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1. A 1099 tutor without stable work
2. "Competitive wage of $8.50 an hour"
3. Salesman, who no doubt is fired if not meeting quota
4. A company with 1.9 million in revenue, looking for "payroll help". Smells like an $8 an hour job to me, that needs government clearance to boot.
5. WOW 30k in New York City for BI?!?! Cant imagine why people arent lined up out the door
Wow, so, people cant find employees knocking down the door for their throw away jobs (2 of which cant even be considered jobs)
If Im going to make $8 an hour, Im working at Subway, not on a press in a factory. Thanks.
1. A 1099 tutor without stable work
2. "Competitive wage of $8.50 an hour"
3. Salesman, who no doubt is fired if not meeting quota
4. A company with 1.9 million in revenue, looking for "payroll help". Smells like an $8 an hour job to me, that needs government clearance to boot.
5. WOW 30k in New York City for BI?!?! Cant imagine why people arent lined up out the door
Wow, so, people cant find employees knocking down the door for their throw away jobs (2 of which cant even be considered jobs)
If Im going to make $8 an hour, Im working at Subway, not on a press in a factory. Thanks.
That is spot on! The competitive wage of $8.50 is laughable, maybe in Texas you can live on that but in Wisconsin I highly doubt that.
One of my partners hired a guy for a regular two day a week job last week. (It was a good job for a retiree or someone who wanted p/t work with flexible hours, $10 an hour, no lifting, easy work.) He was supposed to start today, he called and said he couldn't make it because he was "busy" but he'd be in tomorrow. Told him not to bother and went to the next application in the pile. If you don't want to work then why apply?
One of my partners hired a guy for a regular two day a week job last week. (It was a good job for a retiree or someone who wanted p/t work with flexible hours, $10 an hour, no lifting, easy work.) He was supposed to start today, he called and said he couldn't make it because he was "busy" but he'd be in tomorrow. Told him not to bother and went to the next application in the pile. If you don't want to work then why apply?
If you're not paying the wage that an employee you think is qualified for the job would accept, then they won't apply and thus you'll never fill your open positions. It's that simple and not hard to understand.
Free Market principles work both ways, even in recessions.
It's funny how those employers cry welfare and entitlement, yet they expect a fully functional human being for 8 bucks an hour.
No one owes your business a profit. If you are too stupid and sign contracts with razor-thin margins and can only pay workers low wages, you are the problem.
They pound their chest with platitudes about "responsibility" but when they can't find reliable help, blame everything and everyone but themselves. Hypocrites.
Last edited by Sharecropper; 04-19-2012 at 12:41 PM..
If you're not paying the wage that an employee you consider is qualified for the job would accept, then they won't apply. It's that simple and not hard to understand.
Free Market principles work both ways, even in recessions.
The job I have is light cleaning--sweeping, mopping, wiping down surfaces, about 15 hours a week. We advertised it as a good job for a retiree or someone who only wanted p/t work like a homemaker with kids in school. The hours were flexible but once they agreed to specific hours, we needed them there during those times or it screws up our production schedule. Around here jobs like that pay minimum wage, maybe $8/hour. We were looking to pay $10 because we figured we'd get a higher caliber of applicant.
If you're not paying the wage that an employee you think is qualified for the job would accept, then they won't apply and thus you'll never fill your open positions. It's that simple and not hard to understand.
Free Market principles work both ways, even in recessions.
It is funny to watch employers throw tantrums, pound their fists, and suggest removing social safety nets (I think just about every employer mentioned that) so people will be forced to work for their slave wages.
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