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Apple Giving Many U.S. Retail Employees Raises
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Not much of a nose for business, eh?
Apple consistently has the highest sales per square foot of ANY retailer, by a wide margin. That’s exactly why they have as many retail stores as they do and would probably add a bunch more if it’s feasible. Those stores make money hand over fist. Retail employee pay their salary with the very first sale of every shift. Apple stores are the busiest retail stores of any mall or shopping area by a wide margin. They wouldn’t lose overhead, they’d lose a huge amount of revenue.
Who is stupid enough to walk into an Apple store? You answered your own question with your last statement. The reason it took so long for you to leave was because everyone was at the store shopping. All of the people you see in those stores are the ones not savy enough or comfortable enough to shop online, or don’t have enough understanding of what they need to purchase. Most consumers aren’t tech nerds—hell, most have marginal understanding of tech.
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That's basically what I was thinking—a pay cut at worst, a very mild raise at best.
There is no inflation there is just corporate greed. They have all made record profits the past few years.
We just had a local article on this topic. Amazon actually increased pay for drivers to ~$19 (They were $16 through contractors) an hour, but warehouse workers make more than drivers at ~$21.50 an hour starting full time, and an extra ~$1 if they work the overnight shift. Without a high school diploma needed for that job, that’s pretty good to be at ~$22 hour with no qualifications required.
And yet, [Just some quick research] shows that FedEx drivers only get paid ~$17.50 an hour. That’s abysmal.
Well I’m a contractor and don’t get paid for any hours that I don’t work but I like it because my hourly rate is substantially higher than it would be at the same company if I was a regular employee there. Since holidays and vacation are not important to me I would rather get paid. Plus 40 hrs a week is nothing compared to how many hours I used to work per week during graduate school.
compare to me, you are rich, why don’t you give me some of your wealth ????
Didn’t know if to like, love or laugh at this… settled for the chuckles.
That said, I can totally get it, I’m very very far from retirement but the more time I spend working the more I see myself dreading the actual retirement. Some people need to “do stuff”, for some the more creative the better, others the more building or solving stuff the better.
Sometimes I just fling at work on the weekends because the brain just goes at it… according to some financial-ish books: what kills you in retirement is the boredom, in general most men can’t keep themselves retired for long, some would peek at a part time job, others consult, others embark on hobbies that never had the chance to do or else risk accelerate the final life checkpoint.
What would be great though is mandated 4 days work weeks, some companies here are doing it, the fifth day can totally be used for learning and gaining experience on a new craft… or whatever, do all the nextlix watch-next browsing for the weekend on that day.
Don't get too excited.
I can't find a median, but Zip recruiter puts the average apple store pay at 17 an hour in California. These numbers chosen by Bloomberg were obviously handpicked from a city like LA or NY, and even then they are likely top earners for floor associates.
I think you need to look at what qualifies as record inflation.
Is this a raise on top of inflation?
In my country, wages automatically go up when inflation happens. For everybody. Independent of the employer. So, in the last year our wages were already raised up to 5%. Thats independent of a promotion or other benefits the employer wants to give its employees.
In my country, wages automatically go up when inflation happens. For everybody. Independent of the employer. So, in the last year our wages were already raised up to 5%. Thats independent of a promotion or other benefits the employer wants to give its employees.
Best to take time now and again for yourself while you can enjoy it. Life is more than work, the sooner you realise this the more enjoyment you will get from your labours.
Fair comment. So I did some research.
Average annual leave (USA): 10 days.
Statutory minimum annual leave (UK): 20 days plus 8 public holidays.
Average paid sick leave (USA): 8 days.
In the UK, employees are entitled to statutory sick pay of up to 28 weeks per year. Full suck pay varies enormously by employer and hard stats are difficult to come by, but 10-20 days are not uncommon. Long service at a good employer can extend to the full 28 weeks at reduced pay.
Federal minimum parental leave (USA): ZERO DAYS.
Average paid parental leave (USA): 8 weeks.
Legal minimum parental leave (UK): Each parent can take up to 18 weeks for each child. Many companies offer significantly more.
Yeah, so these benefits offered by Apple suck. Every single person working at Apple in UK will get more as a legal minimum compared to this generous offer from Apple Corp in the USA. How about that for some “research”.
Median 31K salary a year is pretty low. Is this before tax? But maybe at that income level the tax are really low
Yeah here in Belgium I retain about 55% of my gross salary. Rest is taxed as social security and income tax.
Yes that is also true. However, healthcare is free, has better outcomes, and you live longer so ?♂️
No, it is not automatically raised with inflation. Anyway, inflation is quite low in US (although rising recently due to COVID etc) since 1980s. In addition, every company decides on its raise. Generally, the labor market is very competitive, there are always jobs, so companies tend to raise wages in times of economic revival (like now). And wages are very rarely lowered.
All of a sudden the wages gap between US and other places in the world isn't so wide once you factor these in.....
I work for company in the UK that was bought out my an American megacorp.
I've got a fairly senior technical position, have been there for years so I get a difficult to match stack of benefits. Total 38 days holiday and up to 12 months fully paid sick leave, 22% pension contribution, guaranteed inflation busting rise and decent bonus every year.
When we got bought out we were told not to talk about this benefits package with our American colleagues. Says everything about American corporations ?
I've got a fairly senior technical position, have been there for years so I get a difficult to match stack of benefits. Total 38 days holiday and up to 12 months fully paid sick leave, 22% pension contribution, guaranteed inflation busting rise and decent bonus every year.
When we got bought out we were told not to talk about this benefits package with our American colleagues. Says everything about American corporations ?