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That’s what I said in my comment. 50 billion is a made up number. The fact is, this isn’t really theft. It’s a change in wages that has occurred after you swi
by SamReidHughes 6y ago
That’s what I said in my comment.
50 billion is a made up number.
The fact is, this isn’t really theft. It’s a change in wages that has occurred after you switched jobs, only instead of saying “actually we’re going to pay you $X, now that you’ve started,” they sneak in lower wages through other means. That’s not a good thing, but it’s hardball negotiation, not theft.
- mlyle 6y ago> That’s not a good thing, but it’s hardball negotiation, not theft. Nah, paying someone under the negotiated rate by lying about how many hours they worked is certainly a form of theft. Failing to give statutory-required pay is also a form of theft.
- dredmorbius 6y agoNo, $50 billion is not 'made up", it is extrapolated, based on direct assessments. Much the same as any other sampling acomplishes. I'd looked up earlier today: the three metro areas account for nearly 1/5th all US economic activity. NYC, LA, and Chicago metro areas represent 17% of US GDP. That's a sizable chunk. Methodology questions or quanitative comparisons are reasonable objections. Bald acusations of fabrication are going to require some substantial foundation least they be dismissed for their own claim: that they're made up.
- triceratops 6y agoFine line between "hardball negotiation" and "fraud"
- SamReidHughes 6y agoOh it's not a fine line. It is on the fraud side of things, to bring on an employee, get them to quit their old job, and then switch out the deal. It's not "good." But if everybody does this, let's say by 5% of wages, then it just becomes a pre-calculated factor taken into account when negotiating for jobs.
- triceratops 6y agoAnd society becomes lower-trust, putting the nation on a path to destruction. Sad that it's taken so lightly.