06-09-2016, 12:16 PM
(06-09-2016, 11:56 AM)Benton Wrote: I run into that problem with our entry level positions.
I can pay somebody slightly more than minimum wage to work nights and weekends, usually part-time with no benefits. Depending on the job, they'll have to learn a few different computer programs and, if it's editorial, be able to write and take photos. And all on a deadline, so I'm going to be coming to them constantly asking why they aren't done yet.
Or... they can work at Wal-Mart, get a discount and regular breaks, and make about the same money.
What you say makes sense to someone looking ahead or my age looking back (I started making less than minimum wage considering the hours worked and it's turned into a good career... but it's 15 years later). But a lot of the people walking through the door aren't thinking about careers, they're thinking about their next car payment and doing as little as possible to make it.
Still doesn't change the fact that there will not suddenly be a lot more jobs at Walmart for all of these people to take.
And if they do leave for Walmart jobs that will just open up their old jobs for other people to fill.
If we raise minimum wage people will still be filling the same number of jobs. No one will be able to demand a raise because if they leave their job the company will just hire someone else to replace them. There is no way that all the high skill people are siuddenly just going to give up their careers to work in dead end jobs, but even if they do they will just be opening up positions for other people.
