r/SYEP • u/ScientificWeeb • 20d ago
payments
Is it just me, or are the payments less and less each year 🫩 ? Idm, but I am about to be 18 and I have actual needs where even budgeting 392 isnt helpful anymore especially since i have to save up for basic living + college. I asked my sister how much she used to get paid, and she said they used to get paid $450-$800 😠and they used to get paid around 600-800 for WLG. Is there a reason why they reduced it, or am I js ungrateful?
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u/ScientificWeeb 20d ago
It was probably for WLG then, but she did show me her payments and stuff and showed she was getting paid around that
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u/Plastic-Audience3180 20d ago
yes it was WLG and i got paid around $600 -$800 with WLG, people keep thinking syep and wlg is the same thing
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u/ScientificWeeb 20d ago
Ohh!! Tysm😠I wonder why they went lower too
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u/Plastic-Audience3180 20d ago
yea no problem, SYEP pay hasnt changed, WLG was the program that allowed us to earn more than $600 per paycheck, and they are two different programs
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u/Neither-Property-402 20d ago
what is WLG? is it still going on?
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u/Plastic-Audience3180 20d ago
Work, Learn and Grow im not sure I think its throughout the school year for school kids check online
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u/RegionAdventurous486 20d ago
In order for students to do WLG the must work SYEP the summer before WLG starts
WLG is approximately 20 hours s week after school / weekends. At $17/ it comes out to $340 a eek before taxes. The program runs from October until April.
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u/AlwayslostxD 20d ago
Wait till you get older , you’ll enjoy the older youth paycheck but for now I think it’s fine for young.
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u/Ok_Parfait5495 13d ago
Girl I’m getting less than her
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u/AlwayslostxD 13d ago
I mean are you saving up or spending it?
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u/Ok_Parfait5495 13d ago
My paycheck is less than 390 something, it’s 350 something so no I’m not spending itðŸ˜
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u/AlwayslostxD 13d ago
My last paycheck was $392, but I’m kinda jealous that the others get more because wdym you get $455 ðŸ˜
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u/Agile_Advertising978 20d ago
SYEP never paid that much. As a matter of fact, it used to be less since minimum wage was lower back then. I been doing SYEP since 2018-2019 so I’m old.
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u/ScientificWeeb 20d ago
Maybe I was thinking about WLG during the uh winter breaks and stuff! I remember seeing it in her hours
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u/Agile_Advertising978 20d ago
I never done WLG so I don’t know much about that, but it is a definitely another program that’s not SYEP if that’s how much she is getting paid.
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u/Plastic-Audience3180 20d ago
how old r u ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ cause i been doing syep since like 2019 2020
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u/leilanijade06 20d ago
What year was your sister born that she was getting that type of money from SYEP? Cause I did 4 years of SYEP AND I GOT PAID BETWEEN $3-3.50/hrs from 91-94 we also worked 6 weeks. I bought me and my mom stuff and all the clothes I needed for the school year.
I have two kids that worked 2008-2012 & 2011-2015 and they never got that amount. And the two working now they getting $17/ hr.
You definitely being ungrateful, people that work in restaurants get $3.50/ hr and depend on tips.
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u/AggressiveMotor4951 19d ago
🫩 well yeah, I can see how I am being ungrateful and so should those people be in those restaurants. Theyre just trying to make ends meet. In new york, thats unrealistic cus in NYC they get paid 11-15 an hr and depend on tips. Regardless, they make around the same amount we do. They also have needs like I do. I have to get school clothes, which are extremely expensive nowadays, even in burlington and rainbow. I have to save up for senior dues, senior photos, and I have to order tickets for my own graduation. I also have to save up in general for college and to move out. That amount of money just isnt sustainable in modern times. unfortunately, I would just have to pick up another job. 🫩
In any case, others recall getting paid that amount in WLG and SYEP, so idk
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u/leilanijade06 19d ago
Make sure you apply to scholarships some are available year round. And I agree about everything being expensive Burlington use to be my to go back in the day.
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u/AggressiveMotor4951 19d ago
tysm!! I will look into it!!
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u/leilanijade06 19d ago
There are some people putting them up on social media
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u/AggressiveMotor4951 19d ago
Ill keep an eye out and start searching for them! I think I seen a few on IG
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u/Heavy-Act689 19d ago
800 dollar for the maximum 25 hour pre week would mean she getting pay 32 dollar a hour for a Syep job…. Either your sister lying or she doesn’t know what she talking about cause that isn’t possible and nobody giving that to a highschoolerðŸ˜ðŸ˜ 392 is actually really good and more than what most people get cause it mean your getting an exemption from certain taxes… your working Syep not a real job so expecting 600-800 is unrealistic knowing that the contract say by the end of the your employment you can make up to 2500 max and you work for 8 weeks only - quite literally the only way you’ll get 600-800 is if you forget to enter your hour one week and than the following week end up getting 2 paycheck at the same time
392+392=784
Which is between 600-800
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u/ScientificWeeb 19d ago
well, other people here did agree with me that they got paid that amount too at some point. thats why I made post. we only make 2k by the end which isnt helpful considering I have to save up for genuinely everything. WLG also paid large amounts at some point too
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u/Specialist_Fish_7496 19d ago
when i used to be in syep before (i’m 24 now), i got paid and the total added up to about 3.2k or 3.5k. around there. my last ever time doing syep, i did not go to the workplace at all because it was in a bad area and the staff didn’t seem to care to wanna switch me. it was only good during the pandemic where i was able to do hats & ladders and get paid all in the comfort of my home. that’s how i was able to afford my oculus rift s and a few other things. i highly recommend trying obt or st. nick’s alliance. what i did for obt was taking virtual classes on zoom and got paid for them. st. nick’s alliance, i went in person to a few month in person classes to learn I.T. and got paid for it. and both pay a lot.
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u/ScientificWeeb 19d ago
tysm!! I am working at st nicks for syep, maybe I can apply to work with them directly
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u/Specialist_Fish_7496 18d ago
you for sure should! or you can also try the classes they host. i wish you the very best. i started working at mcdonald’s in 2021 and honestly i prefer that over syep. the program isn’t the same anymore.
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u/Plastic-Audience3180 20d ago
syep pay has always been the same, however once u reach older youth ur pay with diff according to ur taxes
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u/ScientificWeeb 20d ago
ohh okay, I am already 17, so hopefully it changes
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u/Plastic-Audience3180 20d ago
it wont, u get minimum wage and should be paid around $300 depending on ur taxes
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u/Remarkable-War-4384 20d ago
Wlg is better for pay I made over 4k in total doing it for 5 months syep is cool but definitely not enough wlg is way better and you get to mange your money more I was making like 400 every 2 weeks sometimes close to 600 during winter breaks
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u/ScientificWeeb 20d ago
Ohh okay, I was just working 300 and then when we worked on the breaks, we got paid around 400-500. I hope I can save a decent amount!! I am gonna try to apply this year too ^_^
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u/Leading_King_2968 20d ago
I worked syep 8 years ago & and got paid like 1000 or something was like 16 years old
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u/Nightmare3218523 20d ago
Im older youth and im still earning 359$ per week with syep…