TJ Maxx applicant in disbelief after learning of $12 minimum wage: ‘Not taking that f–king job’

[godofwine]

How dare someone expect a basic ass job to pay for a car, rent, and to live middle class. Its an unskilled ass labor job.

Unskilled labor job or not, the reason we're in this position is because the wages they were offering didn't go up at the same rate as the cost of living. Now that we're wanting a catch up, when they have been getting over paying minimum for decades, we have people like you saying they are unskilled positions and they don't deserve to make $12 an hour or $15 an hour, when if you think about it if the pay wage went up at the same rate as cost of living they would be at $15 right now or more

But not just their wages stagnated, our wages stagnated too.

 

[moblack]

Unskilled labor job or not, the reason we're in this position is because the wages they were offering didn't go up at the same rate as the cost of living. Now that we're wanting a catch up, when they have been getting over paying minimum for decades, we have people like you saying they are unskilled positions and they don't deserve to make $12 an hour or $15 an hour, when if you think about it if the pay wage went up at the same rate as cost of living they would be at $15 right now or more

But not just their wages stagnated, our wages stagnated too.

5 years ago working at this place it wasn't livable wages. It never has been in modern times. Folks are just latching on to the popular thing to say. Why are people wanting low wage jobs and expect to live like the next person? Never in my life as an adult have I ever thought let me get on at McDonalds flip some burgers and have a livable wage. Have the wages increased for profits they make? No but to expect to live a middle class life style is absurd. Saw a video of a girl the other day who graduated with a theater degree working at like Pac Sun. Complained about the wage of the job. Like lady !

 

[Hey Julian!]

Because it’s a job. No job is worth 12 dollars. That’s bullshit. And they know it because someone will take it. You can go drive for Amazon and make 20 a hour plus bonuses. He need to hit them up or drive Uber because 12 ain’t it regardless of skill.

It’s not a job meant to feed your family. If he could apply to Amazon he wouldn’t be looking at TJ Maxx and the two jobs aren’t comarable anyway. Delivery jobs aren’t a cake walk. You‘ll be busting your ass on a route or in the warehouse thats been noted with these Amazon jobs. Peoplw Uber is easy money, but forget the wear and tear you put on your car. Extra insuranc and you can have just any car.
What exactly at Tj Maxx require hard labor? Folding t-shirts and ringing people up at the register? These are part time jobs for teenagers and college students. People getting shit twisted these days.

 

[dasmybikepunk]

25$ national minimum wage is a must at this point. Period /thread

 

[34real]

The intitlement is crazy in 2024,where people think their supposed to be millionaires off of a low wage job that doesn't take much skills.

Don't worry black man that 12 dollar job will go to a Messican and you'll still be complaining.

 

[YoungSinister]

25$ national minimum wage is a must at this point. Period /thread

Not practical

 

[roblo]

What marketable skills does he have to command more money than was offered?

 

[Flawless]

Not practical

Should not be in business if you can't pay that.

 

[regulus]

I kind of feel him, but when you need a job and need the money you take that job and you pound the pavement when you get off to look for a better job

I hate that the lowest part of minimum wage is a jobs idea of a starting point. Minimum wage is a suggestion, but they're using it as the standard.

For example, if you are an 18 year old kid and minimum wage is $11 an hour, I'm starting you at $11 an hour. If you're 25, I might start you with $14, and if you're 30 I'm probably going to start you at $15 an hour plus depending on your experience.

But the way these jobs play it is everybody gets the bare minimum regardless of age or experience and that's some fucking bullshit. I remember when I was hurting trying to get a job. I went into Bruegger's Bagels and they told me $6.50 an hour. I'm like are you fucking kidding me. This was like 2002, but still...and I took it cuz rent needed to be paid

A lot of these low paying jobs actively work to prevent you from finding a second job much less a replacement. They will literally make you do pointless tasks to exhaust you physically and mentally so that you don't have the energy for a job search and are basically on unpaid standby (since you aren't working anywhere else and likely have a cell phone). They aren't starter jobs, they're forever jobs until you quit or get fired.

 

[PeerlessMack]

Not practical

It may not be for some smaller mom and pop business but for larger multi-billion dollar corporations, it is doable.

An economist proved this. He took Walmarts profits and pricing and then he calculated that if Walmart increased the price of its top 10 selling items by just 10 cents, it would make enough to pay every employee over $50k a year.

