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Re:Lots of Job Hunting, but No Job, Despite Low Unemployment by lotsofpulp on Thursday October 31, 2019 @12:29PM (#21410573)
Additionally, the demand may not be sufficient to support higher wages. Even if no one is willing to flip a burger for less than $50 per hour, who is willing to pay for a burger flipped by someone earning $50 per hour?
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Re:Lots of Job Hunting, but No Job, Despite Low Unemployment by CydeWeys on Thursday October 31, 2019 @07:46PM (#21414981)
And yet people are totally willing to contribute to servers earning much more than $50/hr in tips (on busy nights). $50/hr spread across a lot of customers works out to not actually being that much per customer.

Admittedly this is relatively expensive sit-down restaurant service we're talking about here, which is different from the fast food market.

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