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日本語/Japanese  Mon 03/17 09:37 JST
850 yen - the starting hourly wage being offered to folks who join Mc Donald's as a part timer.

I've never worked in Mc Dee's myself but I did spend much of my university life working part time at a Japanese restaurant called Benihana back in the UK. The hourly wage was about 3 pounds at the time - my first paycheck was depressing ^^;

Worked at another Japanese restaurant in Bond Street for a bit before I managed to get a part time job with Japan Airlines at the airport as ground staff - the hourly wage was 10 pounds which was quite good at the time. Always wanted to work at the airport after watching a BBC documentary on the airport - seemed exciting. Was exciting at first but the late nights looking for missing passengers and the hour and a half trip to/from home was a bit tiring at times. The great thing about the job was that they offered me a full time job as a computer engineer with them when I graduated from university (SOAS). All the monies were saved up so that I could travel to Japan every year to absorb the culture and buy health maintenance products at Akihabara.

The average hourly wage for part timers throughout Japan is 973 yen as reported by Nikkei BP. There was a gathering of over 3000 people in Tokyo last month to raise awareness on the poverty issues which included raising the minimum wage to 1,000 yen. I saw the news of that event on TV and was shocked to find out that some places were paying 600 yen per hour.

Today I thought it would be interesting to talk about what types of part time job we had/have and what sort of hourly wage we had/have compared to the national average.

BTW, the word for a "part time job" in Japanese is "Arubaito" [アルバイト] which is inherited from the German word "Arbeit" meaning "work" (source: allguide and google translate).
"Arubaito" can also be shorted to "Baito" also meaning "part time job."
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Cyberchaos in Australia, Sydney
Student
Registered on 2008/02/17 19:31
i tick no cuz i'm a lazy bum
jks jks

i just haven't the time really between studying and other things...
like waxing my dolphin...yess....
(ID #157128) Posted on 2008/03/16 19:03
n1ck in Malaysia
Student
Registered on 2007/09/03 21:01
The part time job wages here are worse.
Most part time jobs offer RM 4 an hour which equals to about 1.20 dollars an hour.
too busy to work now. Studies..
(ID #157129) Posted on 2008/03/16 19:06
aubz. in Vancouver
Multimedia Developer/Designer
Registered on 2007/11/18 16:04
my first actual job wasn't really part time. it was an on-call job, busboy/waiter at wedding receptions. but i only did that for a few weeks. i worked at this promo company for work experience, then got hired as a full timer, although i got paid per project which was FAR LESS than minimum wage. :(
(ID #157130) Posted on 2008/03/16 19:09
Koshiko in Sydney
website designer (currently assist. graphic designer)
Registered on 2007/08/03 12:37
Not as depressing as my first job Danny u_u;; Did it more for the experience as I'm very shy and my friend couldn't do website design and called me up to help. I stayed there for a while but the pay was very bad. The owner ended up selling and I'm still working with the new owners, but only on websites when they get enquiries for them.
I'm now working part-time as a graphic design assistant (or full-time? I'm there almost everyday because it's so busy at the moment! Took a day off today though, xD;) somewhere else with a lot better pay, but still not that great. I prefer website design as I like logic more over creativity.

I'm glad I haven't had to work at a fast food place or restaurant so far, but I don't think I could anyway as I'm hearing-impaired and can't work in crowded/noisy places.
(ID #157131) Posted on 2008/03/16 19:10
wickedclown in California, USA
Otaku/Computer tech/Student
Registered on 2007/12/07 21:33
I don't have one yet =/ (And I'm 18 already!)  Ah well, once I can get my license then I'll probably get one.  I really do want to save up to visit Japan but I also want to save money for investments therefor making even more money ;p, ah well, I guess I'm going to have to juggle my money for different things. :(
(ID #157133) Posted on 2008/03/16 19:18
Tami in Germany - Cologne
WebDesign, Coding, Administration
Registered on 2007/12/16 10:42
When i left school i had a part time job in a restaurant kitchen for bout a year, i though it would be a nice expierience to learn the basics of cooking and housekeeping stuffs there to have it easier when going to live alone.
The paycheck was okay (i had like 550,- DM back then, that's like 270,- Euros or so) considering i was still living with my mother and had it all for myself, i even got food at that restaurant for free. ^^
Besides that part-time job i did freelance as an journalist going to japan a few times because of it and meeting interesting people to interview and stuff.
So i sort of had this part-time job for the reason to learn something and to have money for japan. ^^
When i droped both the jobs finaly i went into the I.T. business, even though i didn't have anything learned yet about it, i became an Administrator at a service company which did run offices all over germany, so i was doing their network with another person, ended up to learn stuff about Cisco devices, Servers and so on.
It turned into fulltime after a half year, had a company car and all that. From there on i only had fulltime jobs.
(ID #157134) Posted on 2008/03/16 19:23
ornehx in Penang, Malaysia
dannychoo.com no aidokusha
Registered on 2007/12/25 23:02
i thought part time is called pato? well i guess thats a direct translate from english.

