Ben Rhoades wrote:
At 03:18 PM 12/7/2004, Brian Siano wrote:
So the yardstick we're using for determing pay scales is the _intent_ of the employee to make the job a career.
As for your comment that "many of the problems are people believing that their job at Wal-mart should be something to support their family," well, that's amazingly stupid. That's why most people have jobs in the first place-- otherwise, we'd be spending time with our spouses and kids.
Wow, you must have had a great childhood as you did not have a job during high school and/or college? All the ones I had were not things I would expect to support a family on. They were to minorly off-set loans and give me a little spending cash. I can't believe you don't believe there is a difference between a job and a career.
The difference here is mainly the employee's regard for the position. This is not something any reasonable person would want to base social policy on.
But bear in mind that many people _do_ get jobs in high school and college to support a family, or at least, a child. But I'll grant that the main reason people get jobs is to be able to survive in our society. One needs money for food, shelter, and much more.
As for my childhood, let's ask about your adult life. All the jobs you've had were just to make small offsets in paying off loans and a little spending cash? Where'd the rest of it come from-- family inheritance? Trust fund? Lucky investments?
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