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IMO $22 and hr is too much to be a starting salary for your average, part time McD employee. I'm not saying there can't be anyone making that, but come on...it's a starter job! Stick around and do well and take on responsibilities then maybe after awhile you too can make $22. On the other hand in a high COL area where most people are unwilling to work fast food joints it might be necessary to have a high starting salary just to keep the business open, or at least just to staff it with good workers. My local In-n-Out is starting over $20 and they usually have the best employees.
Yes. It would be costly to small businesses. Most McDonald’s are not owned by McDonalds because they are franchises. His pay has nothing to do with the fact that it would hurt small businesses
So what how about small businesses wait to hire people till they can pay them well instead of feeling entitled to low wage workers?
No one is entitled to low wage workers, the same way that no-skill workers are not entitled to high wages.
Do you not understand how labor markets work?
Apparently many business owners think they are since they keep saying they can only run their business with low wage workers. When no one wants to work for them they whine that people are lazy and do not want to work for their low paying jobs.
Apparently many business owners think they are since they keep saying they can only run their business with low wage workers. When no one wants to work for them they whine that people are lazy and do not want to work for their low paying jobs.
Wanting low wage workers and being entitled to them are entirely different things.
Paying $22 an hour to mcd’s is insane regardless of how much their ceo makes.
Then we need to take a look at the cost of rent because unless you think fast food workers should sleep on the sidewalk there are very few rentals that they can afford on less than $20 an hour, especially when most of them only get 25 hours a week. In 2015 there were 1 bdrm apartments near where I live that rented for $600, now they rent for $1200-$1500
Then we need to take a look at the cost of rent because unless you think fast food workers should sleep on the sidewalk there are very few rentals that they can afford on less than $20 an hour, especially when most of them only get 25 hours a week. In 2015 there were 1 bdrm apartments near where I live that rented for $600, now they rent for $1200-$1500
The cost of rent (or any other expense) is irrelevant. Jobs don’t pay someone what they need to survive, jobs pay an amount determined by the interplay between the supply and demand for labor.
The cost of rent (or any other expense) is irrelevant. Jobs don’t pay someone what they need to survive, jobs pay an amount determined by the interplay between the supply and demand for labor.
And businesses have to increase salaries when there is no supply of workers willing to work, right? When a person seeks employment they usually evaluate whether they will be able to get by on the wage that is being offered - so I'm not sure how that is different than what I said?
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