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That is great but not everyone can be a manager. A business can not succeed with all their employees being managers. Someone has to do the jobs under managers.
Yep. And many of them will be low paid. That’s how the world works. Someone who isn’t capable of being a manager can’t expect to earn a a managers income.
I keep hearing min wage is for teens and part timers but have yet to see anyone actually post any evidence that this is true seems like there are just saying their opinion. Many people develop basic jobs skills but are still working low wage jobs. Your mistake is thinking that all employers really care about that stuff and are going to reward people for it.
As an employer, I don’t care about it. Not one tiny bit. What employees are able to afford isn’t even on my radar. I pay based on what the job requires, and what the employee brings to the table. What the employees are able to afford is something for them to worry about, not me.
I keep hearing min wage is for teens and part timers but have yet to see anyone actually post any evidence that this is true seems like there are just saying their opinion. Many people develop basic jobs skills but are still working low wage jobs. Your mistake is thinking that all employers really care about that stuff and are going to reward people for it.
I've seen it posted many times here, with sources. I've posted it myself with sources. Just google "characteristics of minimum wage workers."
As an employer, I don’t care about it. Not one tiny bit. What employees are able to afford isn’t even on my radar. I pay based on what the job requires, and what the employee brings to the table. What the employees are able to afford is something for them to worry about, not me.
every job has a market value . it has nothing to do with what the employee can buy or not buy . in fact many lower paying jobs count on the charity of others in the form of tipping to bring up that wage higher than the market values it .
Who actually pays minimum wage anymore, apart from perhaps mom and pop operations? McDonalds starts you off at $10 an hour here with raises if you are a good employee. Walmart $11 to start, Hobby Lobby in my town was offering $15 to start.
Nobody is going to get out of bed for the minimum wage here ($7.25) anymore. If you do manage to find someone, they will just steal left and right from you or be unreliable, or come in drunk or high. The free market does a good job of regulating wages, no government intervention is needed.
I don't remember a time where a low wage worker could really live independently. Many decades ago when I was working such jobs, I rented a apartment in the ghetto with multiple roommates. I also lived in a flop house with felons and mentally ill people. Being a low wage worker was always a rough existence. Whether or not you are motivated enough to escape such a life is another thing.
Who actually pays minimum wage anymore, apart from perhaps mom and pop operations? McDonalds starts you off at $10 an hour here with raises if you are a good employee. Walmart $11 to start, Hobby Lobby in my town was offering $15 to start.
Nobody is going to get out of bed for the minimum wage here ($7.25) anymore. If you do manage to find someone, they will just steal left and right from you or be unreliable, or come in drunk or high. The free market does a good job of regulating wages, no government intervention is needed.
I don't remember a time where a low wage worker could really live independently. Many decades ago when I was working such jobs, I rented a apartment in the ghetto with multiple roommates. I also lived in a flop house with felons and mentally ill people. Being a low wage worker was always a rough existence. Whether or not you are motivated enough to escape such a life is another thing.
Yeah I don’t think there was a time where people could work low wage jobs and live comfortably.
Seems to be some belief among some that the min wage worker should be able to have the same type of housing and lifestyle as someone making $100,000 . If that were the case why would anyone bother getting an education or bother taking the effort to increasing their income ?
Yet, when rich people and employers have to pay higher taxes and wages, they complain life isn't fair. For some reason, we're willing to cut them a break...
What break, exactly, is being given the affluent & rich? Apparently, you are very resentful -- perhaps even hateful. Why?
Hell no. The rich should continue to screw the poor, and screw them, worse, and worse, and worse, until the poor get fed up and throw out this failed political system of ours. I'm perfectly fine with it. I'm just going to sit here eating popcorn, and watch it happen.
You seem to be resultful & hateful of the rich (correct me if I'm wrong.) Why all the hate?
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Yes, that is right OP. In 1971 a gal I new worked at Montgomery Ward in L.A. She had a small apt in Hollywood. Could not afford a car, but min wage got her an apt.
Just how things are nowadays. Too many people grabbing for too few apts. Roommates is the rage now.
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