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Subject:Re: Here's another winner - guess the pay From:Suzette Leeming <suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> Date:Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:19:55 -0500
If that's the case, I wonder what the company's reaction would be to find
out they're paying that much for a $10/hr person.
McDonald's provides the uniforms for their employees - not they're not nude
(although I haven't been there in awhile - things may have changed).
Suzette Leeming
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> Based on the location, my guess is the client is willing to pay the agency
> $30-$35/hr and the agency is hoping to capitalize on the sorry state of the
> local economy to lowball. The going rate for someone there with the quals
> in this listing should be in the mid $20/hr range.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Suzette Leeming <
> suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
>> The minimum wage in Ontario is $10.25, so you could definitely make more
>> flipping burgers at McDonalds, plus you wouldn't have the clothing
>> expense.
>>
>> It seems to me some big corporations are trying to take advantage of the
>> current economic difficulties in Florida, on the backs of desperate
>> people.
>>
>> I'd love to know the company (the posting was from an employment agency);
>> I'd organize a boycott of any product/service they make or sell. It's that
>> offensive.
>
>
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