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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

They're being paid minimum wage. It's not a great job.

Edit: And apparently they split their tips with the people working in the restaurant too, so I really feel like this is just exploitation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The minimum wage in the Phillipines is around $10 a day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

If 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.