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> Is someone better off making $12 an hour or $0 an hour? I like how this gun-to-your-head reasoning only applies to workers and not companies. Are businesses
by newbie789 5y ago
> Is someone better off making $12 an hour or $0 an hour?
I like how this gun-to-your-head reasoning only applies to workers and not companies.
Are businesses better off staying closed indefinitely to avoid paying more than $12/hr? If your answer to that is “Yes”, then the “shortage” is among the demand for labor.
The line of reasoning that corporations are simultaneously both hurting from staying closed and they don’t need workers that much doesn’t seem logical.
- missedthecue 5y agoIt absolutely applies both ways and I never implied it didn't. Many businesses don't have the cashflow to offer significant raises, it's not a matter of hating their employees. So they close altogether or operate at limited hours. For instance, most of the restaurants around me are not open near as much as they were in 2019 because they can't find the labor.
- supernovae 5y agoMy daughter makes 15 an hour rolling burritos. Why should restaurants that charge a lot more for meals pay their staff 2.19 an hour? My duaughter also gets tips split and its just icing on the cake vs something she has to bank. Meanwhile, at a lot of these restaurants that fail - the owners absolutely THRIVED while screwing over pay and once that scheme was busted, its not the employees fault for not wanting to be a part of it. This re-balance was long over due since the feds and states have not done much to keep up with livable wages themselves (at the pressue of businesses who said it would hurt them)