2/ Today at the deli I ask the teenage girl behind the counter. "Hey, do you have any brothers or male friends? What's a fair wage for a summer farmhand?" "Well, you'd have to pay more than $7.75, because that's minimum wage, and it's hard work. Maybe ... $9 ?"
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3/ me: "So, something in the $13-14 range would be -" her: <eyes wide> "OH MY GOD, YES!"
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4/ So I've got a plan. Either in a few weeks, or next spring, flyer goes up in hardware store + feed store: WANTED 20+ hr/week farm hand some fun work (driving riding mower + tractor), some crap work (mucking stalls, weeding) $13+/hr, depending on experience refs required
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Was this your new one that was a hard worker but needed a lot of training?
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there is only One True Farmhand all farmhands become him over time if you go without one too long, you become the One True Farmhand
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Dang. I’m curious whether he thinks he can get that wage elsewhere right now. Is the market for unskilled/semi-skilled labor that hot right now?!
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I think he makes $15/hr painting, and his wife wants him to paint, not to do this, so it was picked as a crazy high salary, maybe?
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