'I just wanted to share this evidence that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer': Small factory worker tries to enlighten her wealthy upper management

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Sep 9, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

Ready to get woke, sheeple? America has been kind of going in the gutter for several decades now, to say the least. There is a housing crisis like no other and the price gouging because of "inflation" is simply out of control. Don't even get us started on how little the government "helps" the families in this country. The conversation around minimum wage in the U.S. as exploded on Reddit and Redditors are providing a "woke" commentary. 

A small town/small factory worker took to Reddit simply to release some pent up anger against their upper management. They had recently gotten trapped in a conversation with their manager about minimum wage. Their manager was saying that people should be happy to make $7.25 an hour instead of the minimum $11 an hour the company pays. This seemed to make OP gasp and they tried to explain to her the very obvious hierarchy that was going on in the company—how the upper management gets nicer bathrooms, gets free donuts and treats, etc. and the minimum wage workers get nothing. The boss just couldn't seem to see it, but it really made OP start to think about the storm times the U.S. workforce is in right now. 

What do you think?

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    Human - "There's a definite hierarchy here and she doesn't seem to realize that." MAT A
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    Font - Posted by u/Busy_Fee8875 22 hours ago My boss thinks that 7.25 an hour is good
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    Font - i work at a small factory in the midwest. they make around 6 million a year so it's not insanely big but they're definitely making ends meet.
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    Font - They're starting wage is 11 an hour but with prior work experience i was hired in making more than this. a lot of employees complain because most of them are making around the 12-13 dollar mark. my
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    Font - boss was talking to me about how it's hard to find good employees like me and i told her it was probably because nobody wants to hire in at 11 an hour. she told me that 11 an hour is good money and people need to be more grateful.
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    Font - i asked her if she truly believes people aren't under paid and she said that "people just don't work like they used to". keep in mind that every person who works here struggles with money and all of the higher ups are not blind to this. they
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    Font - have separate bathrooms that are cleaner, they get brownies/donuts/cookies , etc. that the factory workers don't get to have. there's a definite hierarchy here and she doesn't seem to realize
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    Font - that. the only reason why i still work here is because it's extremely hard to find another job where i live right now. i just wanted to share this evidence that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. there is definitely
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    Font - a unfair advantage for the rich in this country. edit:i forgot to mention that she also said "i think people should be grateful for 7.25" because the just recently raised the hiring wage to 11 from 7.25
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    Font - edit pt2: the worst part is we live in a raging college town with ridiculous house prices. it's almost impossible to find an apartment under 1,000 a month(not including utilities). and
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    Font - even those apartments get bought out by students with rich parents. i know i have to leave but i don't even know where to go because almost all of my friends and family live here.
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    Font - EnqueteurRegicide. 21 hr. ago $7.25/hour was good in 1982. If we can roll prices back to what they were then, we'll solve the student loan problem.
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    Font - FigNinja 20 hr. ago Yep. I used to work my a off for $11/hour. 30 years ago. When you could rent a small studio in not the worst part of town for $400/month.
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    Font - It wasn't a middle class standard of living even in 1993. I was living paycheck to paycheck, but I could pay my bills.
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    Font - Rapunzel1234 · 20 hr. ago I was making about $7.50 in the early eighties and agree you could do ok on that. No F'ing way can someone at 10 or 11 per hour get ahead much less keep head above water these days.
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    Font - (B) Bitter_Director1231. 15 hr. ago 7.50 an hour now doesn't do anything for anyone trying to make a living. Period. 15-18 an hour doesn't either.
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    Font - yesIwillnotsurrender. 21 hr. ago She knows the hierarchy exists, she's just trying to cover it up. The bourgeoisie and their cronies are completely untrustworthy
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    Font - doogie 13 20 hr. ago Don't forget, this is a person who would pay you $0 if she was legally allowed to.
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    Font - VOTE dianebk2003 - 16 hr. ago I had an employer once who said, to my face, that she resented the government forcing her to pay a minimum wage.
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    Font - So in her eyes, I wasn't even worth paying that much for my labor. Jesus f g christ, lady! Way to encourage loyalty!
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    Font - Lost_in_a_C_of_faces. 19 hr. ago edited 16 hr. ago Wow! 15/hr is my state's minimum wage. Making that here would make you homeless and hungry; as my state is the most expensive to live in.
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    Font - We need living wages, and yes I know ppl are sick of hearing it. It's still a fact. If your wages can't cover accommodations, food, and so on then it should not be allowed as payment. The federal minimum wage needs to
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    Font - quadruple; just to give ppl a shot at keeping a roof over their heads and food in their stomachs.
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    Font - jcain0202 12 hr. ago ● Quadrupling minimum wage is fine but we can't assume the ruling class are going to eat the difference. They will raise prices to keep their cut the same and we're back to people not having enough
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    Font - money for bills. Not only do wages need to increase but we also have to get a handle on corporate price gouging, monopolies, unreasonable salary disparities, buying legislation, etc...the difficulty there is we
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    Font - legalized political corruption. Politicians take orders from their corporate bosses and don't actually work for the public. Unless we elect
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    Font - some truly ethical politicians to make changes, we're checkmated. That's my take anyway and I hope I'm wrong.
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