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Originally Posted by Minte
I realize that for my company. We have had two across the board raises in the last 14 months and are working on the employee evaluations now for another upgrade in January.
But I'm not a walmart. The people we need must have skills that are not easy to learn and are not easy to replace. The fact that I observe how other business does things, doesn't mean I agree with it. But it doesn't change the facts as they exist.
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Well that's because your company is likely not high turn over, keeping them paid decent makes it harder for them to walk across the street and get a dollar more.
The problem with Wallmart, fast food chains and others like them, is they have built high turn over rates into their business plan. It's cheaper for them to have someone quit and hire a new person, than it is to give them livable wages.
Now on one side I'm willing to say, hey if people will work for that, then that's their problem.. Yet the other side of the coin shows that due to this business plan, their workers end up being subsidized by tax dollars. This not something I can go along with.. Specially when it's been many of these very companies whom have fought to keep the minimum wage that they pay stagnate for years.
So both the people that accept work at those pay level and the employers whom business model is keeps the pay that low share much of the blame. Overall it's the corrupt politicians in DC whom only work for lobbyist fault. It's them, whom have failed to raise the minimum wage enough to keep up with inflation.