And one of those options is to complain and negotiate with the union, which in this case resulted in a current $18 starting pay at WDW which is a great step in the right direction.
If they are pushing their employer for a raise for themselves, fine. I responded to this post "If someone gets a job at 16 and stays there until retirement and doesn’t change positions, so what?"
I see that perspective, but the employer needs to also take into consideration that employees are a finite resource, and they need to pay well enough to retain staff. Counting on the college program to fill in gaps in staffing is not a viable option in the long term.
Of course they should adjust pay to retain or attract employees, and I agree that many employers don't realize that until it's too late. But my answer was in response to a post asking what is wrong with an entry level employee staying in that position until retirement.
100% agree with the first paragraph, the problem with the second paragraph (and I’m going to be as non political as possible) is politicians typically care about getting elected more than the actual well being of their constituents, if promising $50 an hour will get them elected they’ll do it despite knowing it’ll have disastrous consequences for those they claim it’ll help.
I agree - I also think maybe the minimum wages should go up based on company profits - we need to protect and support small businesses for sure.
That’s a tricky one because they’re competing for the same employees, if McDonalds is forced to pay $20 then the mom and pop burger shop down the street is more or less forced to pay $20 also to get employees, even if their mandated wage is only $15.
No one cares if people want to short change themselves. People care when that person cries what they are owed… without considering their own choices and consequences.
The CEO and executives negotiate raises on a yearly basis.
As can most employees- what’s your point?
So what’s the magical level where keeping the same job is no longer “refuses to take on more responsibility.”
Simple.. where the employee expects their recognition or reward to significantly change.
Not so simple if a business grows, the economy changes, or the labor market shifts. Sometimes, what was originally considered an unimportant role for easily-replaceable workers becomes much more important to the success of the business.
I’d like to see some sources on a claim like this, because I’m not sure it’s true.
Not if they refuse to leverage that experience and knowledge by insisting on being the same individual contributor doing the same role forever and never growing or adding additional value by LEVERAGING the gained experience in some way beyond what their prior role was.
Huh? Who’s wanting to get paid for existing? You totally lost me there.
