07-26-2017, 05:16 PM
(07-26-2017, 05:13 PM)Millhouse Wrote: I was working for a company that brought in just over a billion dollars a year in the oil industry. Had around 350 employees from drivers, office workers, satellite offices, etc.
Anyways the average worker in the main office made under $15 an hour which is the bulk of the office, while new employees start out at $10-12 an hour. Dispatchers start out around $25k a year on salary for example too.
Point is, the wealth distribution within this company was crap. Sure there was quite a bit of overhead cost and insurance. But bringing in over a billion a year with less than 400 employees. Yeah, I ended up leaving them for greener pastures, as I saw how underpaid most folks were while a few at the top were making millions. Eff that and eff them.
That's income inequality, which is a different thing. Both utilize the Gini coefficient in their measurement, but they measure different things. Wealth inequality in the Us is worse than income inequality. But, both are getting worse as years go on.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
