RE: American workers' wages stagnant, even in a great economy: why?
August 13, 2018 at 8:03 am
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2018 at 8:06 am by John V.)
It's interesting that the article OP quotes thinks the reason is the employees: “In a very tight labor market you would expect that workers would negotiate their wages to at least keep up with the cost of living, and the picture tells you that they’re not.”
Yet, everyone immediately jumped to government.
I have 20/18 yo daughters making $15/12 per hour at Chik fil A.
I get McD's breakfast on the way to work once or twice a week. The old woman usually at the drive-through once complained that she had been there 12 years and was only making $10.50. I told her about Chik fil A. Her response was simply that she was used to McD's and didn't feel like going looking around.
In my field (CPA) it's pretty common for people starting out to move every 2-4 years, getting a good pay bump each time, before settling down at a firm.
Maybe our high schools should be teaching some practical things like how to maintain optimum pay rate through negotiation/switching jobs.
Yep, and yet the difference between Reps and Dems on taxing them is only 2.6%.
Move to Venezuela. Their money's worthless and they're all pretty equally starving.
Yet, everyone immediately jumped to government.
I have 20/18 yo daughters making $15/12 per hour at Chik fil A.
I get McD's breakfast on the way to work once or twice a week. The old woman usually at the drive-through once complained that she had been there 12 years and was only making $10.50. I told her about Chik fil A. Her response was simply that she was used to McD's and didn't feel like going looking around.
In my field (CPA) it's pretty common for people starting out to move every 2-4 years, getting a good pay bump each time, before settling down at a firm.
Maybe our high schools should be teaching some practical things like how to maintain optimum pay rate through negotiation/switching jobs.
(August 12, 2018 at 10:43 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Well it seems that these conversations always seem to go to the 1%.
Yep, and yet the difference between Reps and Dems on taxing them is only 2.6%.
(August 12, 2018 at 10:39 pm)Kit Wrote: Unions, not a fan and not at all to what I am referring. I would never trust an organization that required money from me in order to protect my interests.
No, I am for a complete eradication of the monetary system. No bartering either. I believe people will work at helping a community survive when all are equally on the same level and all equally are treated the same and all are equally receiving the same minimal comforts for happiness and survival. It is the greed to have something someone else doesn't that separates us and makes people lazy to the point where we realize not working for a corrupt system is better than supporting it for a lifetime of grief and no proper recompense.
Move to Venezuela. Their money's worthless and they're all pretty equally starving.