well i had a few part time job that is really miserable in pay but that was like 8 years ago.

1) waiter at chinese dimsum - RM4(125 yen)/hr

2) waiter at PIzza Hut - RM4(125 yen)/hr

3) waiter at Eden Catering - RM6(190 yen)/hr - crazily long hours 16 hrs in a strech at times

4) sales promoter at Giodarno - RM5.5(172 yen)/hr

(ID #157135) Posted on 2008/03/16 19:25
terry in Singapore
=.=!
Registered on 2007/08/02 23:32
well, what i saw is there most sales assistant job in japan starts from 1000yen, as in what i saw at shibuya and shinjuku area last dec..
(ID #157137) Posted on 2008/03/16 19:34
zenical in Singapore
boss of zeNIME
Registered on 2007/11/08 10:33
wow. That's a lot I think, comparing the wages we get here =_=
(ID #157139) Posted on 2008/03/16 19:36
CrazyAnimeTuga in Portugal
Student
Registered on 2007/01/03 02:12
You are shocked that there are places that people win 600 yen per hour? Things here are much worse, the minimal wager per month is around 423€ which makes around 2€ per hour for 8 hours of work, most people don't live, they try to survive :(.

Even the recent graduates from university win a crap like 600~800€ per month 
(ID #157143) Posted on 2008/03/16 19:47
Neil Duckett in Yoyogi, Tokyo
Software Engineer
Registered on 2007/11/06 13:37
Geez, thats seriously low as a wage .... makes me embarrased at how flippantly i spend money in Japan.
(ID #157146) Posted on 2008/03/16 19:53
wcloudx in Singapore
Artist
Registered on 2008/01/12 03:00
Wow, 900-1000 Yen average per hour is a lot compared to here, but knowing the high living cost in Japan, that much might be appropriate ^^;

I never lived in Japan, so I don't know if that's more than enough. What do you think Danny, with the current economy? :p
(ID #157150) Posted on 2008/03/16 20:01
chuy in Thailand
Student
Registered on 2007/09/28 23:58
 I've never done a part-time. But I've seen some recruitment advertising in department stores. I saw a wage was about 30Baht/hr (about100Yen)  Very low I think...
(ID #157155) Posted on 2008/03/16 20:21
bolt in Tampa Fl.
security/student
Registered on 2007/04/17 14:53
people fail to comprehend that minimum wage isnt suppose to by u a lexus and a white picket fence house.. its just a starting salary for first timers... and here in the us. minimum wage is hardly ever paid anyways.. exept to those people who include tips (watresses, lap dancers..etc.) so i'm not complaining about a low minimum wage.. but i do agree that the work force in general is underpaid... grossly underpaid by managers that get millions of dollars as a parting gift.. even if they ran it in to the ground cough(yahoo) 

enough of my rant :D
(ID #157157) Posted on 2008/03/16 20:26
Vixion in Indonesia
Student
Registered on 2007/11/02 08:25
Nice Information 

thanks ^^

now i'm thinking to go there LOL
(ID #157158) Posted on 2008/03/16 20:26
Timotei in Sweden
NEET
Registered on 2008/02/17 09:28
Never worked at a part time job and currently got no plans for it. I'm in some really weird program at the moment through the employment service and I would love to work at a part time rather than doing this crap, though I get about 500€ each month for doing nothing, so I'm not poor. But I'm not rich either. 

