How Jollibee paying US$16 an hour for their US service crew sparks comparisons on wages, cost of living in the Philippines?

The restaurant is paying US $16 an hour for their US service crew sparks comparisons on stipend, cost of living in the Philippines.

 A print of this restaurant bill in San Diego, California looking to hire service staff for $16 an hour has sparked a discussion about the difference between labor stipend in the Philippines and abroad. 



Ralph Tan Posadas, who's grounded in California, posted his print of the bill on social media, where it has garnered over,800 shares as of jotting. 

His post firstly only included a conversion of how important that bone pay envelope would be worth in pesos — a crew member would stand to earn PHP899.58 an hour or PHP7 a day, amounting to a payment of PHP155,932 a month. 

For reference, the minimal pay envelope in the National Capital Region is PHP570 daily, with Metro Manila minimal pay envelope earners taking home a stingy PHP17,100 each month.


 But while a payment nearly 10 times that quantum clearly sounds charming, the post launched a surge of exchanges on the relative worth of that pay envelope, with numerous Filipinos grounded in the United States arguing that the cost of living in America is inimitable to the prices back home, indeed with rising affectation rates. 


“That’s just a small quantum of plutocrat. Flash back, people then spend in bones too,” one commenter reminded. 

“This is roughly 2600 bones. Indeed, for the US, this is low, not to mention that this doesn't include duty and other employment deductions. This post doesn't mention the living cost in America has soared. Try to visit America, so everyone would have an idea,” another argued. 

Filipinos living in the US refocused out that the payment would slightly be enough to go one - bedroom apartment. 


“Rent can set you back $1500 a month, and that’s on the lower end. Don't convert bones into pesos if you’re not willing to take cost of living into account,” one stoner reflected. 




“You’re earning $16, but your breakfast would bring $10,” one said.“ Sure, get Paid $16 an hour in California, if you’re ready to sleep on the thoroughfares,” another fooled. 




After the original surge of folks pointing out these difference, Pomades added this to his original post’s caption in response thanks for your commentary, for those opining about cost of living we aren't comparing cost of living then because it's obviously different between the two countries. 





We're showing husbandry of scale. This is how Filipino Green Card Resident Aliens, Filipino - Americans, US Citizens, and indeed illegal aliens working the USA immorally are suitable to shoot almost $13 BILLION bones last time 2021. 




Filipinos in the USA are veritably resourceful no matter how small they earn, they're still suitable to shoot to their loved bones, family, cousins, and musketeers in the Philippines. Their fiscal offerings are substantially not being considered as the donors in the Philippine benefit from their hard work and immolation. 





While numerous commenters, griped about the fact that the posted pay envelope would hardly set one over with a comfortable life in the US, others stressed the different stations this restaurant has taken in regard to employment then and abroad. 




The fast food mammoth preliminarily came under fire for having much of their staff made up of short - term contract workers who weren't entitled to hand benefits in addition to minimal-pay envelope pay. The Philippine government ordered this restaurant to homogenize over,000 of its contract workers in 2018. 





Meanwhile, California’s current minimum pay envelope is set at $15.“ This means this restaurant can actually go to pay their staff advanced stipend then,” one refocused out. 

“So what's the difference between a fast-food worker then and one abroad? How come this restaurant can pay their staff under PHP30,000 then, when they can obviously pay that much?” another questioned.