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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
Yup. It is, but goodness knows we won't focus on that. They should be paying more because the company makes more.
I know that there are some companies that do pay more (COSTCO comes to mind) and are great with their benefits. Perhaps the people working for Amazon should work hard, get good references and try and get hired by companies like COSTCO that pay more. They are out there.
I want everyone to make a living wage but not all jobs are meant to be careers and pay the bills for a family or individual. Not all jobs are going to let people take nice vacations, buy the newest car, Iproduct, a house and a lot of other things. If you want those things, then do what you can to get yourself to a place where you can get those jobs. There is an element of individual responsibility that is missing from this picture.
Maybe instead of blaming Amazon or other companies for doing what they are suppose to do, maximize profit, we should take a longer look at why people drop out and find ways to help people graduate from high school or allow more kids to go to votech school and gain valuable skills that pay more or make junior college and college more affordable for folks. But that would cost more in taxes and require a certain amount of political pain and we don't want that so let's just go back to blaming the greedy corporations.
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Well my husband has a bachelors now and has yet to find anything that pays over $13 an hour here. He got a call last night from one of the recruiters for a job that is $10 an hour doing HVAC helper work. He went in this morning and she told him she is just testing him and ask will he work in this heat because most quit the first day because they can't handle it then she told him to call her back at specific time in afternoon to test if he really wanted the job. This jumping through hoops kept him from going to a temp to hire job that pays $13 an hour today. They are going to let him know in the morning if they still need someone for $13 hr job. The job market here is Raleigh is super tough and the process is well a little crazy. If Amazon offer him 12.50 for such a job I know my husband would jump on it so it irks me to hear someone whining about their job in this market and trying to make Amazon look bad in the process.