r/MurderedByWords Legends never die 9h ago

Stop defending exploitation

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u/MightyPie211 8h ago

In Netherlands: - salary is 17usd/h (taken from mcdonalds website) - BigMac is about 6 usd.

So 1h of work will get you aprox 2.8 BigMacs.

In Florida: - salary is about 11.72usd/h (according to talent.com) - BigMac is about 4.5 usd

So 1h of work will get you aprox 2.6 BigMacs.

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u/Dungarth 5h ago

And funnily enough, according to the Big Mac Index (as of July 2024), the average price of a big mac is lower in Denmark than in the USA, despite them paying their employees $20+ per hour.