Yes, or she is trying to recruit the wrong people. Her failure could also just mean that all retail jobs are doomed and will slowly just fade away except for special circumstances.
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Farm Boy
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I'm single and a dad. If the hours are inflexible or there is no health insurance, or its a school district move, I'm dropping out of the labor force entirely to qualify for the medicine. I suppose that would take me down from threeish yearly lines, one with benefits, to no "bootstraps."
I'm guessing compensation in the middle is grossly out of line where most of the consumption and living goes on.
That sounds like the one of the best justifications for a Nation Health Service. Disincentivizing people being productive is a really bad thing for everyone.
Read into it anything you want. the story is a real world anecdote about hiring problems. It demonstrates that the issues are not just about pay and benefits. The work force is changing along with the nature of work in a post pandemic world. Do you have a job?
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sophie
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Lmao.
*a bunch of people pointing out that 14/hr is a comically insufficient rate of pay in 2022*
Birdjag: This clearly isn’t about rate of pay!
*a bunch of people pointing out that 14/hr is a comically insufficient rate of pay in 2022*
Birdjag: This clearly isn’t about rate of pay!
Often when it's "someone you know" who's having business trouble, it will be because they cannot pass costs on to the customer. Like, obviously they could be running their business better. And obviously you might know the minority of people who're succeeding and keeping their staff poor for their own benefit. But often it will be "I can't afford it".
I'm distinguishing between the automation threat and the automation observation, but the threat is quite useless. If they're being told to be poor now to not be replaced, they're one turn of Moore's Law away from being replaced regardless.
I'm distinguishing between the automation threat and the automation observation, but the threat is quite useless. If they're being told to be poor now to not be replaced, they're one turn of Moore's Law away from being replaced regardless.
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Oh, I'd probably be "productive" enough. Just not in the relative morality hell of God Money.
The baby boomer generation is set to retire in this decade; the largest generation by far that ever entered the labour market. All Western economists agree that skilled workers are about to become a significant shortage, which means automation and 'smart work' will become even more needed. And wages will rise.
It will be sometimes, but if the person who "cannot afford it" is on more than $14/hour it does bring into question exactly how anyone is supposed to "afford" it.
Narz
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What are we on about? How much per hour this gunman was getting paid?
That's a much longer question, since "can I afford it" will be a whole buncha factors. The employee won't be in the same position as the owner with regards to obligations, etc. But, just to avoid looking pedantic, I tend to agree with you. I'm the one always saying that we need to be tightening our belts more, even if we all know that 'belt tightening' looks very different from the different angles.
sophie
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“why are there so many mass shooters” -> “offshoring has hollowed out middle America” -> was it Clinton, Reagan, or Nixon who fudged everything up? -> birdjag’s anecdote about a friend who isn’t getting applicants despite offering 14/hr+benefits -> discourse about pay and col in America more broadly
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Lexicus
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Retail work is some of the most soul-crushing work around. Any job where you have to sit there and grin while taking horrible abuse from troglodytes is a terrible job.
Having a boss is always terrible. Ultimately their end is to pay you as little as possible, while getting away with it. And the hierarchy can take a toll easily even if you are doing white-collar work.
sophie
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Yes, but that + shady scheduling practices + 8 hours of emotional labor in the face of the worst verbal abuse you’ve ever seen in your life makes retail its own special breed of hell.
I've heard from a friend at work that while I've been out on maternity leave, there has been something of an exodus. And today I got a letter in the mail from my employer saying "We've done a market analysis and have decided to increase the salary range for your position."
... I wonder if the two things are related?
... I wonder if the two things are related?
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Staring at the sky is better in some ways than the cranking the cash register. Quieter in the good way. But the cash register pays when the rain doesn't fall, and the banker that will take everything you've ever worked for doesn't give a **** about the rain.
Lexicus
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In case anyone thinks my use of this word is derogatory in some way, let me be clear that by troglodytes I mean people who treat service workers like medieval serfs.
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