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You might bankrupt your grocery store employer at 70k but I don't see why they can't double grocery store workers 2x (from close to min wage to closer to 40k yr

You might bankrupt your grocery store employer at 70k but I don't see why they can't double grocery store workers 2x (from close to min wage to closer to 40k yr). Fresh produce (and meats) come with high margins to offset waste. Aldi's and Costco come closer to a better model for their industry of grocery stores. Costco could improve it's value to employees if it went private like Aldi. Sure higher value jobs require automation, which means their will be less jobs available but let's improve the quality of the existing jobs and figure out what we do, as a society, with all the unemployed. I miss seeing the pride in workers eyes as they deliver me a product/service. Let's bring the pride back and figure out the rest later. I feel that if we increase employment happiness, as a society we'd be better able to manage massive unemployment. Massive unemployment doesn't need to be a 'bad thing', labeled as 'lazy'. Instead, should be a pride thing in technology. Humanity doesn't need to work. Why must we force it to? We (humanity) can figure out how to manage the freedom of massive unemployment due to technology.

whatok 11y ago
Most grocery stores do not operate at the scale that either of your examples do and most cannot charge a membership fee either.
- heimatau 11y ago
  I also mentioned Aldi. They are small and without fee.
  - whatok 11y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi "Aldi (stylized as ALDI) is a leading global discount supermarket chain with over 10,000 stores in 18 countries, and an estimated turnover of more than €50bn." We may have different definitions of what "small" is but I'd imagine most don't think 10k stores or €50bn turnover is "small".
    - heimatau 11y ago
      Aldi's isn't everywhere. Costco is more ubiquitous than Aldi, hence small.
cableshaft 11y ago
My father dropped out of college because at the time, grocery stores paid good enough wages compared to other jobs that you could feasibly make a career out of it. That seems almost unheard of nowadays.

whatok 11y ago

Most grocery stores do not operate at the scale that either of your examples do and most cannot charge a membership fee either.

heimatau 11y ago
I also mentioned Aldi. They are small and without fee.
- whatok 11y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi "Aldi (stylized as ALDI) is a leading global discount supermarket chain with over 10,000 stores in 18 countries, and an estimated turnover of more than €50bn." We may have different definitions of what "small" is but I'd imagine most don't think 10k stores or €50bn turnover is "small".
  - heimatau 11y ago
    Aldi's isn't everywhere. Costco is more ubiquitous than Aldi, hence small.

cableshaft 11y ago

My father dropped out of college because at the time, grocery stores paid good enough wages compared to other jobs that you could feasibly make a career out of it. That seems almost unheard of nowadays.