The cash goes to merchandise anyway. 
(b・∀・)b

(ID #157161) Posted on 2008/03/16 20:37
Martin Wandering in The Wild West
Student, Spiral Warrior
Registered on 2008/02/04 10:01
Most of my work has been in my college's library. An... interesting job, but not recommended to those without a fine appreciation of utter futility. 

Pay was minimum wage, which was actually pretty high in Oregon, and after about two years of slav... erm, service, my wage was up to a whopping US$8.00 per hour (something like a 10 cent increase per semester). 
(ID #157170) Posted on 2008/03/16 21:28
Hachiroku in Finland
New media student
Registered on 2007/12/27 18:30
In my first job years ago I got 8€/hour. That 850 yen really doesn't sound much. Luckily Japanese don't have to pay 12€ in order to buy one manga.
(ID #157173) Posted on 2008/03/16 21:45
Sugarkage in London
Flash/ Actionscript Developer
Registered on 2008/02/05 16:22
I used to have 2 part timers to fund my uni fees in the UK.

The first was for my dads icecream company and the second for blockbuster video rentals. Both were minimal wage (around £5ph).
Living in London is expensive though as my rent was 100pw alone, and i lived in the ghetto.


(ID #157187) Posted on 2008/03/16 22:37
Soshi in Singapore
Student
Registered on 2007/09/15 21:29
Hmmm... part-time wages in Singapore are alright I guess, considering that our cost of living is lower. We get about an average of $6/hour (for non-degree/diploma holders) or about $600-800 a month depending on your luck. X3 I guess that translates to about 400yen/hour?
(ID #157193) Posted on 2008/03/16 22:49
Swordsly in Singapore
Student
Registered on 2008/01/05 06:53
the most common wages per hour would be $5 for part-time jobs (usually for jobs like sales assistants, receptionists etc)
(ID #157196) Posted on 2008/03/16 22:55
Ricky in Brisbane, Australia
Pharmacist / Student
Registered on 2007/03/28 18:26
I think it depends on the employer, whether or not they stick to standard schedules for wages.  Some don't and some do.  Depends also whether or not you are important or not.

My current job pays me about $38AUD/hr an hour.  Which is not heaps but is not too bad.  It is raised to $50AUD/hr on Sunday.  Obviously I work Sundays :D
 
So I think my employer is playing slighty above standard.  
(ID #157201) Posted on 2008/03/16 23:00
LightChan in London, England
Student - Free lance graphic designer and musician
Registered on 2008/01/26 16:57
£3.00 an Hour about a year ago, now.
Very depressing when I spent it all on small stuff.
(ID #157209) Posted on 2008/03/16 23:11
Benjamin Takeyo in Lieu de la batille decisive
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
Registered on 2007/12/04 23:16
Nope, never had a part time job. 
(ID #157214) Posted on 2008/03/16 23:21
Meimi132 in Back end of nowhere, aka Norfolk, England
(University)Student and Mcdonalds Grease monkey.
Registered on 2007/12/04 04:17
Well since 850 yen is £4.15 round abouts, its not that much different than what Mcdonalds pays under 18's in the UK. I only got £4.25 when I started. I only got a raise to the over 18's rate in december and it wasnt much more. I'm still on minimum. Which is £4.65 an hour.

1000 yen doesnt seem like much more frankly. (£4.89)
(ID #157219) Posted on 2008/03/16 23:31
lin-da-kenobi in Long Beach
college student
Registered on 2007/08/16 02:56
yup yup i work part-time @ a medical supply store, can't complain though i'm getting paid 8bucks hourly
(ID #157220) Posted on 2008/03/16 23:34
gregory_gdp in Boise, ID
Photographer
Registered on 2007/07/16 21:56
I've had some pretty fun jobs and some not so fun jobs.  The worse job was as a graphic designer for a startup classifieds paper. The owner's since of time wasn't based in reality.  He liked to hand us full page color ads for car dealerships with a half hour before the paper was due to be signed off and sent to the printers.   It was so much fun! </sarcasm>  The paper folded in four months. 
(ID #157222) Posted on 2008/03/16 23:39
Alafista OTAKU in Singapore
Policy & Research Officer
Registered on 2006/12/25 11:34
Never actually held any part time jobs except giving tuitions. But giving tuition got me quite good money and it wasn't tough since it didn't involve manual labour.
(ID #157234) Posted on 2008/03/16 23:51
Hirito in The Little Red Dot - Singapore
University Student.
Registered on 2007/09/01 18:24
850 yen starting pay for McDonalds in Japan...surely much more than what they're offering here which is about 4.50SGD (about 320 Yen)? But seriously, which company wouldn't love to exploit their workers and gain more profit for themselves?
(ID #157236) Posted on 2008/03/16 23:55
G-Unit in Earth, Asia, Malaysia
Student
Registered on 2007/12/25 11:09
i did have a part time job during holidays... worked as a waiter at a small 24hour restaurant...

