redeye58
Hasta Ba Rista, Baby!
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What's a job worth?
Depends.
While many of these jobs may seem low/no skill, sometimes the work required is in high demand.
Imagine being unable to have enough cashiers/salesfloor people because of low wages. Most of the time leadership wouldn't care until Black Thurs/Fri or Christmas Eve or Valentine's, Easter, etc. That happened when my store started having trouble hiring, then retaining seasonal workers so they started offering generous amts of OT. When THAT started to fail, quiet panic set in.
Many complain about illegals 'taking jobs' but the truth is they're jobs regular citizens wouldn't take because of the ridiculously low wages. This was amply demonstrated in Georgia when prisons attempted to find jobs for released convicts by hiring them to pick produce for farmers. The majority refused to return after the first break; the rest quit at day's end but they now had a grudging respect for the migrant workers.
Meanwhile, corporations & public entities defend paying outrageous salaries under the premise of "paying for talented leadership". But if said leader doesn't deliver, it's cheaper to pay them a golden parachute instead of being tied up in litigation over definitions of 'failure'.
Depends.
While many of these jobs may seem low/no skill, sometimes the work required is in high demand.
Imagine being unable to have enough cashiers/salesfloor people because of low wages. Most of the time leadership wouldn't care until Black Thurs/Fri or Christmas Eve or Valentine's, Easter, etc. That happened when my store started having trouble hiring, then retaining seasonal workers so they started offering generous amts of OT. When THAT started to fail, quiet panic set in.
Many complain about illegals 'taking jobs' but the truth is they're jobs regular citizens wouldn't take because of the ridiculously low wages. This was amply demonstrated in Georgia when prisons attempted to find jobs for released convicts by hiring them to pick produce for farmers. The majority refused to return after the first break; the rest quit at day's end but they now had a grudging respect for the migrant workers.
Meanwhile, corporations & public entities defend paying outrageous salaries under the premise of "paying for talented leadership". But if said leader doesn't deliver, it's cheaper to pay them a golden parachute instead of being tied up in litigation over definitions of 'failure'.