| Zappykins said: I would rather see them make much more than minimum, but not raising the whole min wage. As that would restrict me from hiring people. There used to be restrictions that the person making the most at the company couldn't be like 15 times more than the lowest - Japan actually is closer to things like that. But the USA it can be closer to 5000+ as some top level managers give themselves HUGE bonuses. I think there should be restrictions on all publicly traded companies that the top and bottom person can't be like more than 20 times (more or less, but no higher than 50 times) what someone else in the company makes. They are all part of the same team, and the way it's set up looks more like the old Pharaohs in Egypt where the people that the top have more money than anyone could possibly ever need. Startbucks does a better job at giving full benefits, as does Cosco, Microsoft and In N Out Burger. Even Google gave it's all employes bonuses when it made a huge profit last year. It can be done and the company and still be mega successful. |
I have worked in the food industry for my entire career. Its easy work with onsite training that anyone can do. Since the economy has taken a turn for the worse the average age of employees at my restaraunt has risen as there are more college kids who cant find good jobs so now we hire them instead of highschool kids. People shouldn't be in the restaurant business for careers or for the rest of their lives unless they expect to own one someday. Its a basic job that requires basic skills, it should be used as a stepping stone for other jobs. With that being said, many managers and hard workers at fast food chains make good money and get benifits. I know I once thought of switching to working at McDs because they pay their managers well (and often managers end up buying franchises). If we take away all entry level jobs, how will people get into the job market? I have had many employees go on to get great jobs after college and showing that they held a job at a compnay for 3-6 years and worked well. In fact many got hired due to their commintent to working for us for a period of time anf not job hopping.
Edit: You mention starbucks, but it looks like their pay is similar to McD's, except that their managers probably make less due to McD's locations haveing greater revenue. Couldn't find the best info, but here is what i could find (i didn't log into it with facebook so i couldn't see all the numbers.
http://www.glassdoor.com/Hourly-Pay/Starbucks-Hourly-Pay-E2202.htm
http://www.glassdoor.com/Hourly-Pay/McDonald-s-Hourly-Pay-E432.htm
If you can find better info please let me know.
Edit 2: Sorry one more thought, if these workers get paid too much, they may just loose their jobs to machines. I know right now at my work we are getting ready to get some new equiptment to make and portion our pizza dough because its no longer cost effective to have emplyees do it. I am sure a company like McD's can get more things autopmated too. Its just their is no need yet.
