I understand the part about some people paying crap and then wondering why they can't get help. I know several people like that, cheap as crap, always complaining about their help, but don't pay a decent professional wage. Unfortunately, people still work for them. But the people who work for them seem to put up with it rather than continuing to look for work.
One person I've known got so fed up and left, immediately got a county job with benefits, higher wages, health insurance, and job security. If it wasn't for her having a fight with her employer and quitting in a huff, she never would have gotten that job. It seems that one of the only ways to get really rich is to have a lot of employees and pay them like crap. One can only hope there is a heaven and hell. --- petetheisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Madigan wrote: > > Anyone who is working for minimum wage isn't trying hard enough to find > > another job. > > Hi Michael! > > Around here all employers pay the same. It is above minimum, but it is > the same. All jobs are dumbed down so that anyone can do them. > > People who work here can never get far enough ahead to leave, and yet > they can't afford to stay either. Housing alone is taking up 3/4 of > their pay, even with husband and wife both working. If anyone in the > family has to have a doctor visit, they will have to file bankruptcy, > and many do that every year. > > If you call the employers on it they will say they "can't afford" to pay > more. They live in mansions, have people trimming their toenails, people > watching their kids in shifts - a nanny *and* a babysitter, people > cooking for them, serving their table, dressing them, driving their > cars, mowing their lawns, you name it, and they can't afford to pay > their people a little more. > > I worked for a guy one time who asked me to clock out at a certain time > and then continue working the rest of the day! He claimed I was making > more than he was, which, of course, was a lie. > > The preachers in church preach on the problem from time to time. The > richies sit right there in the pew and evidently think that the preacher > is talking about someone else! They don't even have the decency to look > uncomfortable. > > The problem is so bad that Florida enacted its own minimum wage a few > years ago, which raised the wages of thousands of people in our town. Of > course, the prices of life essentials instantly went up to absorb the > increase so it really didn't help that much anyway. The mass layoffs > predicted by the "economists" did not take place, however. > > If you aren't working in this town, you must be dead. Employers ask you > to work for them even if you aren't looking for work. The rich people > complain constantly that they can't find help, yet never think of > raising the wages. > > Regards, > > Pete > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
