[dmcbride]

Originally Posted by MrDave

So here's my deal. I'm a former oil and gas tradesman. Now that I'm worn out, jobs are impossible to find. Facing my second shoulder surgery in 2 days time. When I'm done this I won't be able to lift my arm, already can't kneel down from a prior surgery.
If I go to the local hardware store to work, I'm now only worth $12.50?

Don't tell me to improve myself. I can weld, insulate, gasfit, operate equipment, and so on. But because I can't physically do any of this, I'm supposed to work 3 jobs at minimum wage? Then I get paid the same as a 15 year old. Great.

Business owners abuse the minimum wage, and the employee. Hell I had an employer want to pay me minimum wage years ago for the first year of pipe fitting. Not every employer wants to help the employee to better themselves.

No, minimum wage isn't just being paid to green kids. It's used to screw anyone that they can.

So businesses are suppose to pay you for skills that you can't use?