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> Sure the market will figure out which car washes live. But what about the ones that don't and the people who subsequently lose their jobs There's a lot going
by grecy 3y ago
> Sure the market will figure out which car washes live. But what about the ones that don't and the people who subsequently lose their jobs
There's a lot going on in your statement to dig through.
The article specifically says these car washes barely add jobs.. but let's ignore that.
When a business opens and starts to hire people, there is no guarantee it will exist long term. When a person applies for a job, they need to do some due diligence researching the business to see if it sounds like something that will be around as long as they want to have a job.
Are you proposing we shouldn't allow "risky" business to start and hire people because there is no certainty they will be around in 1-5 years? Of course that doesn't make any sense.
If a business fails, people will lose their jobs, but that is not a reason to prevent business from starting. In fact, if we did prevent them, those jobs would have never existed!
- RussianCow 3y ago> When a person applies for a job, they need to do some due diligence researching the business to see if it sounds like something that will be around as long as they want to have a job. This is a nitpick as I agree with the rest of your comment, but most people are absolutely not qualified to make that assessment. (In fact, it's debatable whether anyone can make that claim with any amount of certainty. Even the most successful investors are often wrong.)
- ipaddr 3y agoMost people do this. People will work for a brand or company that is well known with a history over something new with everything else being equal. People will ask friends who work if company is a good place to work. People are pretty smart.
- throwaway2037 3y agoFor a minimum wage job at a car wash? Seriously? Absolutely not.
- ipaddr 3y agoYes. And for fast food.. coffee shops and many other minimum wage jobs. Someone is applying to McDonalds over Big Jim's almost edible meat 9 times out of 10.
- RussianCow 3y agoThis needs a source. If you just mean that this is happening because far more people know about McDonald's and are therefore less likely to know that Big Jim's is hiring, then sure, but I don't buy the idea that 9/10 people working low wage jobs are actively thinking about the relative stability of the employers they apply to. > People will ask friends who work if company is a good place to work. I 100% agree with this, but that has nothing to do with what we're talking about.