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How many volunteers are doing it because they need the hours? Does WH pay employees who can't show so they can still cover their bills? Is it ethical to pay s

How many volunteers are doing it because they need the hours? Does WH pay employees who can't show so they can still cover their bills? Is it ethical to pay someone $7/hour (the average wage of a WH employee) and then ask them if they would volunteer to travel to work in a hurricane?

wcunning 7y ago
Citation on the average wage? Federal minimum is $7.25/hr, and at least in my midwestern town, McDonald's is paying $11.25/hr, starting, so that seems shockingly low as an average. Or is that the average of the tipped staff, before tips?
- CoolGuySteve 7y ago
  https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Waffle_House%2C_Inc./Hourly_Rate https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Waffle_House%2... https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Waffle-House/salaries https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Waffle-House/salaries But really, if the employee was making $11.25/hour, would that somehow make it more ethical? $22k/year is still borderline impoverished for a 3 person household: https://www.thebalance.com/federal-poverty-level-definition-guidelines-chart-3305843 https://www.thebalance.com/federal-poverty-level-definition-...
  - diminoten 7y ago
    Wouldn't it be $44k/year?
    - pessimizer 7y ago
      The usual estimate is 2000 hours/year.
      - diminoten 7y ago
        Yes, per person, and two people who can work in the household.
  - Scoundreller 7y ago
    Does it? Here’s the kind of house that $35k BUYS you in Cleveland: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2840-E-122nd-St-Cleveland-OH-44120/33417727_zpid/ https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2840-E-122nd-St-Cleveland... I can only assume the neighbourhood and/or it’s schools are atrocious, but damn.
falcongod082 7y ago
I don't think it's ethical to pay that little period, but I don't see Waffle House commercials talking about this either, so if the company isn't trying to profit off of it and the employees want to do it I'm all for it.

wcunning 7y ago

Citation on the average wage? Federal minimum is $7.25/hr, and at least in my midwestern town, McDonald's is paying $11.25/hr, starting, so that seems shockingly low as an average. Or is that the average of the tipped staff, before tips?

CoolGuySteve 7y ago
https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Waffle_House%2C_Inc./Hourly_Rate https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Employer=Waffle_House%2... https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Waffle-House/salaries https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Waffle-House/salaries But really, if the employee was making $11.25/hour, would that somehow make it more ethical? $22k/year is still borderline impoverished for a 3 person household: https://www.thebalance.com/federal-poverty-level-definition-guidelines-chart-3305843 https://www.thebalance.com/federal-poverty-level-definition-...
- diminoten 7y ago
  Wouldn't it be $44k/year?
  - pessimizer 7y ago
    The usual estimate is 2000 hours/year.
    - diminoten 7y ago
      Yes, per person, and two people who can work in the household.
- Scoundreller 7y ago
  Does it? Here’s the kind of house that $35k BUYS you in Cleveland: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2840-E-122nd-St-Cleveland-OH-44120/33417727_zpid/ https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2840-E-122nd-St-Cleveland... I can only assume the neighbourhood and/or it’s schools are atrocious, but damn.

falcongod082 7y ago

I don't think it's ethical to pay that little period, but I don't see Waffle House commercials talking about this either, so if the company isn't trying to profit off of it and the employees want to do it I'm all for it.