Company Enacts 70k Minimum Salary; Company Struggles (ideology, money, laws)

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by mtl1

I'm certainly not a liberal but it sounds like a lot of jealousy. The mentality of a lot of people is they would turn down a raise if it meant their coworkers got one too. They're not as concerned about what they're getting as they are what others are. Crabs in a barrel.

If the newbie got their salary tripled while you got squat after being there 5 years you'd be miffed too.

All those years of work you put in and the newbie walks through the door making the same as you.
Like a slap in the face.

[No_Recess]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

Looks like the publicity stunt cost them dearly.

All the world is a stage in a statist society.

Without a free market in play there is no rhyme or reason to what anyone does.

[No_Recess]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

If the newbie got their salary tripled while you got squat after being there 5 years you'd be miffed too.

All those years of work you put in and the newbie walks through the door making the same as you.
Like a slap in the face.

Or you could be a big boy/girl and do better for yourself regardless of what happens with others.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

Looks like the publicity stunt cost them dearly.

Because Utopia is a dream that can never be realized due to the nature of people.

[pommysmommy]

I think most people saw this coming.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by No_Recess

Or you could be a big boy/girl and do better for yourself regardless of what happens with others.

People are not like that no matter how hard you wish for it.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by pommysmommy

I think most people saw this coming.

Not the pie in the sky "everything's got to be fair" people.
It wasn't supposed to work out this way.

It was supposed to end with lollipops and unicorns and everyone happy they are all making the same money regardless of effort/time put in.

[No_Recess]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

People are not like that no matter how hard you wish for it.

I don't wish it. I prefer to live it.

Only in the statist (us v them, L v R, D v R) world do people assign motives and emotions to others.

I'm just suggesting what I would do. Personally, if I was a longtime employee and this happened at my company I would be disappointed in myself for not seeing it coming.

Or if I did see it coming I'd be angry with myself for not adapting.

That is...if this sort of thing would tick me off.

[rbohm]

how about we wait for a year when the new clients added start to have an effect on the companies bottom line? big changes like this one are always fraught with problems, but they have a tendency to work themselves out. will they this time? i dont know, the lawsuit is a big wrench in the machinery.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by No_Recess

I don't wish it. I prefer to live it.

Only in the statist (us v them, L v R, D v R) world do people assign motives and emotions to others.

I'm just suggesting what I would do. Personally, if I was a longtime employee and this happened at my company I would be disappointed in myself for not seeing it coming.

Or if I did see it coming I'd be angry with myself for not adapting.

That is...if this sort of thing would tick me off.

I'd be looking for a new job where they valued experience over "fairness".