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Dr. Phil Pays Less Than In N' Out Burger

Posted Aug 25th 2006 11:58AM by TMZ Staff

TMZ found an interesting listing on EntertainmentCareers.net, for a part-time job at the Dr. Phil show. The kicker is what the job entails, and how much he is willing to pay this employee. The ad offers positions available for weekends (Saturday and Sunday), or the graveyard shift (11PM - 7AM).

The job is for a transcriber and requirements to gain employment are: previous experience and typing speed of 60 words per minute. The best part is the starting salary, a whopping $8.00 an hour, or roughly $16,000 dollars a year.

Now we can't help but compare these numbers to those that Dr. Phil just spent on his son's wedding. Let's assume that the good doctor spent $400,000 on the reception (which is pretty low by celebrity standards) and he had 400 people attend. That is $1000 a head. His new employee would have to work over 3 weeks just to sit down at the table! Plus, if this person tried to throw the same kind of fab wedding soiree, they would have to work for 25 YEARS! That means the average 22 year-old applicant would be 47 before they could cover the cost of the wedding.

All interested applicants should contact Todd Klotz at CBS/Paramount.

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31. People who are son concerned about grammar, get the hell out of here. This is site where people blog ....and fast, Get a life #12. Seems like you are so uptight and know it all queen who in fact doesn't know where is ur a$$.

Posted at 6:45PM on Aug 25th 2006 by Sonam

32. And we have people HUNGRY, COLD & HOMELESS!!! What is he thinking??? Can't his new daughter-in-laws parents afford to give her a wedding & ect.? Just asking.

Posted at 7:12PM on Aug 25th 2006 by Jackie Pate

33. dr phil was a nobody b4 oprah and now oprah probably can't stand him 'cause his son married a Hefner whore.....don't care about phil or oprah or any of these freaks...just pay people a decent gawdam wage. if you can't do that you should stop bragging about how wonderful you are!!!
$8 an hour????...you should be so embarassed...ashamed..so should oprah...but i would guess that she's probably pays about the same....geeezus that's soooo disgusting

Posted at 10:19PM on Aug 27th 2006 by shry

34. i can only guess that cmc in #14 was being facetious. $100.00 tip for a $1500.00 bill. Only goes to show what a classless piece of Texas crap Dr Phil is!! Dr Phil...you big ol phoney...get the hell off of my TV and stop making money you no right to earn. YOU DISGUST ME

Posted at 10:18PM on Aug 27th 2006 by shry

35. Dear #9... keep telling yourself that... you have about as much chance of this being an "in" to the industry as you do working at the Malibu car wash that Barry Levinson frequents. Besides, the interns are too busy slaving with trivial tasks like restocking the M&Ms and Snickers bars in the producers' break room (which the transcribers sustain themselves upon as they can't afford a proper meal). Interns are at least getting college credit and living off the large amounts of student loans and school mealplans, while the transcribers working in the no-light/no-air basement are trying to make ends meet for pretzels and cheese (and in some cases, trying to support children on top of it!!). Picture Joe Banks' place of business at the beginning of Joe vs. the Volcano and you have a good idea of the working conditions these poor folks try to make their rent scratch at. The good news is about this time last year when the internet rags caught wind of the low pay situation for the Dr. Phil folks, the bad publicty got them a cushy dollar an hour raise. Maybe the same will ring true this time. Or not... I give it about another year to 10 months before the good doctor outsources the whole department.

Posted at 5:29PM on Aug 28th 2006 by Bill

36. For #11... typically with a group that large gratuity is added on automatically... so the $100 would have been on top of that. This would mean the tip was about $370.... not to shabby for one tip.

Posted at 3:22PM on Sep 26th 2006 by mndrgn

37. Then go work at McDonalds!!!
The man has made a fortune doing what he does and why shouldn't he give his son a lavish wedding. I would do the same thing.
Stop whining, get an education and make your own fortune AND stop begrudging someone's success.

Posted at 4:27PM on Sep 26th 2006 by Kay Brown

38. SCREW THAT BALD BASTARD!!

Posted at 4:47PM on Sep 26th 2006 by JOHNNY

39. Let me tell you.....I know first hand how cheap he is. I was an on going guest on the show for 9 months. Every time we came to the studio they would serve DRY turkey sandwiches while the crew ordered lavish lunches for themselves. We sat around for hours and hours waiting in horrible conidtions while Dr. Phil's office looked like something out of a magazine. You have no idea how bad it REALLY is! His employees deserve to be treated better and they deserve to make going rate for CA - MORE than going rate if you saw what they have to put up with. It's a real shame!

