well who would’ve thought…
We’ve got this problem at the place I work. I have to cover multiple departments because we’re short-staffed. Management tells me they’re trying to hire someone.
But the job postings are offering less per hour than when I was hired. We’re offering less than McDonalds, and this is a far more complex job.
There’s no reason for anyone to come work for us.
There’s also no reason for them to spend more money when you’re covering for multiple departments already. They’re pocketing the missing person’s salary while you do all the work. You need to look for another job or tell your boss that you need more salary to do the additional jobs foisted upon you.
That’s crazy, and now in order to remain competitive and get workers, other businesses will also need to raise their pay. Capitalism.
In other news; the USA slowly becoming a modern western nation.
USA: the richest third world nation in the world
Maybe they will finally finish the transition from having slaves to not having slaves.
Looks up charts of wage. vs inflation
Doubt it
It’ll never go away unless the 13th Amendment is itself amended and the prison labor industry is shut down.
pretty sure its just a blip.
One business at a time.
It might take a while.
Woah slow down there bucko
Thats just crazy enough to work!
Won’t last. Not enough pizza parties and team building exercises like singing and clapping. Do these guys even business?
I’m in a weird spot where I have watched a previous employer of mine slowly collapse due to (among other things) low pay. They wete trying to hire people to pour concrete for $12 per hour. They were trying to hire concrete finishers for $14.
I was fired for dubious and probably illegal reasons from that place, and I didn’t care, because I’d already lined up a better job in an attempt to flee a sinking ship. By some weird coincidence, the place I work now is very close to the place I used to work. None of the machines at the old place have moved all summer. The parking lot is almost empty when I drive by on the way home. It’s sad, as there were people who worked there who I respected.
People seem to forget that the way Henry Ford was so successful was that he paid more than double the normal rate of that time. He of course didn’t do it out of the goodness of his black heart, but it’s undoubtedly one of the reasons for his success.
In other news, water still wet.
Pollo Tropical is awesome! Good food, good folks, good service. I wish them the best!
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