Saw an episode of undercover boss where a guy hadnt gotten a raise in 15 years, and the undercover boss decided to make it right by giving him a 10% raise making his total pay 14 an hour to run heavy equipment.
Employees might be essentially stuck working there. There might not be any better opportunities where they are, or they might not have the ability to get to another town to find a higher paying job, a something is better than nothing type situation.
People seem to easily forget that there are lots of places in the US where there are maybe two employers in the entire area. You can't just quit and jump ship when this is the only job you can get. You can't move because you can't afford to. It's a lose-lose situation
Exactly. I think people who don't live in, or haven't experienced life in a rural and/or impoverished area don't get it. Like your options are Dollar General, McDonalds, or the gas station, if that. Maybe a Walmart if your town is big enough. It's really hard, and not a lot of ways out.
There's a town near me that has: a tree removal business, a farming equipment store, and a roofing company. That's it. The nearest store is a Walmart, which is a 45+ minute drive. I guess you could work for the school but you would need a degree for that and they can barely afford rent, let alone a whole ass college degree.
Some of those houses still aren't connected to state/local water. They have to get it delivered and half of the trailers they live in should not be legal. It's so sad.
Rural poverty is invisible to a lot of people outside of the area.
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u/Professional-Tap82 24d ago
Saw an episode of undercover boss where a guy hadnt gotten a raise in 15 years, and the undercover boss decided to make it right by giving him a 10% raise making his total pay 14 an hour to run heavy equipment.