bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
Meanwhile at Walmart..
$15 an hour minimum wage.
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Meanwhile at Walmart..
Minimum wage is set for an entry level job. Not a job to live off of. The one main problem with it is, they always wait a decade or more to raise it. They should put an inflation adjustment on it every year. Jus
$15 sounds right. Min wage should be you can shelter and feed yourself on a 40 hour work week. And $15 just about does that. Anything less isn't really a livable wage.
We'll they would get a nice kick up in pay if it ever happened.
Yep. There is also a law going through that makes it illegal for employers to tell employees can't talk about their wage to other employees and can't do anything about it if they do.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
Agreed...even every 2 years would be better than how it's been.
bleedinbrown58
That’s Craptacular
You can't survive on a PT ups check alone even if you made 20/hr.
Please be open to the idea here... This is what we have been told, probably stems from employer if we could ever find the beginning source.
However.... if we use Sports as guide, what we find is when people know what others make "if you are all that" you can then use it as leverage to state your case if you are under-paid and you should make X if someone else makes X, that does help. Players have used it to make millions more, now we are in a different stratosphere, but there is still wiggle room and payroll imbalances out there when measuring equals. Now I'm not sure this can work great for all kinds of jobs, but there are still plenty this additional leverage surely can. Employers want nothing to do with it, because it does keep wages down.
WESLA
It is what it is
My bad. I forgot that working at ups is such an exclusive job. Give yourself a pat on the back.
BakerMayfield2018
Fight the power.
Don't like it , can't hack it ,quit, go to fed ex or mc Donald's , no one said it is " exclusive" but it ain't easy. Punk.
DriveInDriveOut
Inordinately Right
Flip fry's? I don't wanna know what my burger would like if you worked at Mcdonalds....
BakerMayfield2018
Fight the power.
It would be over cooked and have a bunch of crap you didn't order on it. For example , only ketchup , like I order , I would put lettuce , pickles , mustard , and extra mayo.........
Lineandinitial
Legio patria nostra
The McDonald's job pays what it does because of what it is. Their employees have the same opportunities we all did and still do. If that is the limit of their drive, then that's what they get. This "living wage" BS is nauseating. I remember being homeless many years ago and now my net worth is quite healthy. I worked at McDonalds and 3 other jobs at the same time. No one ever gave me anything.
Jackburton
Gone Fish'n
Walmart is the modern day "company store" like back in the coal miner days. Feel free to read up on how a monopoly makes "employees" virtually indentured servants
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_store
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_store
McDonalds people work hard to, imo all people's time is worth a liveable wage. Because what else is there... an unlivable wage for your time? Yeah that makes sense. And to be blunt thee last people I want to hear people shouldn't be fighting for more is Union worker's. They should fight the good fight and this is one.
BakerMayfield2018
Fight the power.
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JL 0513
Well-Known Member
$15/hr would be a 107% raise over the current fed min wage. I assume everyone making more than min wage in the country will also demand to get a 107% increase? Because what if you're currently making $16, $17, $20/hr...?? Right now, I'm a 2nd year driver and make $18.45/hr. It took me working my butt off until the age of 35 to make this. Do you realize how pissed me and others would be if a 16 year old at their first job at McD's immediately started at $15? There's millions of college grads that make less than $20/hr. Many of them aren't any more than $15. How would they feel?
There's a million problems that would arise from such a drastic increase but no one wants to think about the consequences.
The minimum wage is not meant to be a family supporting wage. Why is this even debated as such? It's a wage to start people off early in the workforce. Mostly kids. If you are 30 years old making minimum wage, you need to reexamine your life.
A fear wage is what people are willing to be compensated for the labor they do. They don't like min wage, no one is putting a gun to your head. Work harder in life and go further. There should be no federal mandated minimum wage. All it does is set a minimum that employees get to use. If there was no set minimum, you'd likely see higher wages as employers would be competing for better help.
My last point will be that such a drastic increase would quickly speed up inflation. Everything would have to go up, and it would go up faster than we've seen perhaps ever. Ultimately, that new shiny wage won't be worth much more than today's min wage.
If you hit the disagree button, tell me where I'm wrong.
There's a million problems that would arise from such a drastic increase but no one wants to think about the consequences.
The minimum wage is not meant to be a family supporting wage. Why is this even debated as such? It's a wage to start people off early in the workforce. Mostly kids. If you are 30 years old making minimum wage, you need to reexamine your life.
A fear wage is what people are willing to be compensated for the labor they do. They don't like min wage, no one is putting a gun to your head. Work harder in life and go further. There should be no federal mandated minimum wage. All it does is set a minimum that employees get to use. If there was no set minimum, you'd likely see higher wages as employers would be competing for better help.
My last point will be that such a drastic increase would quickly speed up inflation. Everything would have to go up, and it would go up faster than we've seen perhaps ever. Ultimately, that new shiny wage won't be worth much more than today's min wage.
If you hit the disagree button, tell me where I'm wrong.
