In case your postage stamp-sized paycheck doesn't clue you in on the fact that you earn minimum wage, here are some other signs.- The only requirement for getting the job was that you have reliable transportation.
- Management conveniently forgets to tell you about the company picnic.
- Your lunch usually comes out of the candy vending machine.
- The business's annual COFFEE expense is more than your wages.
- They're beginning to train DOGS to do your job.
- A resumé was not necessary.
- Your parking space? Pick any street.
- Benefits? What benefits? Who said anything about benefits?
- If in the unlikely event that you have an office, you get the oldest furniture in the building. Often it's older than YOU are.
- In order to go to the bathroom, you have to have someone relieve you.
- Your supervisor laughed behind your back when you showed up on your first day of work wearing a suit and tie.
- Petty cash issues your paycheck.
- Yes, you get sick leave. You get sick, you leave, for good!
- During the interview, your boss remarked that you will gain valuable experience that will be very helpful when you move on.
- You have the sneaking suspicion that the only reason you got the job was because your application was first on the stack.
Originally published November 14, 2002.
