“I spent two months out of the last four summers counseling at a scout camp in the woods at minimum wage and I loved it and didn’t do it for the money.”
-Greg Kling, 19, speech communication
“Working at the girls clothing store. It was a lot of work, you do so much work $8 an hour.”
-Christina Vasconcellos, 19, childhood education
“I definitely feel like minimum wage should’ve been a lot more for working at a grocery store.”
-Enrique Sanchez, 27, sociology
“Working at a men’s clothing store. I felt like I was doing so much work for pretty much nothing.”
-Renee Montalvan, 19, creative writing
“I’ve worked with Office Depot for a little over a year now. The rate they pay is a little more than minimum. I did get a raise but it was just around a quarter. It wasn’t a very motivational raise, so it didn’t inspire me to work any harder.”
-Henry Hogue, 19, art and digital media
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“I worked as a nanny my senior year of high school; basically being her mom for $7 [an hour].”
-Carley McLevis, 20, psychology
“I worked in the warehouse for $8.50 an hour. It was a lot of heavy lifting and very strenuous work.”
-Matthew Mitchell, 20, history
“For all the crap I do, it’s not enough. I think $9 an hour would be good. I think they should definitely raise the minimum wage.”
-Noemi Salcedo, 18, undeclared
