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Originally Posted by retired
My sons all had summer jobs at the Weirs during high school and college. We have a local workforce called teenagers. They need to get motivated and climb out from behind their cell phones and computers and get to work. It would help if the businesses would pay a higher wage. If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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I, too, had summer jobs in the Lakes Region. My kids don't - they work back home. The lowest paid makes $16/hour. With tips, one makes $25+/hour. This is for unskilled work with a flexible schedule (and over 40 hours/week anytime they want it). They looked up here - lower pay and less flexibility.