The word comes up again in conversations with minimum-wage workers who say they are overdrawn as early as the 10th of the month. For them, the new amount does not change the end-of-month equation.
Florine, who earns the minimum wage, told franceinfo:"A minimum wage is tough, so with an extra 24 euros, we cannot properly pay our rent, groceries and charges.".
Outside a huge warehouse, the reactions are almost unanimous. The company has 245 permanent employees and 830 temporary workers.
The minimum wage will reach about 1,502 euros a month, nearly 24 euros more than today, according to franceinfo. This increase does not convince those most directly concerned, employees paid the minimum wage. They deem these 24 euros of increase"insignificant.""Between 1,478 and 1,502, I don't see the difference,"one of them says.