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Medical billing clerks make more than burger flippers. The total median compensation for a fast food cook is $31K and $51K for a medical billing clerk.
Medical billing clerks make more than burger flippers. The total median compensation for a fast food cook is $31K and $51K for a medical billing clerk.
Seattle.....is incredibly expensive to live there. $15 is reasonable....for Seattle. $10.10 is reasonable for the united states.
And so what happens to all the people who already were making $15/hr., worked hard to get there, put in the time, have skills worth $15/hr? Do you think they are just going to sit there and continue to work for $15/hr and be satisfied, while the bottom feeders with no skills just go a 100% increase? Really? Don't think so. They will likely all demand an equal increase.
Marketable skills are worth $15/hr. Those with no skills, are not.
There are going to be consequences. And, it isn't going to be pretty.
Really no way to prove it, except that the unions will now come back and want higher wages for their members. That pretty much I will gurantee will happen.
And so what happens to all the people who already were making $15/hr., worked hard to get there, put in the time, have skills worth $15/hr? Do you think they are just going to sit there and continue to work for $15/hr and be satisfied, while the bottom feeders with no skills just go a 100% increase? Really? Don't think so. They will likely all demand an equal increase.
Marketable skills are worth $15/hr. Those with no skills, are not.
There are going to be consequences. And, it isn't going to be pretty.
??? Do they have a choice? They can be replaced with gruntled workers.
Dude, my dad's company has a ton of production people making below $15/hr. Some of the jobs don't need to be in the US and it wouldn't be that difficult to ship those jobs elsewhere or make the positions salary. To be fair, they aren't skilled I don't think any of them have a degree, but a jump to $15/hr would cause him to eliminate the jobs that he can.
And if he can't eliminate any jobs without hurting business?
Tell that to my previous employer who paid everyone within 25 cents of minimum wage, or a previous manager who paid everyone minimum wage.
Why are you looking around at what others make?
Did you try to negotiate a wage for yourself with reasons why you deserve it?
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