On the one hand, I get what they are saying and it is sad. On the other hand, it would be difficult to find someone who would allow you to park your car on them at all let alone for $27 and hour, and I’m pretty sure not only is that illegal, but they’d have to be pretty large or you’d need at least 3-4 people to accommodate a standard size car- so $27/4 is $6.75 an hour each to do the same job- so in most places if you’re making minimum wage you’re beating that- unless you are 13+ feet tall and 6-7 feet wide at your narrowest point, then you are possibly missing out since you could take the entire $27. Of course parking spaces don’t get a health plan, dental, vision, 401k or PTO. When we factor in the costs of perks like those and other factors like many parking spaces working 7 day weeks 12-24 hours a day… the parking space doesn’t look so great.
Can depend a lot on where you live and other factors. 401k is uncommon but not rare- but I’ve never personally seen a minimum wage job that offered matching.
Many places mandate regardless of wage that any full time worker receive medical and health benefits and I have seen plenty of minimum wage jobs that offer benefits. Of course, it is common for minimum wage jobs like retail to intentionally schedule employees short of the hour cap to achieve “full time” status and thus mandatory benefits. There are actually a ton of minimum wage jobs that offer great benefits. Target stores for example will subsidize education for employees seeking a CPA and so long as you remain employed with target they will pay your renewal for your CPA.
You also make a classic mistake- people conflate “minimum wage” to “low paying “ or “menial.”
Not only is this false, but there is more than ONE minimum wage. Of course examples like the US State/Federal/County/City which Can all he different to where in extremes, two stores across the street from each other could pay $7 and $15 minimum wage for the same job respectively- but there’s more! For example- in California, salaried workers exempt from overtime have a minimum wage of 2x the state hourly minimum wage (currently $15.50,) and thusly someone making $31 an hour working as a computer programmer would also be a minimum wage employee. Likewise, many jobs base pay on a 40 hour week but require regular or constant work of 60,100 hours a week. The actual pay by the hour for these jobs can be lower than or equal to minimum wage. You also must consider many various types of work that fall outside the retail or trades most represented in the job market.
For example, many employees who work “on location” do work like care taking or other sorts of work are provided things like meals and board which are often counted against wage and sometimes are not. Thusly these workers can often make minimum wage but be compensated in ways that equal greater than their pay might suggest. Minimum wage also doesn’t factor in jobs where one receives certain types of bonus or incentive, nor tips. So one can be paid minimum wage but receive an annual taxable income far above minimum wage. High end service, exotic dancing, certain sea positions etc. there are even executives in corporations who draw minimum wage as salary as a legal requirement but are billionaires because their benefits and stocks etc. far exceed their wages. So “minimum wage” jobs are actually a wide and varied category and depending on where you live, laws, what you do, the specific company etc. things can change drastically.
Many places mandate regardless of wage that any full time worker receive medical and health benefits and I have seen plenty of minimum wage jobs that offer benefits. Of course, it is common for minimum wage jobs like retail to intentionally schedule employees short of the hour cap to achieve “full time” status and thus mandatory benefits. There are actually a ton of minimum wage jobs that offer great benefits. Target stores for example will subsidize education for employees seeking a CPA and so long as you remain employed with target they will pay your renewal for your CPA.
Not only is this false, but there is more than ONE minimum wage. Of course examples like the US State/Federal/County/City which Can all he different to where in extremes, two stores across the street from each other could pay $7 and $15 minimum wage for the same job respectively- but there’s more! For example- in California, salaried workers exempt from overtime have a minimum wage of 2x the state hourly minimum wage (currently $15.50,) and thusly someone making $31 an hour working as a computer programmer would also be a minimum wage employee. Likewise, many jobs base pay on a 40 hour week but require regular or constant work of 60,100 hours a week. The actual pay by the hour for these jobs can be lower than or equal to minimum wage. You also must consider many various types of work that fall outside the retail or trades most represented in the job market.