The phrase "awful pay" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a salary or compensation that is considered very low or unsatisfactory.
Example: "Many employees are unhappy with their jobs due to the awful pay they receive, which does not reflect their hard work."
Alternatives: "terrible compensation" or "poor salary".
Each week, the "least effective" workers will be knocked out, and so return to their awful jobs, with their awful pay, with only a shiny new cloak of shame and a backlog of real work to catch up on as consolation prizes.
On top of the poor conditions and awful pay, a lack of workers right can make something as simple as buying a pair of jeans an ethically awkward task.
(It'd be awful to pay for the dinner party and be kicked out before the main course arrived).
Of course, the only problem is the songs sound awful and paying $12.95 per month isn't worth it to most users, given the success of iTunes and Amazon's store.
We pay awful well for long excerpts.
Meanwhile, Americans are braced for another awful summer as pay negotiations start at the country's largest carrier, American Airlines.
Four grand seems an awful lot to pay for a piece of origami.
This is the awful price we pay for having so many choices.
We may feel that twenty million is an awful lot to pay a shortstop, but as long as Alex Rodriguez keeps hitting forty home runs a year no one is going to storm the barricades.
What seems ridiculous is that, for nine months, I have paid O2 more than £450 for an almost non-existent service and have another five months of this absolutely awful service to pay for.
The wilful deception of the public for political end, especially under the disguise of national security, and what an awful price we pay for such lies under any name: misinformation, disinformation, deceit, deception, or just plain dishonesty.