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

Hey Costco almost pays double that in some areas and Trader Joe’s pays like 7 dollars more… the Apple Store pays prob like $6 more.. so there’s other retail stores that actually pay more

a thread like this can and will expose bootlickers.

 

[dasmybikepunk]

It may not be for some smaller mom and pop business but for larger multi-billion dollar corporations, it is doable.

An economist proved this. He took Walmarts profits and pricing and then he calculated that if Walmart increased the price of its top 10 selling items by just 10 cents, it would make enough to pay every employee over $50k a year.

Exactly and I bet if they did another study and showed that if America's wealthy just paid 10% of their fair taxes the gov't could easily subsidize mom and pop businesses to be able to do the same, I know there would be the occasional political govt shut down to play games with it, but most low income workers would better appreciate sometimes slower $25 an hour vs. No $25 an hour.

I see way to many hardworking good people struggling everyday even on $15-20 per hour, $25 an hour would make just enough difference for some folks to be able to goto school and increase their station in life.

Oh I forgot America needs a constant large supply of worker bees to keep the market up... oh well...

jmo

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

It may not be for some smaller mom and pop business but for larger multi-billion dollar corporations, it is doable.

An economist proved this. He took Walmarts profits and pricing and then he calculated that if Walmart increased the price of its top 10 selling items by just 10 cents, it would make enough to pay every employee over $50k a year.

But why? Why would your enemy do such a thing?

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

Most high paying corporate jobs require a degree to get the job but their daily workload can be done by any idiot with a highschool diploma.

Therein is the market: making idiots pay to prove their stupidity.

 

[dtownsfinest]

So you think someone putting shit clothes on the rack should pay 22 bucks a hour? No formal training, no certifications, just training that takes a few hours job shadowing? Even to be a CNA it takes 6-12 weeks with real training.

It should be on the lower scale or things the problem is….12 dollars shouldn’t be the lower scale. Not in 2024. The lowest paying job should be far more than 12.

 

[moblack]

The intitlement is crazy in 2024,where people think their supposed to be millionaires off of a low wage job that doesn't take much skills.

Don't worry black man that 12 dollar job will go to a Messican and you'll still be complaining.

Bruh these guys on here talking crazy. A mexican will take that job and get married then be making 24 bucks a hour. Then the husband will do a hustle on the side and they'll be making 30 plus and be happy as fuck. They will outright own one used car and share it. Will progress in life while some Black dude gone be yelling CNN rhetoric about livable wage. Dudes rather have no motion than slow motion moving forward.

 

[dtownsfinest]

It’s not a job meant to feed your family. If he could apply to Amazon he wouldn’t be looking at TJ Maxx and the two jobs aren’t comarable anyway. Delivery jobs aren’t a cake walk. You‘ll be busting your ass on a route or in the warehouse thats been noted with these Amazon jobs. Peoplw Uber is easy money, but forget the wear and tear you put on your car. Extra insuranc and you can have just any car.
What exactly at Tj Maxx require hard labor? Folding t-shirts and ringing people up at the register? These are part time jobs for teenagers and college students. People getting shit twisted these days.

College students and teenagers should get more than 12 hours then. There’s no justification for it.

 

[Pack Rat]

As the richest nation on earth, we give away billions to other nations, oil and pharmaceutical companies, and other businesses that turn a profit of millions of dollars. It's socialism in real time, and we call it subsides, which sounds better than welfare for the rich. And if there's a war, hey look, we just found another 200 billion to give to the war. But there is nothing in this country for the working class; the wealthy control our politicians and judges, so they write the laws that favor them. Does a working man really need a deduction for a new Jet? We can't even buy a new car! The sooner you accept that we are nothing more than sheep, here only to pay taxes, the better off you will be because we elect these people to office to do this to us.
The only thing of value we have is time......does your job value your time? Life is short....some a lot shorter than others, don't waste it.

Ok, I'm done...just my 2 cents
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talks

 

[Flawless]

It’s not a job meant to feed your family. If he could apply to Amazon he wouldn’t be looking at TJ Maxx and the two jobs aren’t comarable anyway. Delivery jobs aren’t a cake walk. You‘ll be busting your ass on a route or in the warehouse thats been noted with these Amazon jobs. Peoplw Uber is easy money, but forget the wear and tear you put on your car. Extra insuranc and you can have just any car.
What exactly at Tj Maxx require hard labor? Folding t-shirts and ringing people up at the register? These are part time jobs for teenagers and college students. People getting shit twisted these days.

