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Why would anyone take a job at 11.70/hr when one at 20$/hour is available? This makes zero sense.

• noncoml 3y ago
  Right. I don’t understand why people keep choosing to be poor and in need /s Are we living in our own little bubble much?
  • ipaddr 3y ago
    The lowest paying jobs in expensive cities are hard to fill because other jobs exist. If all jobs are filled then people the best / average / slightly below average will have a choice while the worst won't.
• ars 3y ago
  Because the $20/hour price is artificial, so there aren't enough of them. If the price were not artificial it would balance until the number of jobs = number of seekers. But it won't, instead it becomes a lottery of sorts. It also means far less job security for anyone who has such a job, because there are so many seekers employers will hold all the power, and will fire people easily. So it's also a high-stress job, but presumably worth it for that pay. Which also answers your question: People will take lower paying jobs in order to have a bit more flexibility to request time off, or to make mistakes without fear.
  • x86x87 3y ago
    normally I would agree with you, but the 20$/hr is required across the board for all fast food workers, correct? so, it's not like you get to choose how much you pay a worker (you may choose to have less workers for example but you cannot pay less than 20).
    • ars 3y ago
      Are there no other jobs in California that pay less? If this is a global floor in California, it's going to lead to some interesting things. It will have the effect of flattening out the income of a huge chunk of society. A huge number of people in California will all have identical income. It will be cheaper to make things across the border and import them. So the kinds of jobs needed will change. California will lose local jobs but gain jobs having to do with coordination and importation.
• xboxnolifes 3y ago
  Positions aren't infinite. Even if you want the $20/hr job, so do a lot of other people.