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<blockquote data-quote="sabrinathecat" data-source="post: 6220233" data-attributes="member: 89838">The sad thing is, No matter what minimum wage is set to, it is not a living wage. And I doubt it ever will be.I think there's an assumption that if you are any good, you will be promoted past minimum wage, or find a better job. Once again, this model is based in a different reality from the one currently available. If there are no promotions, and there are no better jobs, people are STUCK. It isn't that they are 'losers', it is that the opportunities simply aren't there. Believe me, not one of the FoH employees at the restaurant I was working at would stay there for a single extra shift if there was anything better available. The ones who escape were those who had friends who helped them get jobs elsewhere, but that hasn't happened in 2 years. The others ended up moving out of state entirely because California was just too expensive for the crap pay and worse conditions imposed by the restaurant management.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sabrinathecat, post: 6220233, member: 89838"] The sad thing is, No matter what minimum wage is set to, it is not a living wage. And I doubt it ever will be. I think there's an assumption that if you are any good, you will be promoted past minimum wage, or find a better job. Once again, this model is based in a different reality from the one currently available. If there are no promotions, and there are no better jobs, people are STUCK. It isn't that they are 'losers', it is that the opportunities simply aren't there. Believe me, not one of the FoH employees at the restaurant I was working at would stay there for a single extra shift if there was anything better available. The ones who escape were those who had friends who helped them get jobs elsewhere, but that hasn't happened in 2 years. The others ended up moving out of state entirely because California was just too expensive for the crap pay and worse conditions imposed by the restaurant management. [/QUOTE]

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