Wow, went looking for a part time retail job. Hourly wage surprise

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's probably for nice-looking white people who speak well.

Of course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In our restaurant host/hostess makes $11 an hour and the servers make anywhere from $15 to $ 40 (brunch) an hour gross.
We are constantly short of workers. Every craigslist add results in 1-2 interested people only.

WHERE?????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In our restaurant host/hostess makes $11 an hour and the servers make anywhere from $15 to $ 40 (brunch) an hour gross.
We are constantly short of workers. Every craigslist add results in 1-2 interested people only.

This is because some people have stopped looking for jobs, believing that they aren't out there.

[Anonymous]

So, what job did you end up getting, OP, and how much does it pay?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:babysitters make $10/hr

Not in DC they don't. We pay $15/$20 hour.

Which is why people don't take part-time retail jobs paying $15/hr. With variable shifts daycare doesn't make sense, so you end up hiring a sitter to watch your kids while you work, and after taxes you've lost money on the arrangement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's probably for nice-looking white people who speak well.

Of course.

No. That's for people who take pride in their appearance and use correct grammar. Sorry, but when I hire someone they are the face of the company. If you cannot use standard English you do not represent the company well. If you do not look like you care about your appearance, why would you care about the way the organization looks?

I don't care if you are black, white, brown, or purple. Just don't walk into an interview using Ebonics and expect me to hire you for a position that requires you to interact with the public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's probably for nice-looking white people who speak well.

Of course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's probably for nice-looking white people who speak well.

Of course.

No. That's for people who take pride in their appearance and use correct grammar. Sorry, but when I hire someone they are the face of the company. If you cannot use standard English you do not represent the company well. If you do not look like you care about your appearance, why would you care about the way the organization looks?

I don't care if you are black, white, brown, or purple. Just don't walk into an interview using Ebonics and expect me to hire you for a position that requires you to interact with the public.

However, you will hire Pueblo and Esmerelda to work the registers and they can't even speak clear English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's probably for nice-looking white people who speak well.

Of course.

No. That's for people who take pride in their appearance and use correct grammar. Sorry, but when I hire someone they are the face of the company. If you cannot use standard English you do not represent the company well. If you do not look like you care about your appearance, why would you care about the way the organization looks?

I don't care if you are black, white, brown, or purple. Just don't walk into an interview using Ebonics and expect me to hire you for a position that requires you to interact with the public.

Why Ebonics? Racist much?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was shocked at what some places are paying $14 to $17 an hour as cashiers. $15 hour as a dog bather. Just looked at craigslist and went on interviews for a part time job. Every single place said they couldn't find people to even come into an interview. Happily surprised after reading another thread on here saying on every place pays minimum wage. Well, I guess if you ask for it, you get that.

Are you shocked that it is high or that it is low?

[Anonymous]

My 18 year old sister gets $15 for retail. She's been with them for a year. Retail at mall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:babysitters make $10/hr

Ha! You are getting a steal. I made $15 as a babysitter 10 years ago for a 3 year old/35 hours week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:babysitters make $10/hr

Mine makes 15 for one kid!

Mine is 15 for 2 kids.

Are your kids older? I'm hearing 20-22/hour for my infant and two year old. It's not really worth it for us to go out at that rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:babysitters make $10/hr

Mine makes 15 for one kid!

Mine is 15 for 2 kids.

Are your kids older? I'm hearing 20-22/hour for my infant and two year old. It's not really worth it for us to go out at that rate.

Sounds normal to me if it's much older kids. ($15) . Friends with younger kids are paying $15-18 for one and around 22 to 25 for two

[Anonymous]

Wow, I should take up babysitting. While looking for work in my preferred career, I've been doing part-time number punching/data entry/payroll for a small business, where they pay only $12 an hour.