Back when I was 16, I had a job sacking groceries at the Buy For Less on Northwest Expressway and Council. It was a shitty summer job and I was a shitty sacker, but it had its perks. For example, I got paid $5 an hour, which was 85-cents more than the minimum wage, and 60-cents more than what my friend Isaac made at Albertsons doing the same thing. Plus, an 18-year-old pregnant cashier would sell beer and wine coolers to me and my friends if we gave her $10. That got me some serious street cred in my high school clique. I was like Morgan Freeman in Shawshank. I was the kid who could get things.
Anyway, Buy For Less recently announced they are raising their minimum wage to $9 an hour. Of course, the Oklahoman sent poor little pickelo Jennifer Palmer to investigate.
Via NewsOK:
Inspired by Hobby Lobby's commitment to raising its companywide minimum wage, Buy For Less has upped the minimum wage of its employees to at least $9 an hour.
The increase went into effect Sunday and applies to nearly 200 employees plus all new hires, said Max Dubroff, human resource manager for Buy For Less, Super Mercado and Uptown Grocery Co.
“While we continue to give increases based on job performance, we think the federal minimum wage is not enough for our people and there is an immediate opportunity to correct it ... so we are,” he told employees.
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