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consumers don't always have the ability or the option to discriminate based on employee pay. And the lower you are the less you can discriminate which creates a
by Avshalom 8y ago
consumers don't always have the ability or the option to discriminate based on employee pay. And the lower you are the less you can discriminate which creates a vicious cycle because you are almost certainly in the same boat as the employees at $low_wage_employer.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoPeople might not have been aware that by choosing to shop at Walmart and Home Depot, they would help create this cycle, but we're firmly in it and there's no way out. Anyone that tries to train and reward employees more than necessary is not going to survive as a busines, especially in retail. Retail and other business that deal with the public also have the problem that people are a pain in the ass from the whole "customer is always right" attitude. No one with options is going to choose to work in retail, so they will always be scraping the bottom of the barrel in terms of employee talent.
- maxerickson 8y agoOrganize Walmart labor. Difficult. Probably not impossible (they are already employing the sliver of people willing to accept the hours and pay and not immediately able to obtain a better job).