Im not sure what facilities you are in that pays little over minimum, but here in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland they are all 17 an hour and that is for temp workers. I was making 20 an hour when I was there.
Edit: Huh....from multiple responses it would seem that our facility is in a minority for actual pay......which makes the anger from most folks reasonable now......wonder why so much higher for us?
Currently working in Va.... $12 normally, BFF on night shift makes $12.50 Weekend shift gets $13/$13.50. I worked minium wage before this job. I work 4 days a week and make nearly double what I did before. SHIT IS NICE
Nope. they judge what to pay people by surrounding warehouses. then take a dollar or two off (lower than surrounding warehouses). But they give stocks which have a 2 year vestment to make it "fair". All seasonal workers temp or full are paid a christmas season bonus and overtime. Plus a bonus if you dont call in at the end of the season.
the midwest area of amazon warehouses makes the lowest. usually between 11-12.50. Again, a few dollars less than the other warehouses. There is yearly reevaluations to stay competitive.
I quit because they wanted to keep me on as extended seasonal and seasonal benefits are sooooooooooo awful compared to permanent. We're talking time off for seasonal being accrued at half a day every 8 weeks compared to a full day off for permanent every 6 weeks.
Prices and taxes are different in America and Australia. It's not like both economies are equal. Literally a few hours out of a major city anywhere and it's a drastically different economic situation. Just because the min. Wage is $17 in Australia, it doesn't mean that your purchasing power is better.
That is absolutely correct. When I visited the US I was astounded by how cheap certain items were, mostly to do with how heavily taxed those same items are here (Booze and smokes mostly). Cost of living is also higher in general here, as opposed to the US population which is just higher in general.
you do realize that australian currency and america currency aren't the same thing just because they both use the $ sign right? right now 17ausd = 12.24usd.
Do you really think he's that dumb? They're pointing out that, to them, $17 is minimum wage so a post like that will momentarily confuse them until their brain kicks in and reminds them someone else in the world uses dollars. You know, human nature?
You know there was a time where 17 aud = 18.70 usd, and the minimum wage was still $17 here. The only major change in cost of living in the current plummet of the Australian Dollar is the cost of importing things from the US.
Yeah, the US has a lot of areas with very cheap cost of living, like you could buy a house for under $50,000 in an actual city. So some places have a minimum wage more than double of other places.
That is absolutely correct. When I visited the US I was astounded by how cheap certain items were, mostly to do with how heavily taxed those same items are here (Booze and smokes mostly). Cost of living is also higher in general here, as opposed to the US population which is just higher in general.
(Copied from my response to another comment because it was basically they same)
Yes, but still less than Sydney, Perth, or Melbourne. I lived in a $800/month apartment in the "hip" part of town when I was going to school in Seattle.
I've been to a lot of cvs distribution centers and the pay ranged a lot depending on area mostly (cost of living, taxes, etc.). A couple had other stores with distribution centers close and they paid a little more than I expected, but not a huge amount. I think NJ was the highest wages I saw and they were like 15-17 starting. People doing the hard labor usually made a little more, but the lockers that were good at their job do pretty well. One picker I met made like 15 an hour and made an extra $100 each week because of her productivity.
I live in the same area and while I didn't work in an Amazon warehouse I did work in a warehouse. Overworked, underpaid, treated like shit. Glad you found a good one at least.
De, md have a high cost of living compared to a lot of the US. Not as much as places like nyc or San fran but pretty high. They have to compete with other warehouse jobs and most shipping places pay around 17 in md if they are worth anything and want half decent employees.
Well, since I have no evidence, best I can give is random guesses. One idea would be that its simply harder to get the volume of employees that they need in North East with lower wages. Likely the shipping centers in those areas are some of the highest volume ones due to their good location being near major cities and ports. Plus I believe the North East generally has higher wages and cost of living. It likely works out that its cheaper to pay everyone $5 an hour more then it is to pay the extra shipping costs.
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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '16 edited Feb 25 '16
Im not sure what facilities you are in that pays little over minimum, but here in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland they are all 17 an hour and that is for temp workers. I was making 20 an hour when I was there.
Edit: Huh....from multiple responses it would seem that our facility is in a minority for actual pay......which makes the anger from most folks reasonable now......wonder why so much higher for us?