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07-23-2021 06:33 PM
@CrazyDaisy I don't think employers should expect employees to cover their losses. The government is providing numerous programs with assistance for employers. So they don't need to squeeze employees. So yes, we disagree.
07-23-2021 08:21 PM
@NYCLatinaMe wrote:
@CrazyDaisy I don't think employers should expect employees to cover their losses. The government is providing numerous programs with assistance for employers. So they don't need to squeeze employees. So yes, we disagree.
Think you may have misunderstood what I am saying. After more than a year of huge losses, many businesses are still not making a profit. They need employees in order to even stay in business. So employees are not covering their losses, they are trying to keep them open. This is mutually beneficial for all.
If you think these government assistance programs are helping most of these businesses you are sadly misinformed. Just need to follow the money....and the businesses that need it are not getting it.
07-23-2021 10:31 PM
Another easy target to complain about about all of us who: buy stuff we don't need; support China; take no time to complain to legislators about how their money is spent; don't care what companies throw away "charity" wise of our money and take tax deductions for it; spend more money on pet food than charity, and I could go on.
I have a very sad view of a lot of the "charity" activities in this country because I think it is more for advertising than helping people, and letting a lot of people in rural America go hungry and without education because they aren't fashionable to help.
So when people get upset about how some gazillion aire spends some money, I get irritated because so many who need help don't get our attention. You have to be in need in the right places in this country or nobody gives squat about your situation.
I will put away the soap box and apologize if I have offended because my intent is simply to say that we (including me) spend a lot of thought and effort on stuff that doesn't really matter. I have not have a great day, and I am angry about something I can't do anything about and I guess this is my frustration.
07-23-2021 10:34 PM
Here's an excerpt of a story about one segment of the work world.
Read the entire article : CNN Business 7/23/2021 ("People are just walking out in the middle of shifts': What it's like to work in the restaurant right now).
Workers interviewed by CNN Business said they're struggling in the short-staffed environment. Servers are stepping into other roles as overworked back-of-the-house employees quit, and sometimes seeing their tips ebb as they scramble to keep up with the new responsibilities. Fed-up colleagues sometimes quit in the middle of their shifts.
Very informative, timely and eye opening. This is not a black and white situation we're in.
07-23-2021 11:42 PM
I was very much more interested in Wally Funk than Jeff Bezos; he has had more than enough attention IMO.
07-24-2021 12:32 AM
@Duckncover At least give Bezos credit for finally giving Wally the opportunity that she was denied because of her gender.
07-24-2021 12:54 AM
If what you claim were true, you wouldn't have opened this thread. It's clearly labeled Jeff Bezos.
07-24-2021 10:26 AM
@CrazyDaisy It is not for the employees to accept poverty wages and harsh working conditions to help their employers make money. If employers can't make it paying fair wages and treating their employees well, then maybe they should do something else.
07-24-2021 10:46 AM
It's up to the employees to decide to accept or reject what's on offer. The employer is free to do what's in the best interest of his business. If he can't retain employees with the wages and work load he offers, he will need to make changes.
Everyone involved is responsible to look out for themselves.
07-24-2021 01:03 PM
If you look up the average salary in states it varies wildly. Cost of living and how people live varies wildly as well.
So minimum wages can't be expected to be the same from state to state in my mind. It simply does not reflect the standard of living or the economy.
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