couldn't tell you. When I was hired on, I was told "between $12-13/hr.". I knew I'd be at the lower end since I had no retail experience. As is the vast majority of the cases, there's no paper paystub anymore. When I was onboarding, I asked about it and was told I had to download the Dayforce app so I could see both my schedule and the amount directly deposited in my checking account. I was told I could see my paystub in the app...so far, I've been unable to figure out how, even with the help of Google. I can see the amount deposited, the hours I worked and how much was taken out for taxes but I can't find an actual paystub with my hourly rate or what portion of tax went where. When I try to get more details, I'm told to use the website...but the website requires a store ID, which I don't have. I plan to ask for it tomorrow when I go in.
Long story short(er): I divided my gross pay by the number of hours I worked and came up with $12/hr. Ohio's minimum wage is $10.45/hr. A friend of mine keeps begging me to come work at Giant Eagle--the local main grocery chain--but I told her they don't pay enough, as they start you at $11/hr. I noticed Dunkin' Donuts is hiring at $13/hr. Likely I wouldn't be full time at any of those jobs, as most of these big corporations prefer to hire part time so they don't have to pay benefits. Though my Giant Eagle friend assured me I'd be able to get 40 hours at the store in town as they're constantly grossly understaffed.
Years ago when I worked at Victoria’s Secret in a nice part of LA, I was paid $8 an hour which I believe was higher than the minimum wage at the time, even for California, but we would only get 4 hour shifts so that was only $32! Factor in the commute and time spent getting from the parking garage to the store, it was closer to $5 per hour!
Oof. My commute to Chico's is roughly 25 minutes due mostly to traffic lights and the roads in and out of the town I'm working in being 25 MPH (in keeping with their "quaint, small town charm"). That's 7 minutes longer than my commute to my last job and almost 20 minutes longer than my commute to my first job.
