$15/hr minimum wage
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CPUSA
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Don't feel sorry for her...
I'm sure she makes regular poor life choices...
CPUSA
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Biscuits...NO!...Rolls
Bet they couldn't wait to ROLL up outta his house and start a normal life...
Grumpy
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Shirley you jestOccamsRazor
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I see that even though the cost of living went up overall ~10%, the federal government is offering a 4.8% pay increase 
I am looking at about 6%
I am looking at about 6%
Clem72
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I see that even though the cost of living went up overall ~10%, the federal government is offering a 4.8% pay increase
I am looking at about 6%
It's pretty telling when their own chained-CPI measure kicks out an 8+% COLA for retirees and they barely give those still working half.
More Fast-Food Chains Invest In Automation Amid Labor Shortages, Minimum Wage Increases
Major fast-food chains like White Castle and Chipotle have started employing restaurant robots as labor shortages continue to impact the industry while the price of food increases in the aftermath of COVID and crippling inflation.
According to a report, automated machines will grill burgers, brew coffee, and welcome customers for a fraction of the cost compared to paying human workers — as governments nationwide imposed draconian lockdown orders, forcing restaurants to close down temporarily and, in some cases, permanently.
Is White Castle still a major fast food chain?
Bare-ya-cuda
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Hemihauler says this is nothing to worry about. These misplaced cashiers can just get a job servicing all the automation equipment. You know kinda like coal miners learning to code.
Sneakers
Just sneakin' around....
It's still a major food group.
Clem72
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You mean to tell me they can invent a device that will automate brewing coffee? What will they think of next?
-Popular Mechanics 1941
That 8% came from a govt rule tying increases to inflation.
SamSpade
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Having been a federal employee most of my adult life - I’ll gratefully take it, considering the miserly increases most of the last 15-20 years have been. We had several with zero or around one percent.I see that even though the cost of living went up overall ~10%, the federal government is offering a 4.8% pay increase
I am looking at about 6%
I’d heard so many complaints about our increases but they have always lagged behind the rest of the nation. During the years we were at no change the average increase for the rest of the country was 3%.
They are still, as has been the company's ambition, a fairly strong, Midwest regional, with around 340 locations.
Then again, they sell a lot of their frozen sliders and cheese sliders around the country.
LightRoasted
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For your consideration ...
Yeah, but don't federal employees have step grades? Though you might not get COLA increases, you could/do get a grade increase.
Yeah, but don't federal employees have step grades? Though you might not get COLA increases, you could/do get a grade increase.
PeoplesElbow
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It depends, the step part of the GS system was a bump up based on longevity in grade, to go up to step 2, 3, 4 its a year between, 5, 6, and 7 its two years between, and 8, 9 , 10 its three between.
Many parts of DoD have moved on from the GS system though and its a patchwork of different pay systems they try to pass off as pay for performance, but the union somewhat neutered it there is great pressure to just rate everyone a 3 out of 5.
SamSpade
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Unless you reach the end of the steps and you're not going up a grade - almost always, a grade increase requires a promotion, and when you're in an institution that doesn't GROW - promotions typically only open when someone LEAVES it. (Retires, quits, switches jobs).
And in step grades aren't yearly - just the first three. Then two, for three years. Then three, for three years. And that's it. Reach step 10, and you stay there. So fifteen years in grade, you're at step 10. That's it. Describes a lot of federal employees. MOST managers I know who haven't been able to get into the higher management levels.
For a LOT of federal employees - the yearly increase is the only one they are likely to get - at all. Obama froze it for three years and gave us 1% increases after that for four years.
SamSpade
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I mentioned, lots of career tracks have NO or minimal path to grade increase - if you push a broom, you're never getting to a grade 12.
PeoplesElbow
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It's why I only mentioned steps, many people that havent worked for the gvt would see a GS pay chart and think any job would be eligible for GS-15.
All GS jobs are eligible to go up to step 10 based only on time. A supervisor can keep someone from getting a step increase, but it is only for extenuating circumstances.
These step increases are in addition to any cost of living adjustment given almost yearly.