simply no need to play devil’s advocate here.

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Anonymous OP 5w

like why are u playing the devils advocate for FREE for a multimillion dollar corporation?

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Anonymous birthcontrolfairy 5w

I also side with them when I say the lemon cake tastes good. so what! I think they should have a fair contract and I disagree with one part of it

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Anonymous OP 5w

Are you referring to their collective bargaining agreement?

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Anonymous birthcontrolfairy 5w

what else

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Anonymous OP 5w

Just checking before I proceed. It’s interesting that you don’t know the jargon but think you’re informed enough to make hot takes. What they’re currently doing is getting a fair CBA. A strike or lockout makes both sides weigh the demands against their profits or wages. If the union’s demands are unreasonable, Starbucks will either negotiate them down or the union will give up and end the strike. Same on the other side. This is why unions work.

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Anonymous birthcontrolfairy 5w

mind you I was arguing with someone who doesn’t know what take home pay is

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Anonymous OP 5w

And you don’t know what a CBA is or how strikes and lockouts end. Sit down.

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Anonymous OP 5w

mind you, you're defending a multimillion dollar corporation for free but think im stupid for not reading the "home pay" part of ur message

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Anonymous birthcontrolfairy 5w

I’m in a union. We are currently renegotiating our contract. That’s what they’re calling it. Sorry I used the wrong word.

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Anonymous OP 5w

ur in a union and ur coming after the starbucks union workers??? ✋💀thats a different level of fucked up

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Anonymous OP 5w

How dare you ask for more from your employer!

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Anonymous birthcontrolfairy 5w

I wasn’t talking about anything about the strike ending or whatever. I just said I disagree with one of their ideas. Good lord

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Anonymous OP 5w

and u have the audacity to be part of a union

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Anonymous birthcontrolfairy 5w

we do ask for more. I just disagree with one of the things starbucks employees are asking for

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Anonymous OP 5w

Thinking that union negotiations don’t result in fair outcomes was the issue there and it appeared to stem from not knowing how strikes work. Is there a disconnect somewhere else or do you understand now? Unions level the playing field between workers and greedy corporations.

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Anonymous #1 5w

yes girl let me go remove myself from it because anonymous person number one doesn’t like it

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Anonymous birthcontrolfairy 5w

What are you talking about

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Anonymous OP 5w

Did I lose you? Maybe your union rep can help you understand. Bye lol

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Anonymous OP 5w

u dont deserve to have ur needs fought for by a union talking like that 🤷‍♀️ i honestly dont care what a boot licker thinks

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