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Old boomer I worked with was pissed that new hires get paid $60k and he was lucky he was making like $4 an hour at his first real job in like 1970s and NEVER COMPLAINED.
And I called out that he's complaining right now and he just made a hissy fit and left.
There was an older gop congressman complaining about the proposed $15/hr minimum wage, saying when he was young he made $4/hr and it was plenty. Someone did the math and his $4/hr was equivalent to $26/hr now.
If your coworker was making $4/hr in 1970, he was making the equivalent of $32/hr in 2024, or roughly 66k/year. He should probably shut the fuck up about starting 6k/year above what kids do 50 years later.