I've worked for FREE as an intern. I've worked on commission in Sales. I've worked salaried with total work hours that would put me under minimum wage. I've never once complained.
Technically though, I get less than minimum wage. We are "on the clock" 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. But since I don't actually work all those hours, I vote no.
I definitely made minimum wage. A lot of people think Starbucks baristas make decent money but I started at minimum wage which is $7.78 in Colorado. They also cap baristas raises around $10.
If you count waitressing. Minim wage is the base though, unless it's stupid slow and there are too many waitresses I make double it our more every day.
Wait. You SHOULD have said you made minimum wage cleaning up booths at the adult movie theater, but that you were so good at your job your boss gave you the choice of a raise or free theater admission as long as you worked there.
I got my first real job (as opposed to mowing lawns, etc) at 15 and it paid minimum wage. Every job after that (by age 16) I negotiated something better. It may have only been $.50/hour more, but it wasn't minimum wage.
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