I’m not sure what my job title was at that time. Possibly I was in the materials testing lab (which seems to me, in retrospect, to be one of the dumbest things they could have paid me to do; we were making JEANS for heaven’s sake, not airplane parts!). I spent my days ripping fabric and splitting zippers, all in the name of high quality Wrangler jeans.
Since I worked a 40 hour week, my hourly pay would have been $6.50. Things were cheaper then, though: my first apartment rented for $200 per month, and I furnished it with my parents’ stuff that they were willing to let me have, like my own bed and an ancient black and white television. One of the first purchases I made was a colour tv, and a sweet stereo: both Electrohome, both from Cuff’s in Renfrew.
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Frugality! Good trait for weathering uncertain times.
Maybe 80 hours for $260, so $3.25/hr. (before deductions)? Minimum wage in Ontario was at least $2.15 back then, IIRC.
Oh my, that was some typo! Should be $6.50 per hour, not $1.50. I will be changing it forthwith!
I've always loved to budget, that's the truth.
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