1958. I was thrilled to get a part time job at a grocery store at $.35 a hour. Wonder what the purchasing power of that was then as compared to $16 an hour now?
Good learning experience. One sharp lesson was management will lie and mislead you so always have an escape plan.
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Some fast-food outlets in my general area pay $20/hr. That has to buy more than .35 did in '58.
LL
Being a dumb kid, I probably worked too cheap. $20 hr? Supply/demand in play. I use fast food maybe twice a month and am always appalled my $10 doesn't buy much. Yes, I'm a cheapskate.
LL
Just checked. Adjusted for inflation $9.98 is what it takes to equal $1 in 1958. Damn, I was a dumb kid!
I too was ambitious.
I always had a full-time job, then supplemented for extra $$$ with a part-timer, and could quit either any time I wanted.
Never quit any of 'em because I was never lied to.
(My lowest per-hour wage was $.75, I think.)
GB
After ranch work, everything was easy.
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