insanely low

7hours working time for MYR16 (about 500yen)

average hourly wage: MYR2.30 (70yen)

MYR2.30 (70yen) perhour...and the job is killing me..

wanted to try out other jobs. but the hourly wage at me region for part-timers just around MYR1 - MYR6 (30yen-180yen)
(ID #157250) Posted on 2008/03/17 00:11
qingy in center of the galaxy
SMS
Registered on 2007/10/06 05:09
lets see, i've had a few part time jobs

1) working at McDs, i think back then the minimum wage was 7.50 CAD, its been raised to 8 dollars now
2) working at Walmart as cashier, was paid 9.30 before i left
3) working at Air Canada information offices, paid 12.50
4) working at Tim Hortons, paid 8.50
5) working at MedLab as lab technician for co-op, paid 18.50

well, as you can see, i've worked multiple jobs in between my university studies. i'm pretty self-reliant.
also had a paper route when i was just a bit wee lad, and i remember using my first pay cheque to buy a gameboy game.
(ID #157251) Posted on 2008/03/17 00:12
The Lyrical Loli in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Asst. Manager at a *******
Registered on 2007/10/14 15:32
I can't work part time anymore since i got a lot of responsibilities now a days.

But i've had 2 part times jobs in the past. Daily hours as low as 4 hours a day, and at the time in the state of California, the minimum wage was $6.75

Now i make $12.00/hr and i get a monthly salary aside of my payroll. And i work at least 40 hours a week now compared to my part time jobs in the past.
(ID #157259) Posted on 2008/03/17 00:27
DrPepperMan85 in London UK
Student, BSc (Hons) Computer Science
Registered on 2007/11/30 22:59
I used to work at Sainsbury's for my 3 years, the pay was about £5/6 per hour. Thankfully I got a full time job for a year for my placement year at uni. The pay was £17,000. So thankfully I don't have to work for my final year. But I need a job during the summer to pay for my masters degree and for my trip back to Japan in september ^__^!
(ID #157264) Posted on 2008/03/17 00:42
Brian the Bear in San Jose, California
Engineer
Registered on 2008/03/14 11:41
My first part time job was a library page. Got about $9 USD ( around 900 YEN) / hour, which wasn't too bad when I was 15.5 years old! Very easy going job, spent a lot of time reading Garfield, borrowing PC/Playstation games (yes, my library had PC/Playstation games that you can borrow for free), and surfing the net.
(ID #157266) Posted on 2008/03/17 00:45
kaeze in Melbourne, Australia, Earth
Illustrator & Designer
Registered on 2007/04/09 18:37
My first real part-time job was working at a paint factory, pouring paint and labeling paint cans.   I worked there for about 4-6 weeks for 3 summer holidays.

The work itself was tedious and boring, pretty much similar to any process / factory job I guess.  Most toughest things were sometimes the fumes and washing the large tanks that they mix the paint and chemicals in.

Pay was ridiculously fantastic particularly for a 18-19 year old at the time like I was, started from $18 AUD and went up to $20 AUD / hr during the last summer I worked there!  Pretty much paid for my uni fees for the first 2 years and saved some away to buy my first car.
(ID #157275) Posted on 2008/03/17 01:14
Evil King in Vlaardingen, the Netherlands, Earth
Student and full-time otaku
Registered on 2007/12/19 00:24
I've only had one measly job for like 2 weeks when I was 16. Stacking books for €2/hr and being electrocuted by the metal trolleys we used (they built up static rollin around T_T). It was really boring and after that I haven't worked again.

