Considering what I assume is the relative cost of living though it is probably 50% better.
job market in NYC must be pretty shitty. Most entry level jobs in PA pay 8.25-8.75 still not much better.
Who the hell eats at McD in NYC? Theres a $5 halal cart on every other street corner with the awesomest Gyro ever.
If they pay these people more than prices will increase and they will end up with just about the same buying power.
And these folks do get pay raises on there semi/annual reviews. It may only be 25-cents but damn it - they got a raise.
I've got mine! F-you!
If a company values their employees, then they will reward them for their hard work.
I just got a raise last week for my hard work...how come these people can't get a raise if they've earned it?
I don't get paying people the bare minimum and not rewarding them for their hard work.
They have those at several places here in the West Coast for a few years now, with Jack in the Box being the most prominent customer.
I actually prefer using them to ordering with a human as I can customize my sandwich with less chance of it being screwed up.
http://www.brandeating.com/2010/07/review-jack-in-box-self-service-kiosk.html
If a company values their employees, then they will reward them for their hard work.
I just got a raise last week for my hard work...how come these people can't get a raise if they've earned it?
I don't get paying people the bare minimum and not rewarding them for their hard work.
They do value them. And how do you know they've never received a raise. More importantly, how do you not understand the concept of position value?
1) Because $7.25 is MINIMUM wage.
2) Maybe I don't understand it as much as you. I'm pretty sure you're well into your 30's or 40's. I am almost 23 and just joined the workforce. I just think that if people show initiative in their work and they are passionate about it...they should be rewarded.
"It's not enough," Elba Godoy, a crew member at a McDonald's just a few blocks from Times Square, said of her $7.25-per-hour minimum wage, which helps support her extended family of seven.
Companies will not pay more than a job is worth, that's just smart business.
I think Switzerland pays McD's workers $15 per hour. Of course burgers are more expensive there. Americans are cheap bastards though, they would rather fast food workers live in cars than pay an extra buck for a big Mac.
1) Because $7.25 is MINIMUM wage.
2) Maybe I don't understand it as much as you. I'm pretty sure you're well into your 30's or 40's. I am almost 23 and just joined the workforce. I just think that if people show initiative in their work and they are passionate about it...they should be rewarded.
It's $16.50 an hour at Mcd's in Australia
1) Because $7.25 is MINIMUM wage.
2) Maybe I don't understand it as much as you. I'm pretty sure you're well into your 30's or 40's. I am almost 23 and just joined the workforce. I just think that if people show initiative in their work and they are passionate about it...they should be rewarded.
Take an accountant out of school. They spend a few years on the job, learning state laws for excise and sales taxes. Now you have someone who has learned a skill and there is value in that. They spend less time preparing reports, can work with state auditors unsupervised and review the work of new people.
Take the burger flipper. There's no where to go. He won't be able to flip burgers appreciably faster than the day he started. So there's a small raise here and there for those improvements, but there is no additional value to the employer. No skill set that he's learned that lets them sell appreciably more burgers.
I understand where you're coming from, that it's a good thing to treat people well. Ultimately it's all about money, regardless of personal feelings. And a burger flipper simply will never be more than a burger flipper.
However, initiative isn't the only thing a burger flipper needs. Initiative is easy, it's putting into practice those things that will get you noticed.
Meh, they are trying to alter the marketplace dynamic to get paid more for their jobs. Nothing wrong with that, they are free to try.
The rage against unionization on here always interests me, it reminds me a quote from Madeline Albright's where she was marveling at how some people when they saw their neighbor had a goat, they would want one for themselves. Other people upon seeing the same thing would wish that their neighbors' goat would die.