Economy getting worse and these asshole franchise decides to lower the hiring range.
When my son started less then year ago he was hired at 13 an hour. Now it’s 11. They been short staff and losing workers and my learned this.
Added insult to injury he is getting a promotion to Team Lead which used to pay 17 an hour now it lower to 16. He about fed up working his ass off and a promotion means little when Walmart pays more with a starting wage then where he currently works.
Fucking corporation are fucking stupid.
For reference, the highest state* minimum wage in the US is Washington State at $17.13 (in Seattle it’s $21.30).
*not counting Washington DC
Wage laws across the US are all over the place. Meanwhile the federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009.