I guess I'm spoiled, but living at home as I do, the study finance and my allowance pretty much cover everything. Although since I found DC, I've been ithcing to go to Japan and buy more schtuff, which this allowance simply does NOT cover, so maybe now's a good time to get a job. Maybe these holidays.
(ID #157277) Posted on 2008/03/17 01:23
vegas in San Diego
Working for the Man
Registered on 2007/12/26 00:51
worked at mickey D's as my first job for exactly a year.  left at 7.50/hr.
Reading through the responses did anyone else work a tip job?  I worked for Red Robin for 3 years and even though my hourly was 8/hr with tips as a food runner/expo it bumped itself up to 12-15/hr depending on the day.  quite a lot for a high school student.  
As a server in college it was easily 20/hr.  So to all young people- GET A TIP JOB!
(ID #157281) Posted on 2008/03/17 01:45
ikimasu in Oregon
Otaku
Registered on 2008/01/15 08:18
DANG here in Oregon the minimum wage is 7.50
(ID #157283) Posted on 2008/03/17 01:55
maikeru in Oregon
Replenisher
Registered on 2007/12/06 23:29
When I was in High School, I worked part-time at a retirement home for $4.25/hour.  I remember how great I thought it was that I didn't have to work fast food.  One summer, I was a temp at a cemetery for $8.50/hour.  Talk about a depressing job.
(ID #157285) Posted on 2008/03/17 01:59
Creative Director
Registered on 2008/02/18 01:49
I spent a long time in a retail job (w/the worthless Teamsters Union). My job screwed me from ever having the right hours to attend school while working (but the money was OK) . So after many years of saving I quit and went to a small private school then one year into it I worked PT and a Home Depot to help pay 1/2 my loans.

Been lucky and unlucky after I graduated. Every job I've had since, I was able to get at least 10k more per year than the previous job. But also back in 2001 I was laid off work (software co.) and had to look for a very long time to find another job. Lot's of pressure from every one around me to just take what ever job, but I'm thick headed I guess... just want to be a designer. That's what I paid all that money for school and refused to do anything else.

Three things to remember...

1. Never accept a union job! (why pay some else for a back bone. Use your own)  :)
2. Salaries are always negotiable.
3. Believe in yourself.
(ID #157286) Posted on 2008/03/17 02:05
Jotham in Los Angeles, CA
Student
Registered on 2008/03/08 16:19
I wouldnt really say my first job was part time..well it was but it was to help the family out with the store.
It was a small and measly dry cleaners in the middle of nowhere Michigan and I got paid about 40 dollars just working 38 hrs a week. Thats almost a dollar an hour... T_T

Well in the end it was a good experience for me, thats when I realized how hard it was to make an honest buck...and how hard it was to operate steamed machinery -_-;;

(ID #157291) Posted on 2008/03/17 02:33
Hangmen13 in Sabah, Malaysia
Aimless Traveler
Registered on 2007/04/21 21:19
A self-employed social recluse. Oh wait, that counts as a full-time job. My bad.
(ID #157303) Posted on 2008/03/17 02:57
Mimi in Under glass ceiling
I'm a professional eggroll charmer
Registered on 2008/03/11 07:19
I'm a part-time piano teacher working at home. ^^; 
I make 30$ an hour and fire my students when there's too much stuff on my schedule.. a nice job for a high school kid i guess. 
(ID #157306) Posted on 2008/03/17 03:12
NekokoNeko in Long Beach, CA, USA
computer business Infomation system
Registered on 2007/11/30 13:44
Hey my first part-time was at Mc Dee's. The min wage at that time was 6.25$ back then. It was actually hard working there. I worked there for 2 months before I quited.
(ID #157308) Posted on 2008/03/17 03:18
chun in home feeling sleepy
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
Registered on 2007/01/09 14:33
Arubaito *mumbles and tries to memorize*

I did some part time work as graphic designer for a friend's start up company, unfortunately I think big chunk of my pay went to commuting to and fro from the office (oops) and I was offered a full time job after working there for a little bit (double oops)!

