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To: Lee Lichterman III who wrote (11332)	4/18/1999 10:05:00 AM
From: donald sew	Respond to of 99985

Lee, >>>> Although minimum wage is at $5.15, it's not uncommon to find a suburban McDonald's with signs in its windows offering $8 an hour. Most business owners, from fast food to corner grocery stores, say they now must pay their workers anywhere from $7 to $17, and managers up to $35,000 a year. <<<< Being in the restaurant biz in the past, the cooks about 10-15 years ago were making OK livings. Now a young sous chef with about 5 years of total cooking experience is making in the range of $50,000+. And the average high end is around $75,000. seeya

To: Lee Lichterman III who wrote (11332)	4/18/1999 10:52:00 AM
From: KM	Respond to of 99985

Somewhat OT: That was an interesting article. I find it particularly ironic having just read the Sunday classifieds in our local rag, the Dallas Morning Snooze. I used to be in the legal field and like to see if salaries are keeping up in that area. Well, they're not, really. I see temp agency ads trying to recruit highly skilled (5-10 yrs plus experience) legal support personnel and offering hourly wages of $18-20 per hour on the high end. In order to make that $20 per hour, a person must have the referenced legal experience, often in a sub specialty such as toxic tort litigation or intellectual property and be proficient on all of the Microsoft Office functions. From the looks of that article, a person could do just as well learning to chop vegetables and puree soups <G>. Plus, the lunches are better.