Chemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.de to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoRestaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)discuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square277fedilinkarrow-up11.21Karrow-down15
arrow-up11.2Karrow-down1imageRestaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)discuss.tchncs.deChemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.de to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square277fedilink
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down2·4 months agothis should be straight up illegal.
minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up93arrow-down2·4 months agoIt’s not only legal it’s effectively encouraged. Capitalism is a race to the bottom, regardless of consequences.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down18·4 months agoThe person in the Philippines gets a good job out of this
minus-squareb000rg@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoThey’re being paid minimum wage. It’s not a great job. Edit: And apparently they split their tips with the people working on the restaurant too, so I really feel like this is just exploitation.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoThe minimum wage in the Phillipines is around $10 a day.
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoIf this is right: Looks like the absolute max is less than $10, and the absolute minimum is less than six dollars. $5.24 (306 PHP) to $9.76 (570 PHP) How come agricultural laborers get shafted? An immediate guess is the government trying to keep food costs down.
minus-squareBruceTwarzen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 months agoPeople should just not go there. But it’s america and they probably have 1dollar chicken nuggets or something.
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoI would probably just turn around if I saw and understood what I was looking at. Definitely wouldn’t go back a second time.
minus-squareSeattleRain@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·4 months agoRemoved by mod
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·4 months agoThey are not physically in the US, and probably work listed as some sort of overseas contractor. Whatever wages they earn are from their employer who contracts for the restaurant. That’s probably how it works.
this should be straight up illegal.
It’s not only legal it’s effectively encouraged. Capitalism is a race to the bottom, regardless of consequences.
The person in the Philippines gets a good job out of this
They’re being paid minimum wage. It’s not a great job.
Edit: And apparently they split their tips with the people working on the restaurant too, so I really feel like this is just exploitation.
The minimum wage in the Phillipines is around $10 a day.
If this is right:
Looks like the absolute max is less than $10, and the absolute minimum is less than six dollars.
to
How come agricultural laborers get shafted? An immediate guess is the government trying to keep food costs down.
People should just not go there. But it’s america and they probably have 1dollar chicken nuggets or something.
I would probably just turn around if I saw and understood what I was looking at. Definitely wouldn’t go back a second time.
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They are not physically in the US, and probably work listed as some sort of overseas contractor. Whatever wages they earn are from their employer who contracts for the restaurant.
That’s probably how it works.