So you know your source, the same author says "Let's talk about revolutionary optimism and what it can do for us" with a picture of a CCP(?) propaganda poster here. There's also "The CIA is a T*rr*rist Organization" and something about the Cuba protests being fake news. Top comments say how they keep watching the videos cause of how angry it makes them.
It's nothing personal to Apple. Wages in general aren't keeping up with inflation.
Finland is also expensive and the US is way better for the minorities for example.
You seem to care since you responded to their post.
Sorry I’m dense, apparently. Can you please expand on that thought? I can’t figure out whether to agree or disagree with it. :/
The union I am with asked for 5% annually (2 years "contract"), which isn't even enough to cover the 7.1% inflation here, employers only wanna go as far as 1.4%, bunch of D***heads.
Is it really?
A lot of jobs here come with healthcare. Any company with >50 employees basically has to cover 95% of their full-time staff (or get fined). Of course, many people aren't technically "full-time" or don't have employer-provided coverage for other reasons.
These are excellent employee benefits for retail—you don’t need any sort of qualifications to get these jobs
Not to mention that amount of draw that bolsters businesses around the Apple Store.
Meh, I have 53 weeks of sick leave accumulated over 12 years of work. ??♂️
Do people have a right to live alone, necessitating a compensation level by which they could afford to live alone? That’s what these sorts of comments seem to always assume. “Living wage” is an elastic term based on various factors, including whether or not people are married, have children, live alone or with roommates/family, etc. It seems to be more a political term than an economic one. It can’t reasonably be meant to mean “whatever it takes to finance your choice of lifestyle”. But then you get into peoples habits and extracurriculars, and we’re getting off track. Just an observation.
Yeah 2% doesn’t even cover income tax in most states. Texas employees are enjoying this small upgrade at bare minimum as they can bank it all
Since when do jobs come WITH FREE health care in the US? Most companies like Apple, when you join, you have to go through several options (health benefits), none of them are “free”. And assuming your company does include basic health coverage with no additional cost, how much would you pay out-of-pocket if your broke a leg? Had a baby with C-section? Kidney surgery? This is what Americans don’t get! In Europe, it doesn’t really matter if you have the flu or cancer, you won’t pay anything extra. Here you pay extra on each paycheck, plus deductible, up to out-of-pocket maximum before the insurance reimburses 100%. For my family, last year, in the US I was paying an extra “tax” - that’s what it is - of $3500 for the year (charged biweekly on my paycheck) plus out-of-pocket of $2500. That’s a 10% tax for health insurance! And that’s very good insurance with low out-of-pocket maximum. Also paychecks may be higher, but take the number of vacation days and sick days out of the picture, and see how much is the pay per hour WORKED!
"The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today (February 10, 2022) that inflation stood at 7.5% as of January, the largest 12-month increase since February 1982."
