So, let’s look at a company that needs to change its strategy.
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The 50 Second Waltz?
One of the issues always brought up by companies when pressed to raise the wages of their employees is that productivity is not increasing.
Profits at the Expense of You and Me
I’ve been saying for a long time that we don’t really need to change the minimum wage. No, that does NOT mean I believe that businesses have been paying their employees appropriately.
An Apple a Day
Ever since I was a little tyke, I have been eating a whole apple, pretty much every day. Yes, WHOLE apple- from stem to stern, core (and pits included). Yes, my parents did not approve. (Oh, this was only one of many items that I provided them for their disapproval.)
Subway Subs
I grew up in New York. So, as far as I am concerned, every underground city transit system is a subway. Sure, I know the system in San Francisco is called BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), in London- it’s the Tube, and le Metro in Paris. I still say I am taking the subway.
Whose employee is this?
Now that we have discussed our economy and labor (the last series of posts thatran this week from Monday through Wednesday), we should consider one or two more big issues. Who is an employee- and whose employee are you.
Living Wages. The Very Bottom Line.
Here in the DC area, we are about to engage in a new kind of experiment. The minimum wage in the Maryland suburbs is going up to $ 11.50 an hour. As it will be in the city of DC. But, in Northern Virginia, the minimum wage will be the Federally mandated one of $7.25. Do you really think the jobs will leave the northern suburbs and move to Virginia?
Wage Follies
The US minimum wage is $ 7.25. There have been recent efforts to raise this to something more viable, but many (of a certain political ilk) aver that this would devastate business. But, let’s consider a few real facts. Continue reading Wage Follies