When I was schooling for diploma in design back in SG, I had a brief internship at one of my mom's old friend's design company before too and picked up some photoshop related skills from there ^^ that one, I think there was no pay LOL (or it was not a lot, as usual) but experience is priceless no? :)

I think the draw back of part-timing is usually the pay is so so or below average, unless the client really want/is willing to pay for your skills ^^;
(ID #157313) Posted on 2008/03/17 03:34
MrShawn in Houston, Texas
Student
Registered on 2008/01/19 15:28
WOW 8.50USD you would be lucky to get 6.00 were i live. I work at a retail store and cant even get that. Lucky Japs.
(ID #157317) Posted on 2008/03/17 03:59
Kyle in Seattle, Washington
Student
Registered on 2007/10/08 05:20
Interesting. I wish I could get $10/hour at my part time in Best Buy, but I just get crap instead.
(ID #157322) Posted on 2008/03/17 04:19
ruddigore in Maryland, USA
Polymath
Registered on 2008/03/17 04:17
My first, and only, part-time job was doing tech support for my university's student newspaper.  I got $10 an hour, but I worked so little that it was nothing more than pocket change.  Definitely nothing to fly to Japan with and spend on a wild binge in Akiba...
(ID #157323) Posted on 2008/03/17 04:23
JockeII in Sweden
NEET
Registered on 2008/01/19 23:21
Yikes, $8.5/hour. That is so low that I would never consider it. It is pretty much what I earned when I worked a summer when I was 15-16 lol. Most of my jobs I've had during summer when I was a student has been ~$15/h. 

My last job, which was part time, I could earn ~$30/h. I often said no to work though, even though it was very easy and relaxed work. I quit after two months since I wanted to go fulltime NEET. And here I am, still a happy NEET. ^_^
(ID #157330) Posted on 2008/03/17 04:37
Registered on 2007/11/20 06:59
I started at McD's a year and a half ago for $6.75/hr. I now get $8/hr not from of a raise but because the minimum went up. 

most of my wages are spent on figures and external hard drives. 

Once I graduate, I'll be able to spend 3 times as much on my anime/compute addiction without having to worry about other expenses.
(ID #157338) Posted on 2008/03/17 05:10
Dashu in Germany
CS Student
Registered on 2007/09/26 20:11
Back when I was in school, I worked at the local supermarket. That got me ~7.50Euro (~11.50 USD) per hour. The average for Germany is about 6.- Euro (~9.50 USD). Today I work as a student assistant with a wage of ~8.50 Euro (~13 USD) per hour. The bad thing about it is that you work overtime without getting paid for it. But it's much more fun when you can put into practice the things you learn in lectures ^_^

The first time I heard "arubaito" I thought I misheard it. I think it's funny how there are so many English words in the Japanese language, but then there is this exception. Are there other Japanese words inherited from German or other non-English European languages?
(ID #157342) Posted on 2008/03/17 05:42
Freedom Gundam in Birmingham
Student
Registered on 2008/02/04 00:27
850 Yen thats about $8.5 usd/Hour, and about £4.16/Hour which isn't that bad in the UK.

The minimum wage is £3.40/Hr for 16-17.
It's £4.60/Hr for 18-21.
And £5.52/hr for 22+.

So if your 22 or over its about 1126 Yen/Hour as a minimum wage, and $11.20 usd/Hour as a minimum wage.

So the japanese McDonalds wage isn't that bad...
(ID #157355) Posted on 2008/03/17 06:27
-XYZPDQ in Pennsylvania, United States
Student Engineer
Registered on 2007/01/01 14:12
Yes I have had a part time job at an amusement park. I don't feel bad for all the  people complaining about $10.00USD being too little, I would JUMP at the chance to make $7.50 to $8.00 an hour! When I began working I earned $5.65 an hour  and the next year it went up to around $6.35.

