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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(116,512 posts) Fri Dec 17, 2021, 02:56 PM Dec 2021

T-Mobile raises minimum wage to $20 an hour amid labor crunch

T-Mobile US Inc. (Nasdaq: TMUS) has raised its minimum wage to $20 per hour, following a trend of large corporations raising base pay to counter labor shortages.

The policy shift will cover the Bellevue-based company's U.S. employees, though a "vast majority of our employees already earn well above this level, especially when including incentive pay," CEO Mike Sievert said in a blog post last week announcing the move.

"But this move is about inclusion, and we wanted to draw a line that ensures no employee is left behind," he said.

T-Mobile has 75,000 employees companywide with over 8,000 in Washington.

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2021/12/16/t-mobile-raises-minimum-wage-labor-shortage.html

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T-Mobile raises minimum wage to $20 an hour amid labor crunch (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2021 OP

I'd love a 2 day a week, part time job. multigraincracker Dec 2021 #1

Everyone has been hammering management at work madville Dec 2021 #2

multigraincracker

(34,326 posts)

1. I'd love a 2 day a week, part time job.

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Fri Dec 17, 2021, 03:07 PM

Dec 2021

Could always use the money, but wouldn't mine a real job. Just has to be for no more than 2 days and only on Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays.
I retired from my real job 20 years ago and have had many part time jobs that didn't pay sh*t, so I had no problem telling them to shove it.
My main, among many other, side gig requires me to be free on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

madville

(7,479 posts)

2. Everyone has been hammering management at work

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Dec 17, 2021, 03:57 PM

Dec 2021

I work for an electric utility with various apprenticeship programs (lineman, substations, meters, etc.). They still want apprentices to start at $16 an hour for the first year AND have a CDL drivers license. Granted after about 8 years they’ll be topped out on the payscale at around $45 an hour but still, it’s a big ask to get someone to come onboard for almost nothing to start.

$18 an hour is basically minimum wage in my area of Florida judging by the fast food and convenience store hiring signs.

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