Posted at 4:58PM on Sep 26th 2006 by KSW

40. Hello people. 10 years ago when I was a teenager I had 2 part-time jobs. The first at a retail store in a shopping mall as a sales supervisor making $4.60 per hour and my preferred job. My second job was at a large chain crafting store making a whopping...$5.00 per hour as a cashier where often the customers were bored, rich housewifes with rude manners. I HATED this job but it paid more. I was in college at the time. I now make 6x's plus what I made then and it's because I worked hard, got paid crap, and somehow made it through. People just don't appreciate what it is to be an American. You work hard and you don't always get the pay you deserve but with enough blood,sweat, and tears,if your goal in life is to be successful financially and you are driven to acheive you can. The American Dream is and always has been there for us, we have foreingers coming and taking advantage while lazy Americans stand aside willingly so long as they don't have to put in a harders day of work while someone else does.. Dr, Phil McGraw is a wonderful human being driven by goodness and reaches all he can all the time. How self-less is that. What is wrong with you people who talk down about such a humanitarian in this morally corrupted world we now live in. A few years ago The Dr. Phil show did not exist because Dr. Phil was working his ass off to achieve where he is now. Those jobs did not exist.....this man helped to create work for people. Any one who has something bad to say about such a good hearted family man should really look deep within themselves and I am sure they will see why they are so bitter toward someone who contributes so much to society. In this world unfortunately $8.00 an hour is still above minumum wage and more than fair for someone starting out entry level with plenty of room to grow. Everbody makes mistakes and the good Dr. was trying to help people out but not everything goes the way expected sometimes. You all should give him nothing but the well deserved respect and keep nasty slanderous comments for the real degenerates of society none of which I will mention but certainly not for a dignitarian like Dr.Phil.

Posted at 5:10PM on Sep 26th 2006 by Diana

41. 8 bucks an hour? In Cali that might not be much, but think of the people out ther who have to raise families on minimum wage. The dude that cant eat lunch on 8 dollars, you got problems. Some people only get 8 dollars to last for 3 days for food. I have lived on substandard wages all my working days, and my point is, corporate America -YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!! Paying people money they wipe their butts with and expecting their 'employees to have everything they ever needed. Dr. Phil could do better than that, but ALLYOU TIGHTWAD EMPLOYERS NEED TO LEARN SOME RESPECT FOR THOSE WHO BUSTED THEIR ASSES TO MAKE YOU ALL THAT MONEY YOU GET TO ENJOY. Thank you, and have a nice day

Posted at 5:36PM on Sep 26th 2006 by Bob

42. Any one who listens to and takes Dr. Phil's advice is incredibly naive. He is divorced (for cheating on his spouse) and overweight, yet millions of people go to him for relationship and dieting advice. It just doesn't make sense to me, it's like taking advice on how to please a woman from a gay man. He doesn't even seem to be listening to his guests and I and sincerely doubt that he cares about what they have to say, or why they are there. He is self-centered, and just talks too much.

Posted at 6:07PM on Sep 26th 2006 by Brandy

43. Dr. Phil just may be trying to re-coop the money he spent on botched dental work. His speech has obviously changed, in case anyone else has not noticed! It also appears that he has had some cosmetic work done (check past shows and compare them to this season.) The only thing that matters to me is that he has good character and his heart is in the right place, and he still delivers an excellent show! However, if he were a psychologist in the private sector, he would not be allowed to treat his patients as he does on the show, but, that's entertainment !!

Posted at 11:20AM on Sep 27th 2006 by Ginger

44. According to "CMC" the food and drink bill came to about $1500.00 and you think it's great he left a $100.00 tip? If you figure out the math, according to you (CMC) you think it is great he left a 6% tip? Cheap, cheap man, if your story is correct. He should have left at least 12-20% tip which at medium would be $150.00, and at 20% $300.00.

Posted at 6:53PM on Sep 26th 2006 by Fred

45. Dr. Phil is as phony as a three dollar bill with his primary focas being on money

Posted at 8:06PM on Sep 26th 2006 by j wilson

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