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This article seems to _repeatedly_ misuse the metric 'per hour', or assume that the posited worker was able to work two jobs as the same time. Example: > If a
by Octoth0rpe 8y ago
This article seems to _repeatedly_ misuse the metric 'per hour', or assume that the posited worker was able to work two jobs as the same time. Example:
> If a worker holds two full-time minimum wage jobs, they'd be earning $14.50 an hour total
No. They'd be making $7.25 per hour, and working 80 hours per week. Unless again they're able to work both jobs simultaneously, which very, very few people are (I've seen parking garage attendants manage this).
I wish the author would rewrite the article in terms of monthly income / hours worked per month.
- analog31 8y agoMeasuring income as a multiple of a minimum wage job is something most of us can understand, and it brings into relief the inadequacy of the minimum wage. It's like reporting distance in football fields.