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Why should an "entry level" position not pay a living wage? Do those people not have expenses? Or families?
by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Why should an "entry level" position not pay a living wage? Do those people not have expenses? Or families?
- gwbas1c 8y agoBecause the assumption is that "entry level" means someone who's still living with Mom & Dad; or various other situations. (Leaving jail, recent immigrant, mother returning to the workforce.) IE, someone in an "entry level" position is someone who has partial support in their household. Of course, there's plenty of good discussion to have about the ethics of this kind of employment. Needless to say, I prefer to spend my dollars are stores where "entry level" employees are teenagers, retirees who just want to get out of the house, and people who need an extra opportunity to make an honest life.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoSo, assumptions that are no longer true, and haven't been for a while?
- kenpomeroy 8y agoBecause economics
- s73v3r_ 8y agoNo. If you can't pay your employees a living wage, that's your failure, and you shouldn't be in business.
- kenpomeroy 8y agoSome jobs generate less value for businesses than the arbitrary amount you deem to be a "livable wage." That's economics.