Just wanted to throw my .02 into this. I guess this is a sliding rule, taking into account inflation and all though. It's my philosophy though.
If someone is paid less than $10(US)/hour dont expect them to take the job seriously or give 100%. These days it is not possible to live off less. Your employer knows it as much as you do, and by extension they do not respect the employee by offering what is less than a living wage. I may need to take a job that pays less, but I would never respect the employer for the original insult of offering such a low wage. You get what you pay for. It's just a fact of life. jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary P. McNeel, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 7:00 PM Subject: RE: just when you think you've heard it all ... > You are so right Michael. Funny, this seems pervasive in other areas of > work. It used to be that it was okay to have a job like janitor or other > semi-skilled work and still get respect. I mean, at least you worked. It was > a valuable service. Now, if you are not degreed and carry an MBA, people > think you are incompetent. This country is slowly loosing the pool of > skilled people like machinists, etc. We need more respect for everyone that > works. Period. > > -Gary > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 9:48 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: just when you think you've heard it all ... > > > > > > That was an excellent article. Good discussion on the culture that > > exists in U.S. airport security. Poor training, low wages, little to no > > benefits, and being the butt of jokes all combine to demoralize these > > people and does not encourage others to want to work in security. Pay, > > in and of itself, is not the cause. It is only one factor in the > > equation. It is the combination of all of these things that creates the > > culture in which these people work. You didn't discuss that in your > > original post. Your only statement was a quip about the comparison to > > them and people who flip burgers and I was trying to point out that pay > > is not the only factor. Seeing that you sent this article, it appears > > as though you get that. > > > > However, there was not a single line in the article about how capitalism > > is to blame though. European countries all engage in capitalistic > > activities and they were being held up as examples of the way things > > should be done. Seems to me that capitalism isn't a significant reason > > either. > > > > Respectfully, > > > > Michael Corrigan > > Programmer > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
