Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby hikes minimum wage to $14 an hour for full-time hourly employees

[a kennedy]

Oklahoma City-based retailer Hobby Lobby has boosted its minimum wage five straight years for full-time hourly workers.

For Hobby Lobby worker Heidi Cranor, the extra dollar an hour she'll now earn means a lot.

Cranor, 43, is a single mom to a 5-year-old boy and works full time in the framing department of the Edmond store. She said the company's across-the-board minimum wage increase to $14 an hour says a lot about the Oklahoma City company she joined a year ago.

“It's just amazing to me how the company values its employees,” she said. “I'm thankful for it today.”

On Monday, Hobby Lobby announced it raised wages for full-time hourly employees for the fifth year in a row. Full-time hourly employees now earn at least $14 an hour, up from $13, and part-time employees make at least $9.50 an hour, up from $9.

The move will raise the pay of more than 17,726 workers nationwide. The Oklahoma City retailer's new minimum wage for full-time hourly employees is almost double the national minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.

Matt Purcell, who manages the Edmond location, said his employees are excited about the wage increase, which improves the quality of life for them and their families.
“What great news to get an increase on Tax Day,” he said.

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Will the rest of the Hobby Lobby's around the country raise their's as well??

[Bennyboy]

1. Good for them, although..

they have some extreme policies when it comes to abortion and healthcare.....

[librechik]

2. in other news, Hobby Lobby cuts all employees to part time

...just reading ahead

[antigop]

6. you beat me to it...my thoughts exactly. nt

[Drale]

3. That's great but

they are still on the wrong side of the birth control issue, and they flout it proudly.

[silvershadow]

4. That's great for the US workers who unpack the boxes from China.

Prolly not so generous in China. But, that's not really Hobby Lobby's concern, I don't suppose.

[KatyaR]

5. I wonder how many of their employees are full timers.

I have a coworkers whose daughter works for them. Her hours have been cut to 10 hours a week--and guess what? She's now living at home with her mother.