Who agrees with my rant about the minimum wage? ($25 an hour)?

[hostboy__fastestlaps]

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I am sick and tired of being infantilized as a young, childless, white autistic man (in my early-mid-20s). My personal and financial experiences are tougher than literally 95%(maybe even more) of people in my age range of 18 to 24. I still have no drivers license (let alone proof of insurance), I only work "part-time" (barely), I get paid literally $10 an hour if at all [x], I'm on SSI and that's my main source of income (the other being EBT food stamps), I go to school (take online classes for Web programming) part-time on Mondays and Wednesdays and do homework (thankfully it's not all that hard, unlike say English or Math)

[x] (the pay frequency is not consistent... it's $5 below minimum legal wage and in California... but my boss and my mom buddied up and agreed with just paying me $10/hour because of my other sources of income... one of my job coaches was shocked about it and thought it was against the law and I almost had an outburst about that.. but really there's nothing I can do about it besides quit, and my boss doesn't care about me either unless it's regarding a very situational moment, yeah he claims I'm his favorite employee in front of everyone but his actions show otherwise...)

I literally left the job coaching program designated for clients like me with disabilities because it turned out to be nothing but a joke and oftentimes traumatical for the clients with disabilities (I only got two jobs via that program and none of them worked for me personally, although I did return to that first one).

I would prefer $25 an hour as that's what most neurotypical people in their 20s are earning, but $20 is fine as long as it's a full-time job...

I do agree

I don't agree

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1 y

I finally filed a complaint against my boss via the DOLBecause the workplace is consisted of less than 10 employees (even if less than 26) it's $14/hour in this day and age. Also I was getting paid $11/hour in 2019, $10/hour in 2022. Workpay isn't even consistent, his "professionalism" is a lackluster, he brags to customers that two other employees get paid $300-500 a day! "A DAY!" And yet he claims me to be his "favorite" employee, though he infantilizes me by often limiting my work hours to

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1 y

1 to 3 hours a day (rarely 4 hours).

[exitseven]

I do not know what minimum wage is in CA but it must be more than 10 bucks and hour. You have to be paid at least that. It is the law. If your boss cannot afford it then he has to fire you and do the work himself. I do not know what your job entails and if you make more than 25 bucks an hour for the company so I cannot comment on that but you need to be paid at least minimum wage. Around here even fast food places are paying 18-20 bucks.

[hostboy__fastestlaps]

Well, to clarify I do not pay taxes due to being on SSI, being paid under the table on top of that. I am a low-income college student.

[hostboy__fastestlaps]

It is a private, small business auto shop.

[exitseven]

So you are working under the table and not paying taxes yet you complain that you are not getting paid enough. I have no sympathy for you.

[hostboy__fastestlaps]

My mom claims me as a dependent.

[NewsReader]

Minimum wage in California is $14/hour. It's illegal by law to be paid below minimum wage even if you signed an agreement. Report your employer or supervisor because that's illegal. You have a guaranteed win if you bring up this case.

[LazerBean]

If you are getting paid under the table, and if you don't like the job either find a different one or stop whining about it. No I do not agree with your rant about minimum wage because minimum wage only applies to legal, taxable jobs. All bets are off if you are not reporting your income.