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Me, I'm just taking it as pretty definite proof that people are more than willing to occasionally work below minimum wage. I'm seeing it as a pretty solid indic
by Cipater 5y ago
Me, I'm just taking it as pretty definite proof that people are more than willing to occasionally work below minimum wage. I'm seeing it as a pretty solid indictment on the whole "minimum wage is protecting poor people" idea.
You talk like people have a wealth of options and are just choosing to work below minimum wage.
Things are hard out there. Really hard. Folks are struggling.
- radu_floricica 5y agoYES. And guess what is not going to help them at all? Forbidding them to work below an artificially set productivity level. This means they can't learn on the job, can't prove they can do a good job if it's not already obvious in the interview, can't work if they're part of a discriminated minority (would _you_ hire a gipsy or an ex con if you have 5 other equally qualified applicants? At the same wage, sorry, I wouldn't. The extra risk is real). And of course, they can't take a bad job to get through a rough patch which means... a bad month can turn into homelessness and a bad decade.