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Originally Posted by 724Skinsfan
Tell that to the single mom of 3 kids whose trash truck driving husband was killed in a random accident. Homemaker all her life with no education/skills. She's supposed to get a job earning higher than minimum wage because an employer believes she's not lazy? There are plenty of similiar situations in a recessed economic environment throughout the country.
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What you said may be true but I say its more of people not showing up or trying to advance themself in the job market.MY daughter with no job experience found her first job making $6.00 plus tips which made her hour wage around $9.00 and that was a Sonic's. The next summer she made $9.00 hour filing paper work and doing odd jobs for a Co. They asked her to work the next summer at $10.00 an hour. I'm not saying that a person might not start off at Min. wage but if they show up on time do their job they will not be making Min. wage very long. I have several friends who own fast food franchises and all start above min. wage and tell me its hard to find someone who will show up every day and do the job. The ones that do get a fast pay hike so they will stay around because they know that businesses are looking for dependable workers. One other example is a friend who has a framing (construction co) which he will play anyone who wants to work without job skills at $10.00. After two months if they work hard and will just learn some basic skills he will increase their pay to $13.00 and offer some health cov. He is willing to pick them up but he has a full time job finding people willing to give him a full days work and they soon are gone. I just don't see this as an issue of businesses not willing to pay but with them finding people worth paying a decent wage.