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The article reveals that the people working the Mac Pro assembly line in Texas where paid the minimum wage which in Texas is currently $7.25 an hour. When the p
by povertyworld 7y ago
The article reveals that the people working the Mac Pro assembly line in Texas where paid the minimum wage which in Texas is currently $7.25 an hour. When the plant closes, those guys can apply to any fast food place in Austin, and make the same money.
- dwighttk 7y ago>but might have been even lower in 2013 $7.25 has been the federal minimum wage since 2009
- walterbell 7y agoThe lost Apple jobs shrink the Austin market for labor.
- LIV2 7y agoApple paying their workers the absolute minimum required by law is also not good, they have almost 1 trillion dollars ffs
- lelima 7y agoSo if they have 5000 people working there, 5000 people will be looking for those "McJobs". Many of them won't find another job, or at least not quick enough to provide food on the table.
- povertyworld 7y agoAccording to the article, demand for the Mac Pro tapered off years ago, and they were down to "a skeleton crew". The original plant opening had some kind of tax deal for "up to 500 jobs", so even at peak it was not making a huge difference. Texas supposedly has a 3.8% unemployment rate right now, so there is apparently a lot of work available. I like Apple, but assembling the Mac Pro in Texas was overrated.
- departure 7y agoAustin is so expensive even fast food places advertise $14 an hr.
- povertyworld 7y agoYeah, I was going to say, they should go to where ever the local Amazon fulfillment center is. Those places are always hiring and start at $15 an hour.
- hawaiian 7y agoWorking at an Amazon fulfillment center is not for the faint of heart. There's a reason they're always hiring. The physical requirements of the job are easy to overlook.
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