You've obviously never worked fast food if you think it's a minimum wage job. It's fast paced and constant hard work. It's definitely worth more than $7 a hour.
You'll learn one day that you don't have to work 70 hours a week and you'll feel like a fool for being taken advantage of by your company. That was me 7 or 8 years ago and I put my foot down.
That is exactly the issue. You jack the minimum wage up and everything else is going ot go up as well. Your apartment that they rent to minimum wage people cheaply...well shit they know you make double now so why wouldnt they charge you more. Since now they also have to pay their front office people and maintenance people 15 bucks an hour (most likely a raise for them as well).
Its my biggest issue with doubling the minimum wage. These people think it will just be an increase in money for them. They dont seem to realize that EVERY company out there will know you now make 30k a year. So everything will just go up in price. Which in turn will effect the upper class and actually bring them even further towards the lower class. In turn just further eliminating the middle class. Do i get a 7.75 dollar raise as well to make up for this? Nope. Hell i havent gotten any sort of raise for 4 years (or is it 5?).
Now had they asked for 1 or 2 dollar raise..or even up to 10 bucks. I doubt you would see nearly as much resistance from people. I know i would could support that kind of a raise in minimum wage. But 15 an hour...get fucked.
These people really need to wait and see what happens in Seatac as well. They keep claiming a win there but it is going ot court and hasnt taken effect yet either. SOme companies have already said if it happens they will be laying people off too.
Yeah. 5 Guys and Chick-Fil-A are consistently excellent with customer interaction.
Eh, no, that isn't how it works at all. The purpose of business is to make profits (you got that part right), but it is to make the shareholders rich, not the upper management. And if you're going to decry shareholders, think again -- if you have a retirement plan, you're probably a shareholder in many of these companies and your retirement depends on these guys.
Upper management is "made rich" by the compensation contracts awarded to them by their boards, who are allegedly working in the interests of the shareholders so that someone is hired who will not only maintain profitability, but grow the business and increase profitability. Yeah, I personally think many of them are paid too much but that isn't my decision. My big concern is that the boards have become a "good ole boys" club and award these insane compensation contracts as more of a "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine" favor than for actual reasons of merit. I wish shareholders had more of a direct say because many shareholders are getting very angry with these compensation contracts. After all, they're taking away from my retirement.
If I was the manager, I would tell them:
Ok, here's the deal - I will double your wage to $15, but I will have to cut half of you. Then the half that's left will need to do twice the work.
Or I keep the work amount the same, double the cost of the burgers and get half of the customers, and still have to cut half of you.
Y'all should've paid more attention in math and science class, then you wouldn't have to depend on this job.
So what about people who aren't gifted intellectually? Should we let them be stuck in poverty for the rest of their lives just because we're smarter than them?
So what about people who aren't gifted intellectually? Should we let them be stuck in poverty for the rest of their lives just because we're smarter than them?
I just think it stinks that if you're not in the good-old-boy network, are disabled in some way, don't have the IQ or skillset to compete, etc. that you're often stuck living in poverty for life.
I just think it stinks that people who are not worth as much are paid less than people who are worth more.
So what about people who aren't gifted intellectually? Should we let them be stuck in poverty for the rest of their lives just because we're smarter than them?
I'm hourly and basically get paid to play with computers all day, so it's actually the reverse of that
So what about people who aren't gifted intellectually? Should we let them be stuck in poverty for the rest of their lives just because we're smarter than them?
What else can you do? It may be sad, but life isn't fair. If you try to give everyone a middle-class income by default, guess what happens?
OH, that's a BIG difference! I'm a contract consultant and get paid hourly too and am going to try to rack up the OT pay early next year too.
Yes. If you try to bring everyone to the same level, then you will have a very weak country. Not everyone deserves what they think they deserve. You know what people who couldn't make ends meet did years ago? They work two jobs, sometimes more, not strike about their wages.
My wife just finished school to get her 2 year nursing degree. Starting out as an LPN, she makes almost $17/hr. There's no way an unskilled laborer, like a McDonald's fry cook, should be paid $15/hr.
lolwut?
Which high class McD have you been going to? They're full of slow, useless wastes of spaces. And no, they definitely do not deserve to get paid more.
Also, there are a lot of jobs available, a lot. Just people don't want those jobs and they want the easiest jobs out there.
What else can you do? It may be sad, but life isn't fair. If you try to give everyone a middle-class income by default, guess what happens?
1. Prices on everything will go higher.
2. Why would anyone strive to work harder and achieve higher positions if you could accept the easiest position available and make a living doing it?
As a few people have noted, a two-year degree goes a long, long way in securing middle-class employment opportunities and won't result in crushing debt. Most people are of average intelligence and should be able to handle something like that.
There are 168 hours in a week. I'm sure you get where I am going with this.
It's called being a decent human being. If your plate is full already why not throw off a few more crumbs to those that actually need it.
I'm sure you were given some breaks in life at some point. Or maybe you weren't and that's why you are the heartless self important idiot you portray here.
Also, there are a lot of jobs available, a lot. Just people don't want those jobs and they want the easiest jobs out there.