I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Packages for Amazon (2018)

Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by skystarman on Sunday May 02, 2021 @12:29PM (#27016517)

And for all the shrieking about Amazon destroying "mom and pop" shops these people never admit that Amazon pays their employees much more, often 2x what the mom and pop's did.

Or did you really think mom and pop were paying the teens running their bookstore $17/hr? You think they had great health insurance and other benefits?

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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by Larrikin on Sunday May 02, 2021 @01:47PM (#27017211)

I personally think it's ridiculous that people find it amazing that 15 an hour is considered amazing pay for anyone that isn't a teenager working their first job, but Amazon gets high praise for doing it. Most people on here would laugh at a job that pays 600 a week, 2400 a month or 28800 a year before taxes.

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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by tootie on Sunday May 02, 2021 @03:08PM (#27017956)

15 is there minimum though. Meaning any teenager with a driver's license is getting 15. This guy (a grownup with no delivery experience) was getting 17 plus overtime.

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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by skystarman on Sunday May 02, 2021 @05:45PM (#27019340)

No one is here saying it's "amazing"

I am here saying that, yes that paltry $15 an hour you scold Amazon for paying? Well mom and pop they drove out of business was paying about HALF of that.

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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by chmod600 on Sunday May 02, 2021 @04:41PM (#27018817)

How much is 28800 a year after taxes?

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Re:I Used to Write for Sports Illustrated. Now I Deliver Pac... by woobar on Sunday May 02, 2021 @05:34PM (#27019258)

Depends on state. ~$24K-$25K

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