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Minimum wage maybe 20. It's unskilled labor 7 year old kids can teach an adult how to use an iphone. I don't really care what Apple pays them I am sure it won't be $30 an hour. That's more than NYC teachers, cops and fireman start out with.
They already pay them $20/hr minimum. What this will do is speed up automation where possible, OR you just have fewer people working.
Something like an Apple store is either already automatable (think website and warehouse) or can never be (it exists because some lucrative customers demand human interaction.) Apple already has the former available, so the stores fall into the latter category. If they try and get rid of the workers, they essentially close the store. But doing so may cost them business they want to keep.
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They already pay them $20/hr minimum. What this will do is speed up automation where possible, OR you just have fewer people working.
Something like an Apple store is either already automatable (think website and warehouse) or can never be (it exists because some lucrative customers demand human interaction.) Apple already has the former available, so the stores fall into the latter category. If they try and get rid of the workers, they essentially close the store. But doing so may cost them business they want to keep.
I think a lot of their stores at prime locations are mostly for marketing. I don't think they drive a lot of revenue.
Something like an Apple store is either already automatable (think website and warehouse) or can never be (it exists because some lucrative customers demand human interaction.) Apple already has the former available, so the stores fall into the latter category. If they try and get rid of the workers, they essentially close the store. But doing so may cost them business they want to keep.
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I think a lot of their stores at prime locations are mostly for marketing. I don't think they drive a lot of revenue.
Truth be told, all retailers have stores at prime locations as a form of marketing. Part of the cost of doing business. However, we both know that brand recognition isn't an issue for Apple, so having a few stores close wouldn't be the end of the world. I would also imagine that landlords want tenants like Apple because they know they'll be around and won't default on the lease, so there's that as well. If you start paying $30 an hour, what's to stop them from asking for $40 or $50 an hour? Putting the techs aside, I don't see anything so technical that most of the Apple workers do at those stores that warrants paying them $30/hr.
Something else to consider is that Apple's growth likely won't be on the hardware side (i.e. iPhones, iPads, etc.), but rather via things like subscriptions. Don't need any human interaction there either.
Just don't get how anyone thinks they have the right or even the capacity to judge and comment on how much someone else gets paid or wants to get paid for their work.
There is lots to get worked up about these days but getting worked up about how much someone else gets paid for their labor or how much someone else is willing to pay them for their labor or how much someone else is willing to pay to rent or buy a place to live is ridiculous.
These things work themselves out in the system.
Just don't get how anyone thinks they have the right or even the capacity to judge and comment on how much someone else gets paid or wants to get paid for their work.
There is lots to get worked up about these days but getting worked up about how much someone else gets paid for their labor or how much someone else is willing to pay them for their labor or how much someone else is willing to pay to rent or buy a place to live is ridiculous.
These things work themselves out in the system.
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Just don't get how anyone thinks they have the right or even the capacity to judge and comment on how much someone else gets paid or wants to get paid for their work.
There is lots to get worked up about these days but getting worked up about how much someone else gets paid for their labor or how much someone else is willing to pay them for their labor or how much someone else is willing to pay to rent or buy a place to live is ridiculous.
These things work themselves out in the system.
The main reason people care is because those costs are usually passed down to the customer, so it's not as if others aren't impacted.
It's no secret that people are cutting back on a number of things and this may come back to bite them.
The main reason people care is because those costs are usually passed down to the customer, so it's not as if others aren't impacted.
It's no secret that people are cutting back on a number of things and this may come back to bite them.
The costs of all labor everywhere are passed onto the consumer. It doesn't matter whether it is direct or indirect. Whatever you get paid is passed on to consumers. Tell us how much you make so we can decide how over paid you are and tell you what your time is worth.
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