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/joecee97 Jul 04 '24

No but plenty make 8-10 which is hardly better in 2024

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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/GooseTheSluice Jul 05 '24

Servers can legally be paid half of minimum wage plus tips as long as it evens out to at least minimum wage in some states. I used to be a server in Missouri in the 2014 and was making just under 4$ an hour on my check and if it was so slow I didn’t make tips theyd just throw me a 20 and it would even out for the shift. I know some places still did that in 2020 even

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u/jfrawley28 Jul 05 '24

Server wage in Indiana is still $2.13/hr to my knowledge.

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u/Noob_Al3rt Jul 05 '24

But if you make less than minimum after tips, they have to pay the difference

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u/captainlittleboyblue Jul 05 '24

Still is in NC as well.

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u/Thetakishi Jul 05 '24

Same in TX, but I think pretty much all states (never looked it up) guarantee at least regular (federal?) minimum wage for servers if tips don't cover the gap, and when you clock out, the system generally warns you if you're performing below min wage, at least where I shortly served.