Decency, Trump and Obama.

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(03-13-2017, 10:26 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Maybe one day you and others will figure out raising the minimum wage or changing OT pay rules will not equate to higher income net gain due to the costs rising on the consumer side. I figured out a long time ago if I wanted higher wages to be the best worker, always on time and present and loyal. That is how you go from close to minimum wage to 100K a year within 15 years.

Minimum wage is entry wages to start the learning process. Once in the door almost every company has opportunities to advance if one is motivated.

And that's got nothing to do with it.

OT pay rules get abused horribly in my industry. I figured out a long time ago, it doesn't matter if you're on time or present or loyal, they're going to work you 50-60 hours and pay you for salary for a flat 40. Don't like it? Pick a different industry. Which is what many folks did 10-15 years ago, and most do after being in it a decade or so. Usually it's around that point that if you aren't at a gray lady or at least an editor, you realize there's not much point in working for 2/3's of a check.

I don't know what industry you're in. But fewer and fewer companies care about whether or not you're on time and present and loyal. What they want is someone who works cheap. Cheap cheap cheap. Cheaper you work, bigger their bottom line. Bigger their bottom line, more inclined they are to let you stay.

Personally, I'm against a minimum wage increase. But OT laws definitely need to be fixed. And loopholes that allow companies to defer taxes and propagate a system where it's easy to not keep profits tethered to wages.