So what do you have to say about all the adults working retail full time?

 

[CurtDawg]

Just steal the merch and flip it online for your own personal bonus

For some reason this comment was funny to me
But when I actually thought about it, you know what.....
He probably would make more money, just stealing the clothes once a week, & then selling it online

 

[tallblacknyc]

For some reason this comment was funny to me
But when I actually thought about it, you know what.....
He probably would make more money, just stealing the clothes once a week, & then selling it online

 

[Hey Julian!]

So what do you have to say about all the adults working retail full time?

There's nothing wrong with working retail, but every job DOES NOT warrant enough pay to take care of a family or a "living wage". If you start off as a teenager and eventually work your way into a higher position such as management then you've EARNED the higher pay(living wage). If I own a an ice cream shop and I need some workers to make cones that DOES NOT mean the work equals a living wage even if you work 40 hours a week. It's very basic labor. That shit is a fundamental misunderstanding of economics and work place value.

What's crazy is y'all are seeing the effects of this living wage nonsense. Fast food workers in California now have "value meals" costing $20. The same people that typically buy those meals now have to pay more for the same meals with their increase in pay and all its going to do is force corporations to find ways to get rid of workers. There's always been low paying and high paying jobs. It nothing new it's how capitalism works.

 

[tallblacknyc]

There's nothing wrong with working retail, but every job DOES NOT warrant enough pay to take care of a family or a "living wage". If you start off as a teenager and eventually work your way into a higher position such as management then you've EARNED the higher pay(living wage). If I own a an ice cream shop and I need some workers to make cones that DOES NOT mean the work equals a living wage even if you work 40 hours a week. It's very basic labor. That shit is a fundamental misunderstanding of economics and work place value.

Ice cream you say.. Hagen Daaz is known to pay their workers well also.. they were just under Costco at 1 point as far as payment.. plus you get like 2 ice creams a day.. so you’d probably start off between 18-20 an hr.. which is still better than $12.. awww the info people don’t know

 

[durham]

How does a person looking for a job at TJ Maxx have 360K people watching his socials?

 

[Hey Julian!]

This exactly how I started my online reselling business. People don't want to figure out how to grind.

Ice cream you say.. Hagen Daaz is known to pay their workers well also.. they were just under Costco at 1 point as far as payment.. plus you get like 2 ice creams a day.. so you’d probably start off between 18-20 an hr.. which is still better than $12.. awww the info people don’t know

Yes, I'm sure they do. I don't know what TJ Maxx revenue/margins are, but regardless my point is every job especially small business can't afford to pay a livable wage even if they wanted to. It's just not feasible especially with providing healthcare options, etc and even if they could the market will determine the wage anyway. National minimum wage is 7.25 an hour. Most jobs pay more than that. You can't have a fast food job here in San Antonio for less than $12, nobody would go for it because the market has other entry level jobs paying that or more. If TJ Maxx was hurting for employees in that area, they would pay more to hire them. I don't see the problem.

 

[YoungSinister]

Should not be in business if you can't pay that.

Alot of businesses would be out of business if they had to pay what you want them to pay

It may not be for some smaller mom and pop business but for larger multi-billion dollar corporations, it is doable.

An economist proved this. He took Walmarts profits and pricing and then he calculated that if Walmart increased the price of its top 10 selling items by just 10 cents, it would make enough to pay every employee over $50k a year.

It’s Walmart though
That labor isn’t worth $50k a year

 

[tallblacknyc]

This exactly how I started my online reselling business. People don't want to figure out how to grind.

Yes, I'm sure they do. I don't know what TJ Maxx revenue/margins are, but regardless my point is every job especially small business can't afford to pay a livable wage even if they wanted to. It's just not feasible especially with providing healthcare options, etc and even if they could the market will determine the wage anyway. National minimum wage is 7.25 an hour. Most jobs pay more than that. You can't have a fast food job here in San Antonio for less than $12, nobody would go for it because the market has other entry level jobs paying that or more. If TJ Maxx was hurting for employees in that area, they would pay more to hire them. I don't see the problem.

