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Have you ever worked a minimum wage job? (still counts as 'minimum wage job' if you got very small, sub-dollar raises during the job. It *stops* counting as a minimum-wage job once you got a multi-dollar raise)

No
26.5%
Yes, for less than 6mo
21%
Yes, for 6-18mon
29.3%
Yes, 19+ months
23.3%

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6:34 PM · Jan 15, 2022

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I only ever made min wage until I was 30, when I got a internship as a grad student that payed 2.5x more for essentially 0 work.

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Jan 15, 2022

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@Aella_Girl

Strictly speaking, no. But I got work paying a pittance before the UK got a minimum wage.

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Yes, but it was a long, long time ago.

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I said yes, but I started a quarter over minimum wage.

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What if it's a decent monthly stipend that ends up sub-minimum when divided by # hours worked? 😅

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My first job was at amazon warehouse where they pay much over minimum wage (£12.40/hr) and minimum is around 7.50. So no, i guess.

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good ‘ol sit-in-a-chair-and-stare-at-a-pool-for-8-hours

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The university I went to is employing students to correct the written homework and exams while paying minimum wage.

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At this time, it shows 25% for every answer 😮