Apple retail employees respond to NYT’s profile

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11 points·kposehn··2 comments

It's an interesting struggle. Should your wages be directly reflective of how well the company you work for is doing? I doubt it's as cut and dry as these employees get $25k a year and they bring in over $400k a year. There are other costs to factor in.

I was surprised to see that one employee makes over $17 an hour. That seems pretty damn good for a retail position which really takes no education (besides internal) or technical skills.

The amount of high paying jobs that require little to no education in the form of a college degree, or just a certificate or technical training program is staggering sometimes. I realize that $17 might not be considered 'high paying' but it can certainly be enough money to survive on, if you design your life to accommodate your income. If you're life or responsibilities change, like you want to get married, have kids and have a house, you shouldn't expect your job to adjust your wages because YOU CHOSE to change your life.

$17 is quite a bit of money for a retail position. My first IT job, which required a 4-year degree and was salaried, worked out to be less than that factoring 40-hour weeks (which were the exception).

And given the fact that $25k is the number mentioned tells me that's the floor. $17 for 40 hours a week for 50 weeks a year is $34k. It's probably not unreasonable to assume that folks with seniority and/or in management positions are pushing $20/hr or more.

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