Nobody talking about small bizz we talking about big corporations that generate billions that can afford to pay their workers better. tj Maxx is not your local thrift shop

as far as people not wanting to grind it’s not always that it’s something called information and knowledge. If people aren’t presented with something most times they won’t do it cause they don’t know about it. But if you teach them a higher percentage of people will attempt it. If you think everyone was giving thorough knowledge of flipping clothes online you think more people wouldn’t do it? Of course they would. Hell there would be lack of supplies cause people would jump on that hustle quickfast. Pick your own hours, work at your own pace, the money generated for the hours of work put in easily would draw attention to a lot of people if they knew about it

 

[tallblacknyc]

Alot of businesses would be out of business if they had to pay what you want them to pay


It’s Walmart though
That labor isn’t worth $50k a year

walmart workers probably do more or the same amount of work as Costco employees yet one makes at least 19-20+ an hr and the other crumbs. So it’s obviously not the workload or the skill, it’s obvious one is a greedy corporation and the other 1 isn’t

 

[bkqns718]

For some reason this comment was funny to me
But when I actually thought about it, you know what.....
He probably would make more money, just stealing the clothes once a week, & then selling it online

Lets just say circuit city paid off a semester bill for me one year

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

walmart workers probably do more or the same amount of work as Costco employees yet one makes at least 19-20+ an hr and the other crumbs. So it’s obviously not the workload or the skill, it’s obvious one is a greedy corporation and the other 1 isn’t

Don’t do that. Both are greedy corporations. It’s just that one caters to a different set of customers.

 

[tallblacknyc]

Don’t do that. Both are greedy corporations. It’s just that one caters to a different set of customers.

Walmart literally has a bunch of negative stories. From how they treat employees, the wages, how they fuck up small bizz, etc. the other one is loved by employees and their customer base… Walmart and Costco tend to receive different comments when referring to them

 

[YoungSinister]

walmart workers probably do more or the same amount of work as Costco employees yet one makes at least 19-20+ an hr and the other crumbs. So it’s obviously not the workload or the skill, it’s obvious one is a greedy corporation and the other 1 isn’t

That’s true
But at the same time, it’s harder to get a job at Costco than it is Wal-Mart. They don’t hire the same type of people. The sad truth is, there’s a certain segment of society that corporate America will NEVER pay a competitive wage to. When I’m in these type of convos, that’s the point that I try to get across.

 

[tallblacknyc]

That’s true
But at the same time, it’s harder to get a job at Costco than it is Wal-Mart. They don’t hire the same type of people. The sad truth is, there’s a certain segment of society that corporate America will NEVER pay a competitive wage to. When I’m in these type of convos, that’s the point that I try to get across.

It’s harder to get a Costco job than Walmart cause it’s literally 4000 less stores . So less stores way more less job available. I literally know a few hood chicks with Costco jobs that been there for yrs so let’s not act like the quality of people is so different. certain companies will try to low blow employees as long as people allow them to or don’t demand better pay. As long as they’re people willing to do the job for the cheap some of these corporations will get away with it. That is facts

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

Walmart literally has a bunch of negative stories. From how they treat employees, the wages, how they fuck up small bizz, etc. the other one is loved by employees and their customer base… Walmart and Costco tend to receive different comments when referring to them

Because they cater to 2 different class of people. If you shop at Walmart, you’re not the type to sit down and write a review. Poor folks don’t have time for that. Their presence is define by their absence in the archives.

 

[tallblacknyc]

Because they cater to 2 different class of people. If you shop at Walmart, you’re not the type to sit down and write a review. Poor folks don’t have time for that. Their presence is define by their absence in the archives.

Costco accepts EBT. All you have to do is pay $60 for a membership. Or you can have a member buy basically a gift card for a non member to enter. I've literally seen a bunch of new people start coming to Costco.. basically Dominicans and even some African migrants coming to shop there past several months. Bjs in NYC was a favorite among Spanish families for decades especially people on EBT. So now it seems that demographic have made their way to Costco now. You can tell cause in the beginning of the month aka EBT time they be jammed pack up in there with multiple family members using 1 card to pay separately. Stocking up for the month. So let's not think poor people don't also shop at Costco. In fact more are probably utilizing it now than ever b4 cause of buying in bulk and overall cheaper prices. Let's not forget them $5 whole chicken that definitely can be utilized by poor people