Current Events > Amazon worker lives in her car 19hr not enough to afford rent

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https://www.entrepreneur.com/amphtml/375172

In NYC

Sounds like NYC rent prices are the real issue. Amazon is paying her $19 an hour which isn't that bad. Do all her co-workers also live in their car, or did they find somewhere outside the city with better rent pricing?

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Move cities or find another job that pays more

Amazon isnt the problem

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SaccharineSmile posted...

Move cities or find another job that pays more

Amazon isnt the problem

You're saying that like it's simple lmao

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Amazon sucks to work at, but this is a problem with NYC

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$19 is pretty good but yeah NYC rent is dumb as fuck. Could probably get a decent place with a roommate making the same salary though but it shouldnt have to be like that.

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CRON posted...

You're saying that like it's simple lmao

It's gotta be easier than what she's doing

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CRON posted...

You're saying that like it's simple lmao

She lives in her car. She can pack and move to whatever city she wants on a dime.

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CRON posted...

You're saying that like it's simple lmao

well its easier than staying in nyc!

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Company pays higher than average wages.

City has higher than average rent because it purposely blocks housing from being built.

The public decides the company is to blame in this situation.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jh0EN1De4Q

Sounds like a New York problem, not an Amazon problem.

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That's 3k higher than the average salary of my town and most people can afford a house here

Move out of the shitty big cities. I live <2 hours away from 2 major ones and it's fantastic. Can drive there when I want to do fun stuff but pay country prices to live

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I see on Craig's list a rooms available for $750. When I lived there back in 2012, I was making $500 a week and could save money renting a $575 room. She makes enough a week to cover her rent.

NYC is not a place where you can expect to feasibly live on your own. You need roommates or have a high paying career. And most jobs in NYC aren't high paying careers.

One avenue Amazon could take is setting up dormitories for their workers.

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She probably forgets to mention that she has fucked up credit or something. I find it hard to believe that she couldn't at least rent a room with that sort of money. Even if she had to drive a few hours out of the city or something. Something about this story is sus.

CRON posted...

You're saying that like it's simple lmao

Dude

She already lives in her car lmfao how much more simple can it be moving to somewhere be at that point?

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