Amoxtli to Economy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoFaced with a $30 minimum wage, hotel investors start looking outside L.A.www.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkFaced with a $30 minimum wage, hotel investors start looking outside L.A.www.latimes.comAmoxtli to Economy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square6linkfedilinkfile-text
https://archive.is/20250513120920/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-13/la-me-hotel-minimum-wage-universal-city
minus-squaredarkdemize@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days ago$30 an hour is what, about $60K a year? That’s still poverty wages in Socal.
minus-squareFiveMacs@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoIf you’re full-time yeah…they love to jack the pay, but then give you like 3 hours but demand you must be available 24/7 whenever they call
minus-squaredarkdemize@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoVery fair point. I’ve never worked in the hospitality industry, so it never occurred to me that these positions are likely majority part-time.
$30 an hour is what, about $60K a year? That’s still poverty wages in Socal.
If you’re full-time yeah…they love to jack the pay, but then give you like 3 hours but demand you must be available 24/7 whenever they call
Very fair point. I’ve never worked in the hospitality industry, so it never occurred to me that these positions are likely majority part-time.