![]() Even with the tips she barely made the minimum wage. ![]() Ehrenreich discovered that because she was white she was always considered for waitressing jobs instead.Īs a waitress, she earned $2.43 an hour, plus tips. She applied for jobs as a cleaning woman in the many hotels in the area. FloridaĮhrenreich first worked in Key West, Florida in the service industry. This book entails what happened to her while she was doing this during 1998-2000. She wanted to see if she could actually make a living at jobs that barely pay the minimum wage. in Biology but went undercover as a low-wage worker in three very different parts of America: Florida, Maine, and Minnesota. Nickel And Dimed Showed A Different Americaīarbara Ehrenreich’s non-fiction book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America has become a classic of undercover investigative reporting.Įhrenreich has a Ph.D. Nickel And Dimed Showed A Different America. ![]()
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