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Originally Posted by Art cov
If one is worth $15 or $20 an hour, most businesses would gladly pay the wage if a person is worth it. A good worker is hard to find. Hard to find those who will show up and hustle. I would much rather pay $15 or $20 then $10. Try hiring 10 people and see how long they will last. The fact is those that are not worth $15 an hour will be out of a job. I have paid employees $20 an hour, but those folks would do 3 times as much work in a week then the lazy ones. The market will pay what a person is worth and if they think that they should be paid more then go find that job. Employers are tired of lazy people who can’t get on the job, or full of drama, and find every excuse to not work. Pay them what their worth and if their not worth it, let them go.
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I don't disagree at all, it's just that sometimes that is very difficult to do. For a number of years I hired individuals for positions in public schools, from teaching to class room assistants, from custodians to clerical people. It was extremely difficult to hire and KEEP good class room assistants for the teaching staff. They were paid minimum wage as per the union dictates. Since they were not highly paid, many thought nothing of picking up personal packages, making trips to the post office, even picking up dry cleaning and dropping off checks to pay utility bills, all on paid time. Yet, I was forbidden to raise the wages of those assistants who went out of their way to help the classroom teachers, who often stayed long hours with no hourly wages, to get ready for a special event for parents or the community. In other words, when every one must be treated "evenly", "fairly as some call it", there is no incentive to excel, to go the extra mile as you pointed out. Everyone was still going to make $8 an hour, and the chances of loosing your job for doing personal errands on paid time ? No possibility ! The time and effort, plus the amount of taxpayer MONEY put into doing background checks and then paid training hours required to instill the skills needed to work with young students, guarantees job security. It's ALL INSIDE the individual, some will always give their all and do their best and more. Others will get by with as little as possible. It's in every setting, from hospitals to schools, from restaurants to factory floors. It's a difficult quality to "screen" for. Most individuals are able to pass personal interviews and convince the interviewer they are dedicated, hard working, individuals who would never attempt to "cheat" their employer out of the time the paid for.
As the write above pointed out, it takes a good sized pool of individuals to find a few responable individuals, and when you do, you "should" (but can't always) be able to reward them with higher wages; if only as an example to others that hard work and dedication does pay off ! A "chart" or "agreement", that gives the specific amount you will be paid each hour and for each year of work for an organization, regardless of your "hustle" as the writer above called it, only guarantees mediocre performance from "some" (never ALL) folks, while others will always give 125%, rather they are having a "bad hair day or a migraine day". Never could find a way around that in my personal administrative experience. From the CEO and CFO, to the support workers, incentives, in the form of $$$'s, work ! It's a powerful motivator, just profuse "thanks" are not always enough.