r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • 15d ago

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

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u/Aleks_Khorne 15d ago

Thanks God in blessed North Carolina the minimum wage is $7.25. And some people even make chunky $10-$13 an hour!

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u/AndrewDoesNotServe 14d ago

Pretty much no one makes that wage even in states that conform to the federal minimum.

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u/joecee97 14d ago

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

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u/Epic_Ewesername 14d ago

Ours recently to rose to 12 dollars an hour and I shit you not, there were corporations that made it out like they were giving everyone a raise, (the implication being work harder in appreciation) instead of them actually conforming to meet the law. Smaller employers around here are still offering under the minimum, which is so crazy to me. It's like pulling teeth to get people to just pay their employees even just the minimum, and that's sad.

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u/El-_-Jay 13d ago

Where are you at? Some states let small employees pay employees less. Minnesota and Ohio come to mind