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@ Nyanna: They don't want to give them benefits or the small pay raise that kicks in after 90 days. They use the promise of that to get people in the door, but very, very few ever last long enough to get it.
Interesting. When I worked in retail there were always a select handful that were there the longest, like maybe 5+ years. How are people like that able to hold onto their job so long and not get fired like all the other employees?
I'm working in retail right now for 5 years and well I don't know what to tell you besides that I have never been promoted so it's almost as bad.
@ Nyanna: They don't want to give them benefits or the small pay raise that kicks in after 90 days. They use the promise of that to get people in the door, but very, very few ever last long enough to get it.
Ah, I know their had to be a reason. I worked as a Nurse's Assistant in a nursing home, and they have an incredibly high turn-over rate; I'd say higher than retail. Right before the average employees' 90 days are up they go on a firing rampage, & then begin to recruit a fresh new batch of CNAs. You may have one or two that don't get terminated. It's really sad that companies are doing this. I wish a policy would kick in to stop this from happening.
I think too often, they have the idea that they aren't getting paid enough to put in any real effort and I believe if you take a job that you have agreed to give it your all at the wage that was discussed. The reason that others in the same job are still there after 5 years is because they have a good work ethic and understand that a day's work is expected for whatever the agreed on salary is. I get so sick of hearing "Well, they really aren't paid that well." when I complain about the job that is being done. Know what? When these people get a job that pays more, they take with them the poor work ethic!
You must be in management? The trutkoh is employers often fail to describe all job duties In an interview. Lower paying jobs are usually stressful and overly demanding. Sometimes management look down on them and mistreat them while they sit in their big offices doing nothing. I just quit my job that has a high turnover bcuz of management. We made lots of sacrifices for them and they showed no appreciation or offered any incentives. And it is proven that workers perform better when their fairly paid for the job they do. Yeah a handful of people Will put in 5+ years but that's bcuz they have no other options or not trying to do better.
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I think too often, they have the idea that they aren't getting paid enough to put in any real effort and I believe if you take a job that you have agreed to give it your all at the wage that was discussed. The reason that others in the same job are still there after 5 years is because they have a good work ethic and understand that a day's work is expected for whatever the agreed on salary is. I get so sick of hearing "Well, they really aren't paid that well." when I complain about the job that is being done. Know what? When these people get a job that pays more, they take with them the poor work ethic!
You must be in management? The truth is employers often fail to describe all job duties In an interview. Lower paying jobs are usually stressful and overly demanding. Sometimes management look down on them and mistreat them while they sit in their big offices doing nothing. I just quit my job that has a high turnover bcuz of management. We made lots of sacrifices for them and they showed no appreciation or offered any incentives. And it is proven that workers perform better when their fairly paid for the job they do. Yeah a handful of people Will put in 5+ years but that's bcuz they have no other options or not trying to do better.
min. wage was $4.25 an hour in 1993, which is the equivalent of $6.33/hr today, so effectively the minimum wage HAS gone up.
That's using the government's inflation numbers though which are altered. (to put it simply they use a basket of commodities to find an inflation rate, but say one item goes up a lot, they just replace it with an item in that category that has not) if they were doing it honestly they wouldn't replace anything, sure some items might go up more than the average for that type of commodity but some would also be up less than the average.
Go to shadowstats for a breakdown of real inflation if you are curious.
It's more then just the wage. Bosses can treat employees like dirt and replace you tomorrow. But if you were in the coal mines in the 30's you could tell the boss to buzz off and have another job tomorrow.
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