1. Nobody has even confirmed that the subcontractors are paid just "minimum wage".
2. Nobody has confirmed that an employee of a subcontractor just might be earning much less than the subcontractor (contract holder), because that employee is not paying for in his own:
- background checking,
- fingerprinting,
- bonding insurance,
- all other business insurance,
- vehicle, gas, tires, repairs,
- lawyer services for contract and other government red tape involved,
- workers' compensation premiums
- payroll check services and tax withholding and payment to state and federal revenue depts; and
- required medical insurance if the person works more than 30 hours per week.
3. Does anybody know what business "overhead costs" are, and how this affects what an employer can pay a non-skilled person to do a relatively simple job not in the sun, while still having enough to pay the bills and have some take-home pay???
4. If their pay is indeed minimum wage, I suggest they clean houses for the going rate of $20 per hour, on their own schedule. Most of us have our houses pretty clean on a daily basis and they don't have to deal with filth or hoarders if they choose not to.
5. I don't think anybody should be leaving a card "hinting" at a tip except the newspaper delivery people.
6. Are we supposed to tip the mechanics at the local mom and pop car mechanic shop when they put on our new tires that cost $700, or when they change our oil, because mom & pop have to pay less than a big dealership?
I'm sick of sanctimonious people judging others for not tipping everybody. I tip heavily as a former server and I'm going to tip my mail people.
Nobody here is qualified to judge the rest of us.
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