oh absolutely and I think folks who work for John q. public definitely have to put up with a lot of crap. look at the nonsense flight attendants are dealing with now a days.
Probably should do math on the bolded.1. CA’s minimum wage goes up to $15 next year, though many localities already have $15 or higher.
2. Here’s a story about a pizza chain that is somehow able to pay its employees $16/hr, stay in business, and not charge $50 for a pizza. Crazy!
This pizza chain owner who pays $16 an hour says there's no labor shortage, just a shortage of businesses willing to pay a decent wage
Michael Lastoria, CEO of &pizza, told Insider he hasn't struggled to staff his 51 restaurants because he pays workers $16 an hour on average.www.businessinsider.com
3. In San Diego county restaurants aren’t cutting their staff or their hours to pay minimum wage. Some restaurants do add a 3-4% surcharge to your bill to “cover the cost of increased wages”. They should just raise their menu prices and be honest about it but whatever.
4. CA we doesn’t have tipped minimum wage. Servers make the same minimum wage as people working at Target. Or the Dollar store.
5. Minimum wage should allow a person to get by with rent, basic bills, and food. For example, if Kroeger can do a $1 billion buyback for shareholders and raise the CEO’s pay 45% to $20.7 this year, they can afford to pay their employees a decent wage, not cut their pay and close stores out of spite.
Kroger closed grocery stores rather than give workers a $4 raise. Now it's padding shareholders' pockets with a $1 billion stock-buyback scheme.
Kroger might have referred to employees as heroes during the pandemic, but if you follow the money, you see where the company's priorities really lie.
Good points. Many years ago I stayed at a resort where the Chicago Bulls were staying at during the playoffs. I can tell you from experience the ones who were smiling willing to talk and did to fans including kids were (3) individuals, Phil Jackson the coach in his Grateful Dead the dye T shirt, and players Steve Kerr ( current NBA coach ) and Toni Kukoc . They were the most down to earth guys. The most arrogant and would walk right past you pushing you out of the way were specifically Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. The one who seemed to be under the influence in his words and actions was Dennis Rodman. He was a freak with tremendous athletic talent and that is midly speaking. The funniest conversation I had with a celebrity by far was with actor Bill Murray.
It’s $30 a week closer!
Doing the math a little more, that would be an additional roughly $1,500 a year. Perhaps not a living wage difference, but certainly enough to make a difference.
You’re coming across really cold and hard-lined on multiple fronts. Not sure if that’s your intent. A few points:
I visited a friend at work a few years ago. He works at the HQ of a F500 retail corporation that is in almost everyone's neighborhood. They all wear uniforms to work, just as they do in the stores. That part was strange enough to me... Then, they all got in a huddle and did a cheer and sang a song about how great the company was! I was floored. I had a hard time even speaking after that nonsense.
They’re not doing a great job of rolling it out lol
A large proportion...probably a large majority...of those 453,000 employees are part time. So this calculation is misleading
No, it's not misleading. I am talking a straight division of the 1 billion, regardless of hours. If you want to get technical, it would be a yearly bonus of 2k+.
You will not see that in an American company.
Gung Ho movie from the 1980s was a classic and yes American made cars back then were trash ( my Olds and Chevy for example ).
