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I don’t understand this. Isn’t that just forcing the lower middle class up by artificially inflating wages? What is the motivation to pursue additional trainin
by bequanna 3y ago
I don’t understand this. Isn’t that just forcing the lower middle class up by artificially inflating wages?
What is the motivation to pursue additional training, education, or to work challenging/unappealing jobs?
We also do this in the US to some extent with overpaid government workers. Until recently, there were relatively few of these jobs. But now state and federal agencies have become bloated with BS “do nothing” jobs.
- lumost 3y agoIt’s complicated. High base wages incentivize automation. Switzerland has much more extensive automation of basic labor then the us has. Higher wages also trickle up, a plumber demands 50/hr etc. jobs paying the base rate are rarely desirable from a social standpoint - social pressure provides an incentive to up skill/increase service standards.