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The rate it’s gone up is a red herring. If people don’t want to take the job at the posted rate then they are underpaying. Instead of comparing if your pay ha

The rate it’s gone up is a red herring. If people don’t want to take the job at the posted rate then they are underpaying. Instead of comparing if your pay has gone up 25%, ask if you’d rather take one of those jobs than yours. Because apparently that’s an option if you want. There are almost certainly miserable working conditions, bad hours, and still an overall low wage. If people are able to find better jobs, then hotels need to treat people better or pay more to offset that. Are we seriously going to cry about megacorps not getting away with paying workers trash wages for miserable jobs? Boo hoo, pay more.

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kortilla 4y ago
Megacorps is a red herring and emotional appeal. The same applies just as much to small businesses in the same industries.
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- pessimizer 4y ago
  Nope. "Megacorps" have economies of scale that small businesses don't have.
  - kortilla 4y ago
    What? The topic is about the cost of labor. It’s impacting small businesses just as much.
Natsu 4y ago
> If people don’t want to take the job at the posted rate then they are underpaying. Well, that's why they're going to robots I guess. > Instead of comparing if your pay has gone up 25%, ask if you’d rather take one of those jobs than yours. Because apparently that’s an option if you want. I worked a much worse factory job for years. I don't blame people for not wanting such a thing, but sometimes it isn't all about pay, either. You couldn't pay me to go back to my old job.
- pessimizer 4y ago
  They're going to "robots" called "not cleaning for 4 days."
  - Natsu 4y ago
    It's a bit of both, though it looked like the robots were roombas or something. And I think the cleaning would only matter on longer stays, since I believe they'd still have to turn over the room between guests.
sonotathrowaway 4y ago
It’s amazing how well conditioned people are to blame others for not being exploited. Corporations having trouble finding workers to exploit is now a moral failure of the worker for not enriching rich assholes enough.

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kortilla 4y ago

Megacorps is a red herring and emotional appeal. The same applies just as much to small businesses in the same industries.

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pessimizer 4y ago
Nope. "Megacorps" have economies of scale that small businesses don't have.
- kortilla 4y ago
  What? The topic is about the cost of labor. It’s impacting small businesses just as much.

Natsu 4y ago

> If people don’t want to take the job at the posted rate then they are underpaying. Well, that's why they're going to robots I guess. > Instead of comparing if your pay has gone up 25%, ask if you’d rather take one of those jobs than yours. Because apparently that’s an option if you want. I worked a much worse factory job for years. I don't blame people for not wanting such a thing, but sometimes it isn't all about pay, either. You couldn't pay me to go back to my old job.

pessimizer 4y ago
They're going to "robots" called "not cleaning for 4 days."
- Natsu 4y ago
  It's a bit of both, though it looked like the robots were roombas or something. And I think the cleaning would only matter on longer stays, since I believe they'd still have to turn over the room between guests.

sonotathrowaway 4y ago

It’s amazing how well conditioned people are to blame others for not being exploited. Corporations having trouble finding workers to exploit is now a moral failure of the worker for not enriching rich assholes enough.