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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Not much of a counter strike.
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Not? If all you are obsessed about is a number per hour before taxes and before deductions, then maybe not. Getting paid includes benefits. Most people don't see past that number. You can make $2 more an hour and still come out short at the bottom line, because company A had great benefits that included 100% paid medical insurance, and company B lured people in by a higher pay AND monthly insurance payment of $400+ for family. Unfortunately to be competitive means a higher number per hour. The company I work for used to be 100% paid insurance (literally company A in above) and a new distribution center/warehouse (not Amazon) is company B. What my company did was to give everybody already hired in a $1.50 raise, but now we have to pay part of the insurance. New hires can be advertised a little bit higher than before, even though they don't get the extra $1.50. Only so it doesn't look like we weren't competetive in wages.
Benefits count.