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Wage rates are sticky. Many employers are used to paying very cheap labour costs. You see this in agriculture too, where owners will sometimes let crops rot in
by ForHackernews 6y ago
Wage rates are sticky. Many employers are used to paying very cheap labour costs.
You see this in agriculture too, where owners will sometimes let crops rot in the fields rather than risk setting a precedent for higher wages for pickers.
- microtherion 6y agoOne would think that with the proliferation of gig economy arrangements, employers would get used to the concept of "surge pricing". Sadly not, it seems.