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Lowest Wage You Ever Worked For
Brookwood
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OK, I'm talking about what you were paid for work as an adult, 18 yrs. or older.
At 18, I worked as a dishwasher for 1.25 an hour. It kept me in gas money for the summer before I enlisted into the USAF.
At 18, I worked as a dishwasher for 1.25 an hour. It kept me in gas money for the summer before I enlisted into the USAF.
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but living at home I saved up to buy my 1st car 800.00 ) and had money to fix it up ( cragars headers the normal stuff ) keep gas and a date in it
buy my own clothes even a few guns .. but than again I was living at home
Fresh out,in ?93, I got a job in a factory for $8/hr. Minimum wage was like $4.25.
Only lasted long enough to find a good masonry job.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
That only lasted about three months until I got a job bumping knots on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska for the princely sum of $11.25/hour. That was pretty big money for a 20 year old kid back then!
I grew up on a farm, and worked for neighboring farmers too. That was mighty hard work per dollar earned.
It was also totally awesome- they taught me about machining, tooling, how to set up measurement and inspection equipment.
It beat the hell out of working fast food like most of my friends in high school.
Looking back- even if I had worked for free my education there would have been totally worth it.
To this day- when I am talking to a machinist, a tool & die maker or an inspector -I do alot more listening than talking.
Combat Vet VN
D.A.V Life Member
I worked in a yard between Craig and Klawock where they'd haul the trees in (biggest I saw up there was a hemlock about 7' in diameter), lay 'em out in decks, and then I'd go through and clean 'em up so they'd fit in the holds of the Japanese ships anchored just offshore. It was probably one of the safest jobs one can have while logging, but I still about got killed twice a day!
Back in 1990 I started all over in a new Career and started at 8 bucks an hour, retired at a little over 100K.
Don't remember what it was, but do remember that I really looked forward to my promotion to 1LT because that would happen at the same time I went over 2 years service; both were a nice pay raise.
Got my paycheck and it was $32 less.
The raise was enough to bump me up an IRS bracket :evil:
Even when I began working there were something like 25 individual tax brackets, which ranged as high as 70% :shock: . An increase in your income of as little as ten bucks a week could cost you an additional 1% in tax at the end of the year. That was crazy.
When I asked what size raise he put me in for he said 5 cents an hour. I told him I was taking the rest of the day off to go look for a decent job. I walked across the street and was asked where I had been as they were looking for people with my background. They asked me when I could start. I said Monday (it was a Thursday) January 1969 . $2.85 an hour. I walked back to where I was working and retrieved my personal items, said goodbye and worked for the next 18.5 years on my new job. Started as a Tech and received promotion to Supervisor within 3 years. Worked mostly as a production supervisor. They kept up with wages pretty well. Then came my first heart attack at age 36.Omly lasted a couple more years working. Had 7 heart attacks, cancer, and a host of other medical problems. Was suppose to be dead a number of years ago according to the doctors.
So the answer is $2.00 per hour. Rest is just babble.
the end of the week he handed me my money and I looked up at him and before I could say a word, he said" you didn't think the gloves were free did you?"
1974. married. $3.25 per hour hanging seamless gutter, soffit and siding
After a year, the manager had increased my pay to $1.40 per hour. My co-worker Bob had been hired after me; he told me he had been started off at $1.40/hour. I asked the manager, "How come Bob started off at the salary it took me a year to get?" He said, "Well, Bob has a family." I said, "Oh, I see." I turned in my apron. That was a valuable life lesson: there are many forms of discrimination.
Neal
First was picking tobacco. We got 13 cents per bin of tobacco. It was hot well over 100 under the netting and dirty.
The other job was working on party fishing boat. Pay was zero, all we got was tips for helping fisherman and all the fish we would filet.
While in 8th grade : I worked @ a t.v. repair shop : helpling pick-up & deliver t.v.s and trying to learn more bout electronics ??? @ $ 1.00 an hour :::
Thanks !!!
I Grew Old Too Fast (And Smart Too damn Slow !!!) !!!
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
Sounds like barter to me. Not a bad barter as long as the pie tasted good and the hedge wasn't a half mile long!
In the late 50's, picked field rocks for a neighbor several miles away for .50 cents an hour.
We have enough gun laws, what we need is IDIOT control.
Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family.
I thought getting old would take longer. :shock:
Doubt that it went down from when I was in. E-1 was $78/mo in 1958. That would be 10 2/3rd cents/hr.