TJ Maxx job applicant really wants to work at the store – until he learns a ‘shocking’ fact about the role: ‘I’m not taking it’
- A TikToker known as @sobeatmya** responded to the store’s hourly wages in a video he posted on April 11
- He only learned about the hourly wage at the end of his job interview
- His video has received nearly 100,000 views and more than 500 comments
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A man who wanted to work at TJ Maxx was shocked at the salary he was offered for the role.
The man interviewed for the position at what is believed to be a store in Pennsylvania on April 11 could not believe the position came with a salary of just $12 an hour, paid weekly.
‘Everything was going well but in the end he told me they pay $12 an hour and they get paid every week,’ he said on a TikTok under the username ‘@sobeatmyass’.
“So I thought ‘yeah… I’m not taking the f***ing job’.
The TikToker known as @sobeatmya** has slowly gone viral after he questioned his job interview with TJ Maxx in a video he posted on April 11
There are more than 1,000 TJ Maxx stores throughout the United States and Canada. The shop’s wage rate ranges from $9.50 an hour for sales representative to $23.19 an hour for an assistant store manager.
The basic minimum wage where TikTok user l@sobeatmya** may live in Pennsylvania, which according to US Department of Laborhas a base minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
However, despite his disappointment, he ended up taking the job, causing much debate among his followers on TikTok.
‘Do you already have a job? If not, take the job until you find something else. Some money is better than no job,” one TikToker commented.
Others have commented that hourly pay is good, but one user suggested that @sobeatmya** accept the hourly rate.
“They’re about to have you pick up all the furniture,” the TikToker concluded with a laughing emoji.
They added: ‘But really, if you don’t have another job, take the $12 and keep looking until you find better.’
There are currently more than $1,000 TJ Maxx stores throughout the United States and Canada. As of this year, states like Nevada and Nebraska currently have a $12 minimum wage
The confused TikToker has since asked the video viewers what they think he should do as he has no idea how to handle the situation.
As of now, it appears that he has not responded to any of the comments made on the video by other TikTok users.
The commenters made suggestions about what he should do, while others brought up the salary and how they were surprised that he expected a higher hourly wage.
@sobeatmya** may live in Pennsylvania, which according to the US Department of Labor has a basic minimum wage of $7.25 an hour
Social media users have advised TikTok on what to do, and a few people have criticized him for expecting a better hourly wage
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