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Interesting that this high rate of payment is much lower than the Australia minimum wage in USD. I guess the purchasing power in America might be a little highe
by robryan 14y ago
Interesting that this high rate of payment is much lower than the Australia minimum wage in USD. I guess the purchasing power in America might be a little higher but still sounds like a pretty sad state of affairs.
- greenranger 14y agoI was thinking the same thing. I'm in Canada and I haven't made twelve bucks an hour since I was a pimple faced high schooler. If you advertised a wage like that here, you would be literally scraping the bottom of the labour barrel.
- yummyfajitas 14y agoAustralia is 65% more expensive than the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity#OECD_comparative_price_levels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity#OECD_c...
- robryan 14y agoProbably due in part to some of the crazy markups Australians were/ are accustomed to paying at retail. Although this is changing as people become more comfortable with online buying.