I know a couple Walmart employees. They consider their jobs there to better than the ones they left. They both are slackers, so I think they are fairly paid.
that is more do to the morals and ethics of the person working ...........and those have gone to shit in USA
but living on a 7.25 hour wage is impossible unless u live with several other ppl .........taxes alone take 1/3 of the weeks check (u get a refund but that is not now) ...food gas rent insurance(health life car house/apartment) power water( then ppl have fines and child support) ....those prices have sharply increased with out wages going up for several years ......let me show me my math
24,000 divided by 7.25 is 3310 and bunch of numbers so to make 24k a year u need 3310 hours of work
3310 divided by 8 is 413.25 ..only 365 days so working ever day 8 hours makes u 2920 hours and 16 hours over time
now assuming u can work every day for a year u would make 9 k in over time at 10.83 pay rate then u would make 24k a year......and we all know they will not allow that over time they try to keep everyone at 38/39 hours a week to avoid over time ......so working 39 hours a week for 52 weeks is only 2028 hours ....so the maximum amount can make is 14,703 a year
so 39 hours a week every week will only get u 15k a year then 20% of that is gone for taxes if not more
it is impossible to live on what they want to pay with prices the way they are ....at 7.25 u are a slave and that is illegal as i understand the current laws on books working every day