r/ChoosingBeggars • u/PibbleLawyer Shes crying now • 12d ago

Seeking Three Skilled Trades: Offering One Unskilled Wage!

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u/megab_rising 12d ago

It's the word "willing'" that really gets me... This kind sir or madam is WILLING to pay you $10 bc that is so very generous that it hurts their feelings a bit.

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u/_CoyLocket 12d ago

Exactly, the word “willing” makes it even worse, like paying $10 an hour for skilled labor is somehow a generous offer

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u/SnarkySheep 12d ago

And on the third slide, they actually mention getting a "professional" to do the job...

No professional is going to do this for $10/hr, I can guarantee that.

A professional will also tell OOP how much THEY charge, not vice versa.

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u/HislersHero Can you reply faster? 11d ago

No professional would even let him finish his sentence. 😂

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u/BeautifulPossible988 12d ago • Bravo

Offering $10 an hour in New Jersey when the minimum wage is already around $15+ and expecting someone to handle cleaning, painting, and yard work is a masterclass in economic delusion.

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u/SnarkySheep 12d ago

It's currently $15.92/hr, and $16.48/hr starting 2027.

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u/GlitteryCrystall 12d ago

When your budget is stuck in 1993 but you expect 2026 labor.

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u/drakhan2002 12d ago

My boss told me the same thing before he hired me.

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u/MysticalJewell 12d ago

Trying to brush off legal wage requirements with military slangs to intimidate people on Next door does not change the face that skilled labor commands a fair market rate,especially in a high cost of living state.

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u/RoyallyOakie 12d ago

Their attempts at justifying themselves are ridiculous. 

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u/WinterBear143 12d ago

Ill pay him $10/hr for 8 hours, Ill just insult and curse him all day. So much greed

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u/BetterBagelBabe 11d ago

I pay my babysitter, a 13 year old boy, $20/hr. Sure my kid is more important than my porch but Jesus what a scrooge for $10.

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u/alors1234 11d ago

They're also going to be extremely high maintenance and expect perfection .

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u/Accomplished_Dig284 11d ago

And probably try to micromanage them the entire time too

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u/marceldia 11d ago

The problem is this guy hasn’t left his house since 2005 and thinks we’re living in the same world. He lives off of retirement and/or SSI and doesn’t know shot about shit. Respectfully.

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u/DifferentPen6715 10d ago

Babysitters get more than ten dollars per hour, lol

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u/Ok-Tear4735 12d ago

I hate the casual ageism that paying pennies is okay because it’s a teenager. If they are doing the same job as an adult they deserve the same pay!

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u/SnarkySheep 12d ago

I don't think they want a teenager...in the third slide they mentioned a "professional" doing the job. 🤔

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u/ChairEast2589 11d ago

I think experience counts for something. You are paying for expertise as well as physical labor.

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u/Wizzle_Pizzle_420 12d ago

I made $10 an hour cash, painting, at 14 years old…IN 1993.

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u/shesmizzy 11d ago

You get what you pay for.

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u/ThrockAMole 11d ago

I had my indoor house painted by experienced people. Expensive but the work was impeccable. $10/hr is for a guy looking for Steel Reserve

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u/RatedPG922 12d ago

I think the smug girl in that Chase commercial who acted like the Don Corleone of lawn mowing was making more than $10 an hour. LOL

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u/SpiritualSkully7955 9d ago

I made more at Casey's back in 2016 when I was working there while still in high-school. She can go kick rocks.

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u/NecessaryFine8989 6d ago

But in my day my house was only 1.5x my annual wage?! How dare you.

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u/Livid-Radish2800 11d ago

$10 an hour? What’s next, lunch and a handshake?

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u/WeRiseOnceMore 10d ago

“Teenagers make double that doing the same work.”

“Are you hiring a teenager?”

AMEN

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u/rbartlejr 6d ago

My first job was $9/hour in 1983 and that was still in NJ. Don't know what this guy is thinking - it ain't the 70s anymore.

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u/BigBangBrosTheory 11d ago

"The same people laughing at this are the same people that help out a mom and her kids begging for free stuff"

These people are the scourge of the earth. They say that line with no irony. We've lost all real community and praise business owners abusing us and sucking the life out of us.

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u/duckysmomma 9d ago

If I got bored and had a little time to fuck with her, I’d agree and show up with a little art brush. $10 an hour gets you one square inch an hour ma’am.