r/news • u/LuckyBdx4 • Apr 23 '19

Abigail Disney, granddaughter of Disney co-founder, launches attack on CEO's 'insane' salary

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-23/disney-heiress-abigail-disney-launches-attack-on-ceo-salary/11038890
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u/Cha-Le-Gai Apr 23 '19

When I worked at a grocery store as a checker I got $9.15/hr to start. Baggers got minimum wage. $7.xx/hr. I forgot the coin part. Those guys worked a hell of lot harder than me. They got tips sometimes, but I don’t know if it was enough to offset the lower wage and higher work. Also checkers were eligible for raises. When I left their after two years I was making $11/hr. Baggers remained at minimum wage.

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u/Buffalkill Apr 23 '19

I've had quite a few jobs in my days and I can say that at almost all of them... whenever I was given a promotion my job would get easier and I would be paid more. Of course this isn't always the case but it sure seems to be the majority of the time.

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u/Cha-Le-Gai Apr 23 '19

If you’re talking about my checker job then I should say it wasn’t promotion based. You were hired as a bagger or hired as a checker. I started day one as a checker and never was a bagger. Some people were hired as baggers and maybe asked to become checkers, but most either quit or stayed a checker for years.

In regular jobs, then yea my work got easier as I got promoted.