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@rdvallellanes.bsky.socialSep 14, 2026, 8:43 PM

🚨 AMERICA’S HIRING SYSTEM IS FAILING WORKERS 🚨
$25 an hour. FOUR INTERVIEWS. After taxes & 5 basic monthly expenses, about $29 is left. Employers: justify this. If the pay barely covers survival, why should workers endure FOUR INTERVIEWS to get it? #WorkerRights #JobHunting #WageCrisis #WorkerRights

@rdvallellanes.bsky.socialSep 14, 2026, 5:44 PM

9/15 Then come screening calls, assessments, personality tests, video interviews, second interviews, third interviews—THEN THE FOURTH.
All unpaid. Meanwhile, rent, utilities & groceries keep coming due.
The employer waits. THE WORKER CANNOT. #Hiring #Workers #Jobs #HiringHell #JobHunting #WageCrisis

@rdvallellanes.bsky.socialSep 14, 2026, 5:44 PM

7/15 Now imagine desperately needing that $25/hour job—and being told you need FOUR INTERVIEWS. FOUR FUCKING INTERVIEWS. For a call-center job that may leave you with about $29 a month after five basic expenses. THAT IS ABSURD. #Hiring #JobSearch #Workers #HiringHell
#JobHunting #WageCrisis

@rdvallellanes.bsky.socialSep 14, 2026, 5:44 PM

6/15 A 5-paycheck month helps make up the difference later. But bills arrive EVERY month. So yes: someone earning $52,000 a year can still face a cash-flow shortfall while covering only rent, utilities, internet, groceries and a phone. #WorkingClass #LivingWage #HiringHell #JobHunting #WageCrisis

@rdvallellanes.bsky.socialSep 14, 2026, 5:44 PM

5/15 And $3,519 is only the annualized monthly average. If paid weekly, a 4-paycheck month is about $3,248 take-home. Basic bills: $3,490.
That means you can be roughly $242 SHORT—even while earning $25/hour full-time. #PaycheckToPaycheck #CostOfLiving #HiringHelln#JobHunting
#WageCrisis

@rdvallellanes.bsky.socialSep 14, 2026, 5:44 PM

4/15 $3,519 average monthly take-home. $3,490 in just FIVE basic expenses. LEFT OVER: about $29 a month. That’s about $6.69 a week. About $348 for the ENTIRE YEAR. Before transportation, healthcare, emergencies or savings. #Workers #LivingWage #HiringHell #JobHunting
#WageCrisis