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EPISODE · Nov 18, 2025 · 4 MIN

$20 an Hour

from The Jim Stroud Podcast · host Jim Stroud

A higher wage promised dignity, but instead exposed a fault line where rising pay collided with shrinking hours, lost jobs, and the uneasy math of a system built on trade-offs no one wants to say aloud. | Subscribe to "The Recruiting Life" newsletter at https://jimstroud.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A higher wage promised dignity, but instead exposed a fault line where rising pay collided with shrinking hours, lost jobs, and the uneasy math of a system built on trade-offs no one wants to say aloud. | Subscribe to "The Recruiting Life" newsletter at https://jimstroud.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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