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From your comment below, I don't quite get your characterization of Uber and Walmart as evil. If anyone's evil, isn't it the government for not providing usefu
by dcosson 11y ago
From your comment below, I don't quite get your characterization of Uber and Walmart as evil.
If anyone's evil, isn't it the government for not providing useful safety nets?
The companies are just going along with the market rates at which their employees/contractors are willing to work.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoHalf credit. There are companies that don't act in sociopathic ways attempting to maximize profits at worker expense (Costco comes to mind). At the same time, yes, its the government's fault for not increasing the minimum wage and strengthening social safety nets, which can unfortunately be influenced by corporate interests using lobbying after the Citizen's United supreme court ruling.
- prostoalex 11y agoAre you comparing a smaller chain that caters to upper-middle-class (and higher) sectors and relies on membership fees and bulk purchases (with high average receipts) to a large (#1 globally) chain that caters to all income levels, places its stores in lower-income neighborhoods, does not rely on membership fees, and has smaller average receipts? http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-08-27/why-walmart-will-never-pay-like-costco http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-08-27/why-walmart... By that measure I heard that Thomas Keller pays its workers an excellent wage, while McDonald's not so much. Therefore we should shut down McDonald's outlets and replace them with Thomas Keller restaurants.