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Originally Posted by Minte
The lowest starting wage that my business offers is $9.50. After 90 days it rises to $10.00. In 2012 we gave raises twice. We have skilled labor making over $24.00 per hour. We have a number of people in middle management making 60k + and top level management making 6 figures. That does not include the cost of health,dental,death and work comp insurances.
We also give no interest loans to employees after they have been with us a year. Up to $700. They can pay that back over a year. We have never been stung on one.
As far as the argument goes to whether the minimum should be raised. I haven't ever seen a benefit to having employees struggle. I hope there is no one in our organization that is receiving food stamps or assistance.
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YOU know how to run a business. I always did seem to love your posts. I can't imagine what it must cost you to provide all of those bennies for everyone, though. It makes me scared and afraid to imagine!! That said, in your place I'd do the same thing. I believe in taking care of people who take care of me. I always did.
I've never been on your level but I was partnered up with this guy one time and he always hired cheap idiots. One of them tried to run off with a truck, some never showed up, still others did the opposite of what he told them, no one did any work. I hired a couple of morons for TWO MORE DOLLARS per hour and actually found some real work.
Then after they worked their asses off for us I gave them an extra $50 and some beer and cigarettes. By the time I was done, sure I was paying them $14 vs. the $7 my partner always tried to pay people but we were making thousands more and we didn't have to do everything ourselves. Plus- those men would have m*rdered someone for me
My father taught me that. The black people in neighborhoods he was working didn't receive white people well, at all. What does my father do? He hires some of the biggest blackest guys he can find and he takes GOOD care of them. By the time he's done he's making a god damned fortune and his men were loyal like you would not believe. So instead of being bitter about black people don't like me, he ends up finding out how loyal they are to people who don't fuck them over
Turning a bad situation into good is not always impossible and greed is never profitable. These business that don't take care of people never get anywhere - except for mega corporations which have cooperation of the government (they get to be unstoppable)