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But please whatever you do....don't raise the minimum wage! That will kill small business owners. Those types of service jobs are entry level and anyone that stays in those jobs for their whole lives is undeserving and lazy. (Oh sorry, wrong thread..)
Why any business would plan their business model on the lowest common denominator of wage just astounds me.
And then when economic times change they want that model to stay the same.
You're in "the Patch"? Then pony up some more $$$ for your people and make it up on volumes/raising prices.
Why any business would plan their business model on the lowest common denominator of wage just astounds me.
And then when economic times change they want that model to stay the same.
You're in "the Patch"? Then pony up some more $$$ for your people and make it up on volumes/raising prices.
I have no sympathy for multi-zillion corporations such as McDonald's who still pay 7.50 in an oil patch area.
I live in Montana and I cannot tell you how many people I have met that have 2-3 jobs because the wages are so low here. If employers paid a decent wage they could stop their whining about a labor shortage.
Shouldn't fast food (minimum wage) jobs be for students and part timers? If anything I'd say there's a shortage of kids to fill the positions. On the other hand, there will be a shortage of any jobs here in Cali for the next decade (at least). Having a shortage of low wage employees vs. having no jobs at all, is a small positive
You can also thank AHCA for creating an explosion of 29 hour a week or less jobs. So not only will low wage earners be making less, they'll not have any hope of even minimal health coverage.
What does it say about the state of things when a minimum wage job equates to a career? To expect a living wage from flipping burgers and serving shakes is absurd.
I have the answer!! Rather than up the wages so the jobs will attract American applicants, let's bring in millions of low skilled servant types from third world nations. They'll absolutely love those wages.
We should note that this thread is six years old. A friend of mine just went to North Dakota to work (he's complaining about the snow as he has been living in Georgia) and he says that McD's is paying $14 an hour.
What that shows is wages will meet the supply and demand on it's own.
McDonald's Paying $15.00/hour? Yes, It's Real, But if You Move.
There's a boom going on in North Dakota and jobs are plentiful. The "old fashioned oil boom" is called the largest in North America in the last 40 years, according to USA TODAY. If you are looking to make $15.00 per hour as a starting position, you will have to get your bags packed and head for Williston, North Dakota.
A person with no criminal record and a valid driver's license can get a truck driving job that pays over six figures without a problem. People are sleeping in "man camps," extra bedrooms and wherever they can, in order to take on the plentiful well paying job opportunities.
North Dakota has its drawbacks as well. It gets extremely cold in the winter among other things.
We should note that this thread is six years old. A friend of mine just went to North Dakota to work (he's complaining about the snow as he has been living in Georgia) and he says that McD's is paying $14 an hour.
What that shows is wages will meet the supply and demand on it's own.
McDonald's Paying $15.00/hour? Yes, It's Real, But if You Move.
There's a boom going on in North Dakota and jobs are plentiful. The "old fashioned oil boom" is called the largest in North America in the last 40 years, according to USA TODAY. If you are looking to make $15.00 per hour as a starting position, you will have to get your bags packed and head for Williston, North Dakota.
A person with no criminal record and a valid driver's license can get a truck driving job that pays over six figures without a problem. People are sleeping in "man camps," extra bedrooms and wherever they can, in order to take on the plentiful well paying job opportunities.
North Dakota has its drawbacks as well. It gets extremely cold in the winter among other things.
Haha, good catch. I didn't even realize it as I was reading through the comments.
It's something that I have been caught on many times in the past so it's now the first thing I check.
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