I had plenty to spend on, but gas ate around 40% of my money. I do what I can and at the moment I live off of borrowed money from the parents as I earn my degree. It will be nice when I am out of college, starting salary for entry level engineers is 5,348,000 Yen =). I'm pretty sure that is enough to support just one person (me!), a nice house and a 1000% expansion on my hobbies =).
(ID #157356) Posted on 2008/03/17 06:30
Meimi132 in Back end of nowhere, aka Norfolk, England
(University)Student and Mcdonalds Grease monkey.
Registered on 2007/12/04 04:17
Dude..... minimum wage for 16-17 is that low in the UK??? McDonalds were being kind at £4.25 when I started then....(Last year, October)
(ID #157359) Posted on 2008/03/17 06:38
cowboy4eva in New York, Osaka, Tokyo
Leisure Consultant, Writer, Webmaster
Registered on 2008/01/29 07:28
That's pretty low man. But with the yen at 99 to a buck, they get paid more than American workers. 
(ID #157363) Posted on 2008/03/17 07:08
Gorm in London
Student
Registered on 2007/11/06 10:16
i get £6.42 an hour working at tesco, above minimum wage so i cant really complain, not a hard job just a bit boring.
(ID #157366) Posted on 2008/03/17 07:20
Akiba-Kid in California, USA
Online Shop
Registered on 2008/01/17 11:35
I remember working at a Japanese fast food restaurant in the mall for about $4.75 per hour back in my high school days.  Getting free lunch was one plus side maybe but if you work at the restaurant, you end up not wanting to eat their food after knowing what they actually do/cook...
(ID #157371) Posted on 2008/03/17 07:52
BeLe in Davao, Philippines
.NET/Web Developer
Registered on 2007/01/03 16:36
I've never really applied for a part time job. heheh.  Went straight to full time as a programmer when I graduated at the university.

Is that japan's minimum wage? Our minimum hourly wage here is around 750 japanese yen.  really small.  Glad I'm not receiving that kind of wage
(ID #157376) Posted on 2008/03/17 08:17
CaTZ in Indonesia
Game Designer & 2D Artist
Registered on 2007/02/10 15:13
My part time job was a game reviewer and layouter during uni time at a local publishing company. 

Got paid really low :P maybe about 100usd/month...

but we had fun that time, ah... I miss uni time....

(ID #157393) Posted on 2008/03/17 08:52
double in Singapore
Student
Registered on 2007/04/24 11:15
Wow Japan's Macdonalds' pay is really high compared to Singapore's Macdonalds' starting pay.

Compared to 850 yen, the pay here is about S$3, which is about 250 yen. A total ripoff, but people still work for them 0.0
(ID #157433) Posted on 2008/03/17 11:12
gurugurutrex in Vancouver, B.C., Canada
オタク by moonlight, Graphic Designer by daylight
Registered on 2007/11/08 03:37
The minimum wage in Vancouver now is CDN$8.5/hr.  It was only $7/hr when I was in highschool. But to me, $7/hr is a lot at that time since I only have $40 a month allowance from my parents at that time. =P
(ID #157436) Posted on 2008/03/17 11:17
XSportSeeker in Brazil
Hikikomori
Registered on 2007/08/22 05:30
I'm currently unemployed, but studying (which doesn't quite justify me being unemployed)...
But I worked part time job (when I was in university)... my salary was about R$450 a month working mornings only.

That's about 225US$ on today's currency conversion... but at the time it was less than 120US$...

McD's pays about R$2,50 an hour in Brazil, which is about 1,25USDs...

McD's is well known as one of the lowest paying jobs here in Brazil, along with some other fast food chains.

Minimum wage in Brazil improved quite a bit in the past couple of years, but it's still nothing compared to Japan.

The monthly minimum wage here is today 415R$... which is double of what it was 6 years ago.

Still, it's about 215US$ A MONTH. Almost not enough to buy food to live.

So there you go... that's why lots of brazilians choose to go to other countries to work. Like Japan! :D

People like... let's say.. me. :P Even though I have a choice to work in Brazil, since I'm graduated and all... but my reasons are kinda different anyways.

More because I admire Japan, than because I need the money. I think I'd rather live a modest life in Japan than be rich in Brazil... but I'm giving some time to make up my mind. Also, I don't think my parents wants to leave Brazil...
(ID #157437) Posted on 2008/03/17 11:26
Rin in Canada
Student Otaku
Registered on 2008/01/04 16:17
My wage is $10 to $15 an hour. It depends on what I do. Sometimes I fix the computer and other times I book appointments.   
(ID #157447) Posted on 2008/03/17 11:51
Dedale in S'pore after France
Labyrinth builder
Registered on 2007/12/04 17:28
In France, the minimum hourly wage is 8.44€ ie around 130Y.
(ID #157469) Posted on 2008/03/17 12:53
Fariz Asuka in Singapore
Student and Miku Guardian