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I suppose their employees would then be justified asking for a 25% raise?
by tyingq 5y ago
I suppose their employees would then be justified asking for a 25% raise?
- birdman3131 5y agoThis is Dollar Tree. They are known for only hiring part time to the tune of ~15-20 hours a week so they don't have to pay any benefits. (At least they are here in Fort Smith, AR. It may be a local manager policy.)
- VWWHFSfQ 5y agothey can be justified all they want
- lotsofpulp 5y agoIt is a free country, anyone is justified to ask for any raise anytime they want.
- goldenkey 5y agoIt is a free forum, we can post the most obvious insights anytime we want.
- nickff 5y agoBut not snark, according to the HN guidelines: >" Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community. "
- goldenkey 5y agoI'm simply stating a fact about the forum in the same spirit of parent's comment about our country. Any snark you detect is your implicit bias.
- nickff 5y agoI am quite certain that your previous comment in this thread is correctly classified as snark: >"critical or mocking comments made in an indirect or sarcastic way." These kinds of comments are turning HN into Reddit.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoMy tongue-in-cheek point is that no one should wait for their employer to raise the price of the goods or services they are selling to ask for a raise, because there is no justification needed other than doing what you want to do, which includes selling your labor to a different employer for a higher price.
- TigeriusKirk 5y agoNot if they're raising prices because salaries have already increased.
- willcipriano 5y agoAnyone who hasn't gotten a raise in the past year should get at least 6.2%, unless their employer is signaling to them that they value their contributions 6.2% less than last year. If you improved your skills at all, or took on additional responsibilities due to Covid 25% isn't at all a stretch, especially at dollar store wages.
- lotsofpulp 5y ago>Anyone who hasn't gotten a raise in the past year should get at least 6.2%, unless their employer is signaling to them that they value their contributions 6.2% less than last year. Fruits and vegetables are very nutritious, but the price I pay for them has little bearing on their value to me. I would easily pay double or triple or even more. But I do not because a different fruit and vegetable seller is willing to sell them for less. Similarly, it is possible for the supply and demand curves to move in a manner that makes the price of certain types of labor not increase or even decrease compared to price increases of other types of labor. For example, labor where you can sit safely inside a home behind a computer screen rather than deal with sick people with contagious infections.
- chrisseaton 5y ago> unless their employer is signaling to them that they value their contributions 6.2% less than last year Not getting a raise doesn't mean your employer necessarily values you less - it could just mean others value you less so your employer has less competition for you. Supply and demand. If nobody's buying hammers and the price of hammers goes down, that doesn't mean the value my hammer brings me has gone down, but if I need to buy a new hammer I pay less.
- willcipriano 5y agoLast year hammers cost $5, this year it's $4. Go to a jobsite and ask a guy what his hammer is worth and last year he would say $5, this year he says $4. He's not making a value judgment based on anything intrinsic about the hammer, it's just worth less due to the cost of replacement falling. He literally values it less. Humans, unlike hammers can decide to train to become a screwdriver or change from Binford Tools to Craftsman, who may value low turnover more than Binford and thus pay more to retain employees. If the management or ultimate customers of your industry or firm don't support paying you a wage that keeps up with the CPI, I suggest working hard to find better managers and customers. You are fighting a losing battle otherwise. There is a ton of demand out there right now for almost everything.
- spectrum1234 5y agoSure, but they are probably raising prices because their wholesale costs have increased. The didn't just get the idea to raise prices for no reason.