/biz/ - Business & Finance

> be me
> 26
> low tier government job
> paid a bit over minimum wage
> over hear higher level coworkers whose pay ranges from approx. $20-$36 an hour
> complaining how more people are rejecting and/or requesting higher pay on the low tier job I work, including the slightly higher level one
> mentions a woman who wanted $20 an hour
> this interviewee makes 50k a year elsewhere
> they mock her
> this group of people range from 30s or 40s to late 60s
> the woman starts complaining about how the union for low tier employees is getting them an increase in pay for a certain position
> "they'll be making as much as us!"
> stand up with a smile
> "nice I'm getting a raise!" Hehe
> no responses besides 1 guy who says "nice now you can take us all to lunch"
> learn that this new minimum pay is literally only like half a dollar more an hour
> approx. $14 an hour
> that woman is topped out at about $36 an hour
> one of them gave me attitude later on

I have many, many more stories about these people. Only 3 coworkers remain who I still need to fully break contact with as the rest leave me alone for the most part.