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[-] SomeKindaName@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well then in that case your reading comprehension is pretty bad.

In September 2022, I started full-time on the memberships team at a new warehouse in Athens, Georgia. I had two 15-minute breaks, and 30 minutes for lunch. Otherwise, I was on my feet all day.

At first, I made $18.50 an hour — a little less than what I earned as a teacher. I put in 40-hour workweeks, five days a week, and got a $1-per-hour raise when I hit 1,000 hours.

The article also describes how she worked in the bakery.

[-] elephantium@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

My reading comprehension is fine. Do you understand the difference between the headline and the article?

To recap, my critique is that the headline obscures the real story -- that she got a raise by getting a corporate job. "Works at Costco" clearly implies working at a store, not corporate.

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 0 points 1 year ago

At first, I made $18.50 an hour — a little less than what I earned as a teacher.

So you agree the headline is a lie because she was not making 50% more by switching to work at Costco but by finding a job with vertical promotion possibilities and getting a corporate job using her degree which few would be able to follow in her footsteps cause their is limited positions.

She took a pay cut to work on her feet all day.

This is a recruiter article bragging about how much better it is to work for Costco and they try to make the pay cut seem like not a big deal when there is vastly different perks and benefits.

[-] SomeKindaName@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

At 60 hours a week she was making 15.06/hr as a teacher. Base pay at 18.50 is a raise.

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