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Restaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)
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this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2024
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this should be straight up illegal.
It's not only legal it's effectively encouraged. Capitalism is a race to the bottom, regardless of consequences.
The person in the Philippines gets a good job out of this
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.
The minimum wage in the Phillipines is around $10 a day.
If this is right:
Looks like the absolute max is less than $10, and the absolute minimum is less than six dollars.
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How come agricultural laborers get shafted? An immediate guess is the government trying to keep food costs down.