(October 4, 2013 at 1:45 am)Lumpymunk Wrote: So you're fine with admitting that it is a factor and it does influence employers to make business decisions about full-time employment... but you still want to try to minimize it.
"It only matters if they employ a lot of people. It only doesn't apply to really small mom'n'pop businesses."
That's not a credit to your argument.
Basically...
"It's only going to influence most people."
I just read that post. I didn't read anything in it about it being a factor or influencing anyone.
Costs more to train and maintain two separate part-timers not to mention dealing with schedule conflicts than it does to hire one full-timer who gains experience faster and provides more to the company, especially when they're happy because they have on less financial concern on the mind.
Didn't think of that whole "employee-satisfaction-driven productivity" thing, did you? I'm SURE part-timers, with their lower income and no health coverage, will totally work just as hard as the full-timers will! I mean, yeah, sure, they aren't getting as many hours, meaning less pay, and far less opportunities for advancement, and no health coverage, meaning they've got dissatisfaction with the job up the wazoo. And that will probably mean that part-timer after part-timer will come and go, and the company will have to keep paying for piss tests and background checks and training for new hires who are going to be just as unmotivated and distressed and will also likely end up leaving as well for a company that WILL hire them on full-time WITH health coverage... But hey! At least the company won't have to worry about that pesky $200 yearly health care coverage for each full-timer! Especially when they have to factor in that cheap-as-fuck lawyer whose only requirement for understanding the bill and ensuring compliance is to be able to read without bleeding from the eyeballs!
For someone arguing for business concerns, you're not very intelligent about how businesses run in regards to their employment operations, are you?