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Thursday, May 7, 2026

‘Like being unemployed’: Job hunter says smoke shop offered to pay her $9 an hour - The Daily Dot

'What the [expletive] is that going to get me in this recession?'

Tiffanie Drayton

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One New Jersey woman was livid after a smoke shop offered her what she believes to be an unlivable wage: $9 an hour. In a viral video that has been viewed more than 40,000 times, user @highspeedfan took to TikTok to vent about it.

People in the comments agree that she should be outraged.

“Nobody wants to work anymore?” her rant begins, “Let me tell you, nobody wants to pay a good hourly wage anymore.”

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Apparently, she texted a number on an ad for a job at a smoke shop to inquire about how much they pay. To her dismay, the employer responded and let her know that they pay less than minimum wage in her state.

“I was like, ‘Is this a joke?'” she says.

The employer tried to justify breaking the law (not paying the legal minimum wage) by explaining that she would be paid in cash.

“$9 an hour?” the TikToker asked. “What the [expletive] is that going to get me in this recession?”

“Honestly, I’ve been noticing that a lot of jobs pay so minimal but expect you to perform higher that your hourly wage,” the TikToker, whose name is Savannah Beneventi, told the Daily Dot via email. “This was the first job I’ve ever run into that offered me below my state’s...



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