Minimum Wage
Yeah it have been awhile since I posted here, but I am here to post new entry! Yay! After reading this article it got me wondering about the people that earns few dollars above the minmum wage and the competition of landing into a perament employment with deafness is extremely difficult. As several of my friends and I have been seeking for the perament employment with various of companies but nothing happens or they just simply chose a person that is hearing but lower qualified than we are. Why ? Because the Hearings does not know how to communicate with us in alternative method.
Anyways, that’s not the point I want to make…the Point is that I want to make that article mentions that the people who works for minimum wage are often under educated and under experienced….I will have to disagree with that! Right now where I work which is at In N Out Burger with the starting wage of $10 per hour…yeah it is a few dollars above the california’s minimum wage. All of co workers and those ones that I have worked with in past are not under educated…they are as smart as we are because they enjoy the work or they could not find the job like I am. I stay there because they pay reasonable well since I get great benefits like paid vacation, 401k plan with company’s matches, full insurances AND TRAVEL insurance. It is like I am earning $15 a hour instead of making $12 a hour at my current level.
In other whole different issue, I have several job offers with IRS pending for the IT specialist position in Austin, TX which the process have begun in Febuary 2008 after meeting the recruiter after the accountant did my taxes. He asked me about my work and education which I shared then he asked me why I didn’t get a job then I shared my frustration of finding the employment he was very surprised so he begun networking then he got me the recruiter for the IRS. Also, the chances are looking good so I will be moving to Austin, TX probably in end of year or early 2009 if all went well. *Fingers crossed*
