Minimum wage?

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by Torrey

My point:
You don't have to work a minimum wage job your whole life just because you have set backs. Right now I have two Toyota Land Cruisers, a Land Rover Discovery II, and a Range Rover all sitting in my driveway. I wear a $6,000 Rolex diving watch. I have a modest 3 bedroom house in a nice area of town with hard wood floors. You might call me a success story, but I still see myself as climbing the ladder TO success.

Let's say someone is middle age and unskilled. How can they get ahead?

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by milliebfit

This does not make sense!!! Find the "door" that is right for you!! I would never raise my kids like this. My son is a mechanic, he went to trade school because he loves working on cars. Believe me he makes way more than minimum wage!!!!

Where else can you get three hours' wages for a 90-minute job?

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by Amaznjohn

Do you refuse merit raises?

The minimum wage sector is not conducive to merit raises.

Why would an employer give raises when there are plenty of people ready and qualified to do the same thing for minimum wage?

Especially with large employers in sectors like fast food, where managers might really want to give you a big raise but cannot do so because the corporate bean counters are hovering.

Especially with fast food managers who ruthlessly cut costs because they get paid based on profits and they want to save up enough money to buy a franchise.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Amaznjohn

Noone is demeaning those with mental deficiencies. As a given, these individuals are omitted from the discussion, as are those who are physically handicapped. This is about those who have no ambition, are lazy, and who expect others to provide for what should be their own responsibilities, though they are physically and mentally capable of doing better. Yet, there are many who feel that these people "deserve a raise". How so?

Many people who work these jobs are not lazy they work hard at there 1 sometimes two jobs they just do not have an opportunity to get a better job. If they do not make enough to have food to eat every night why should they not have a raise? Some people do not have the skills or brains to get a better job not there fault they were just born that way. Why is it not enough not that people are choosing to work instead of being lazy and sitting at home and they can not even make enough to live on? Since when does work of any kind not a good thing?