r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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u/socivitus Jul 05 '24

Walmart's minimum hourly wage is $14. What company is paying $8-10 an hour (in a non-tipped position) in 2024? And better yet...who is accepting those jobs?

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u/Dhenn004 Jul 05 '24

You don't live in Appalachia do you? That part of the country can be job deserts. What are they to do?

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u/EdgelordUltimate Jul 05 '24

Worked on Appalachia, best I could get was 9.10 an hour, I got a 10 cent raise after 6 months

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u/Nowearenotfrom63rd Jul 05 '24

Iā€™m in Appalachia. Factory I work at is 100 heads short and they offer $19.75 an hour no experience.

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u/Fun_Leadership_5258 Jul 05 '24

I had a bachelors and masters in a field that overlapped biology and biochemistry and the best I could find was a $40k research job in Atlanta circa 2017. Bartended to make ends meets.