Business & Finance Minimum Wage

[Copernicus]

I started on $6.64/hr (P/T) in 2000 and finished on about $20/hr (casual) in 2006.

Quite satisfying to triple your wage for no real increase in usefulness.

Given a first year nurse with a degree qualification currently gets about $25/hr or so (undoubtedly less 5+ years ago) I reckon $20/hr is pretty good for the level of complexity of what I had to do. Open box. Place contents of box on shelf. Dispose of box. Repeat for 4 hours or so. Not difficult, could fit it in after uni, could listen to my iPod and if I was doing soft drinks/pet food/laundry powder etc. was pretty good exercise.

Pet food was an absolute bastard of an aisle

Ditto canned veggies.

 

[Scotland]

Didn't mind pet food, good workout throwing 10kg+ boxes around and there was often a chance to stack cartons of tins on top of one another. The bagged dog food was the easiest. 4 x 4kg in a box or 8kg on its own, beats 100g tins of tuna any day...

Those were the days. Still, now I work business hours and get paid a lot better without having to deal with stupid customers, so life hasn't gone downhill.