(February 11, 2013 at 3:01 am)Tiberius Wrote: No, I'm not happy with business doing that. I'm completely against it, and if any company offered me a job with such a wage, I would refuse it. So should anyone else with any sense.
But the problem with this is that not everyone is sensible and then there's desperation. During the latest depression, my best friend was unemployed, though she had recently graduated from a vocational school in an area that usually had a lot of industry that needed people with her education. She went to every single place that offered a job (and didn't get any of the jobs), she did classes for unemployed people as to get financial support from the government, did all the paperwork etc, but in the end she ended up cleaning with a salary barely bigger than the government subsidization and with absolutely crappy hours, because she couldn't stand being home all day doing nothing. She said that she rather work for her money than get it from taxpayers.
So no, even though minimum wage usually shouldn't be tempting at all, there will always be someone willing to take it, because the alternative sucks even more. Remember Tibs, you are an amazing computer whiz with skill that makes you able to negotiate your salary, not everyone are so competent and have needed skills in order to do that.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
