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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom
There are three of us, and we do almost all our grocery shopping at Costco. There is some waste, but the quality is better than anything we can get at our local grocery store. For example, the steaks at Costco, which are choice, are $17.99 a pound, and are as good, to my taste, to the prime we buy at $34.99 a pound.
Getting back to books, what I found illogical in the Amazon is Evil, is to offer a totally unskilled job for $12.50 an hour. Yes, it would be hard to raise a family on that, but that is the rate for pickers--you have to be able to read numbers and walk. That is it. No college degree, no work experience, no people skills. Try getting that kind of comp at any other entry job.
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If I was going to pay $34.99 a pound for steak I would want it cooked at a pretty good restaurant and be topped with a béarnaise sauce and accompanied by delicious vegetables' and maybe a shrimp or 3
As t the books thing I believe the Costco starting wage is around $11 in the US and lower in many Canadian stores? But wage advancement is better? And you get a free Costco memberships
I don't think $12.50 or even $11.00 an hour are hardship wages for someone just starting out. Hard to raise a family on it even with a per child subsidy from the government. I do know some thrifty folks who manage to do it though and actually pull ahead. They cook their own food, shop sales, and buy only what they need or really want and the children do get their Christmas, and birthday presents.
I don't know of any jobs that pay one according to ones responsibilities and expenses so not sure where this enters into the equation.
Wages are generally only going to increase if you have skills or are willing to work to acquire them. Plus being in the right place at the right time is possibly equally important. Getting a job at Costco would probably be better for most provided that they are willing to work for advancement.
Helen