Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Living wage at Costco?

Here is the math. Stating wage there is $11/hr. Much better than 7$ fed minimum. 50% of Costco workers are part time. I would argue the concept of a "part time " worker is just a corporate gimmick to avoid giving this people benefits, since a large number of the part time workers need all the hours they can get and end up taking as many hours or more than a full time. But they are suppose to be part time so let say they work 30 hours and end up with 1400 at the end of the month before taxes and fees. My research has found that if you want a basic apartment and you dont get any asstiance (wait list for section 8 is 2 year and counting) you are going to pay 800/month and another 100 for water/power/garbage. Lat leaves barely 600 bucks a month for food/entertainment. On top of that Americans need a car to get to work so there is gas, insurance and a car payment to pay, unless they find a bus route that goes to Costco, which is rare because Costco are not in the same areas low costs apartments tend to be.And forget about saving any money for a rain day.This really doesnt seem to be a sustainable wage in this economy unless you are leaning heavily of public assistance. And if you have other mouths to feed you are totally screwed.

Meanwhile the white collar executives get 4-8x an hourly employees yearly salary PER MONTH. A man can work an entire year and not make what another makes in a month of work. It just seems wrong. Especiall for one of the most profitable corprotations in america. Yes they are better than walmart. They are very good at making that point. But that doesnt make the unbalanced division of profits reasonable. Who sets their goal at beating the absolute worst? I've worked in the warehouses and I've worked in the corporate office. The warehouse workers work a lot harder more demanding jobs, both physically and socially dealing with members. Yet the meaningful, enough to better yourself living wage salaries go people with a desk job.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

People work hard at Costco in all positions. Brain work and being responsible is also hard work.
Grow up and get involved instead of complaining.

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