06-08-2016, 05:17 PM
(06-08-2016, 05:12 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: But they're getting paid similarly due to their old jobs not increasing their pay. Why wouldn't someone switch if they used to get hazard pay, or worked in a stressful job and got paid extra for it? Flipping burgers is way less stressful and way less hazardous.
If you are working a dangerous job with no upward career path for something real close to minimum wage then you probably should be trying to better your position.
The fact is that there are not very many dangerous jobs with no upward career path that pay close to minimum wage. You are talking about a very low percentage.
And I am not talking about a minimum wage of $15 per hour. It may need to be that high in certain high cost areas, but that is a local issue. I am talking about a federal minimum wage of something like $10 per hour.
