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Labor standards around the country are under question as never before. After surviving a pandemic, many workers are now very in touch with what kinds of working conditions they are willing to endure.
Under a living wage is one of the conditions people are no longer willing to endure at their place of employment. And employers who are offering poverty wages are beginning to look defensive and obsolete.
One such company is Viahart, a toy company hosted through Amazon and CEO'd by one Molson Hart. Hart's most recent post regarding seeking short-term labor to help unload trucks at poverty wages caught the attention of the internet for its brazen arrogance.
@Molson_Hart Lol. Shocking that someone wouldn’t want to unload 35,000 pounds in exchange for 4 iced coffees an hour— Sam (@Sam) 1634056071.0
@Molson_Hart But $14 is “probably good enough.” You didn’t earn that money; the people in your company earned that… https://t.co/SusDR72KEO— Jonathan Sims (@Jonathan Sims) 1634136221.0
@Molson_Hart Here's some helpful info. Hopefully it will lead to a better understanding of your undue entitlement t… https://t.co/5TlWA1Kxb9— 👾Black Biscuit, Crown Prince of Antifa®👾 (@👾Black Biscuit, Crown Prince of Antifa®👾) 1634139043.0
@Molson_Hart The cheapest 1-bedroom Apt in Texas costs $700/month. Health insurance (which you don’t offer) average… https://t.co/G1tmQJuZTY— noam (@noam) 1634137489.0
Though $14 per hour is greater than the minimum wage of many states, even the federal government's recent proposal to hike the minimum wage to $15 per hour was not enough to survive in any state in the union, according to recent studies.
I could get like 3 vanilla sweet cream cold brews with $14 an hour. No thanks. Pay better. https://t.co/robArdrNZP— matty matheson wannabe (@matty matheson wannabe) 1634344189.0
I remember working for $14/hour and only getting a decent paycheck because I worked 70 plus hours a week. No one sh… https://t.co/73pejCsZwj— Super Spice (@Super Spice) 1634310486.0
Absolutely hilarious watching this guy get dunked on https://t.co/up0dGaBLHH— Roob Himself (@Roob Himself) 1634297138.0
So riddle me this you little twerp if YOU don't wanna do it on a CEO-salary how the FUCK do you expect people to wa… https://t.co/uLq4M20Jab— 🎃 Quill 🦕Non-Binosaur (@🎃 Quill 🦕Non-Binosaur) 1634188511.0
how is it wild that $14 isn’t enough?? in all of america, you CANNOT live comfortably off of $14 an hr. you need be… https://t.co/taAlNK2kWq— stegan the mallion (@stegan the mallion) 1634171696.0
Hart has gone viral before, for breaking down a friend's wages who made over $1 million per year, and then trying to justify why that wasn't a lot of money.
The median household income in the United States was $67,521 in 2020, a 2.9% decrease from the median income in 2019, and which is a mere 6% of $1 million.
@Molson_Hart $14 is a lot of money but $400k isn’t https://t.co/oUQFVeCKWC— Guy Freire (@Guy Freire) 1634147484.0
Hart's lack of touch with reality for most American workers has earned him the unbridled contempt of many.
As someone who works in a retail warehouse, $14 part time doesn't even begin to cut it. Lifting heavy items and rep… https://t.co/aSII9V1oq6— I Never Drink . . . Wine 🍷 (@I Never Drink . . . Wine 🍷) 1634169266.0
guy who pays $16,000+ for a 24/7 nanny and has plenty of spending money left over thinks that $14/hour is too much… https://t.co/lcHWaQ9xtg— 🏳️⚧️🌕🐇 gay ass bnuuy (@🏳️⚧️🌕🐇 gay ass bnuuy) 1634261801.0
this reeks of daddy paid my way through business school and I haven’t worked a minimum wage job and paid for adult… https://t.co/05mNoxkUD6— BRĒ (@BRĒ) 1634241628.0
do you have a humiliation fetish because between this shit and the "400k isn't a lot of money" tweet it's starting… https://t.co/MP1XoDeoFs— Sol Wifeguy (@Sol Wifeguy) 1634162787.0
Hart's continued neglect of the average American's living conditions shows no signs of abating. His immediate follow-up was to complain about how people were interpreting his tweet, rather than to take accountability.
And either way, he is stuck with a team of two people unloading 35,000 lbs. Karma.