2007-06-27 05:13:09 · 15 answers · asked by Angela L 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes. Pay should be reasonable. Hard labor should pay a lot more than minimum. Even McDonalds pays more than minimum wage.
2007-06-27 08:12:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As a smal business owner and employer, I will tell you that it's not about the subjectivty of how "Hard" the job is, it's about what kind of and amount of credentials does one need as well as how truly hazardous the job is. If all it takes is a high school education, I will pay far less than those that require a doctorate. Having taken that into account, it is also a matter of seniority. The longer you've been in my employment, the more likely I will pay you more. *hint* Minimum Wage was never intended to be a means of support, but rather a reasonable pay for a high school student learning what it is to have and hold down a job -- before life catches up with them and they acquire bills and a family.
Also, when my state raised its minimum wage last year, I was forced to raise the cost of our services. Raising minimum was pretty silly and myopic. I was forced to either raise our prices, let someone go or close up shop.. Any way it goes, it kind of negates the intent of raising minimum wage. It's not about beng a cheap skate, it's about surviving.
2007-06-27 12:24:05 · answer #2 · answered by Doc 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The current minumum wage is an embarresment to our culture and our society. We do not have socialized day care or medicine and the food stamp program (which most solitary minimum wage workers qualify for. If you can't feed yourself on a full time job, something is wrong) pays just dollars a day for groceries. In response to one of the comments, fast food work IS hard work. It's hot and fast paced and requires both people skills, multi-tasking and a great deal of quick decisions. Those who work these jobs are consistently over worked, undereducated, and generally minorities.
Many times in the debate small business owners are held up as the reason that the minimum wage should not be raised. My feeling (and my boyfriend is a small business owner) is that if you cannot afford to pay your employees and living wage, then the economy cannot support your business.
In most civilized countries the owner-employee debate is solved with a ratio. The employer or owner cannot make more than X times what his employees do. I wish this country could adopt this fair minded approach, and stop the slave labor that has crept back into our workplaces.
2007-06-27 12:30:15 · answer #3 · answered by godiva4850 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
if they are a good worker and you want to keep them around then you should pay them more than the minimum wage. I know if I had a job that only paid minimum wage I would always have my eye out for other opportunities because I know I'm worth way mor than minimum wage.
2007-06-27 12:17:05 · answer #4 · answered by fieryfox59 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. But if you are that person I hope for you that you work hard and that you get a raise soon.
I worked for minimum wage for many years until I started to waitress (then my "wage" was less than minimum wage and it was up to me to make up for it) and then went to college.
2007-06-27 12:23:09 · answer #5 · answered by Hockeyfan 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I do think that there is something wrong with paying someone the ridiculously low minimum wage. I think that paying somone less than $10.00 an hour is an insult. Anyone who is paying their employees less than 10. an hour, doesn't deserve to have dedicated, hard-working people working for them. It's like slavery, in my opinion. The price of everything else is going up! Salaries should go up too! Employers should not be so greedy and cheap. They won't keep good employees that way.
2007-06-27 12:19:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
No, that's what the minimum wage is for. If that's what you want to pay and thats what the guy wants to accept so be it! You want a real shock, look at our military troops and look at minimum wage. Most lowr enlisted ranks are making wages at Natinal Poverty level ($21,000 a year)!
2007-06-27 12:19:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, if the employees' experience and productivity merit a raise and the company is securely profitable, it is exploitative to pay the minimum wage.
2007-06-27 12:24:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The bad thing about a minimum wage is that when there is an increase, we all take a relative decrease in ours. Did my company increase mine by $2/hr? No.
2007-06-27 12:16:31 · answer #9 · answered by civil_av8r 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
i dont think anybody getting minimum wage is doing any hard work. is fast food really hard work? try working constuction 100 degrees out side in the sun all day
2007-06-27 12:17:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