Critical Analysis: " Time For a Raise"

In the article time for a raise by Patricia smith is about how the “entry level jobs” are no longer just for teens like they have been in the past, but they have been a last resort for people in the 25 and older range. In fact 49% of the people working the “entry level” minimum wage jobs are in fact 25 or older {Department of labor}. Not only are the hours for those jobs crazy long, you are getting paid roughly $7 and change to wake up 4am and start greeting customers dressed up as a fast food mascot. The real fight of this article is that $7 and some change are by no means livable wages. Many people are working two of these jobs or more to simply keep up with their bills, but the income is just not good enough.

           The author in this text was the reader to be aware that they are many people who work 2 or more jobs and still cannot pay their bills. And the author also wants me to feel that all the popular chain places are taking all of their profits to themselves and are underpaying hard working citizens, and submerging them under the poverty level. Though $120 a month may sound like a lot to pay possibly for a bill, but when that’s all you have to pay for food and your constantly increasing bills it is close to nothing.

             In this article the author has used a lot of very strong craft moves such as backing up every single claim that he made, by data that he has found that credible sources have collected. For example in the text that author says “ these entry level jobs are no longer just for teens”. After the author states this she presented a “pie chart” that was created by the Department of Labor, which clearly shows the data proving her prior claim.

               Overall I agree with the author that these “entry level” jobs should once again be dominated by the teens scoring their first job. And that if people 25 and older have these jobs they can easily pay their bills and not have to have 4 different jobs to do it.