Nick speaking....
Now rather than being able to keep 9 full time drivers on staff, i have to fire 3 and pick up 4 part timers. Ignorance just cost 3 people thier jobs... I sure hope Tyrone the crack head, Jim Bob grease monkey, Irene the unwed mother of 9, and Lashusha the corner worker are happy with thier 6.85/hr jobs because 3 responsible fathers just lost thier 15/hr jobs. T
Thats the problem with people... everyone only thinks of themselves.. noone cares about the collective or who they are dragging down just so they can come off of food stamps and welfare and live a life of squalor all on thier own. I cant say i agree with people trying to support families with hourly wage jobs is something i agree with, but why ruin 3 families lives so that 4 can bring in less in a year than a responsible person is paying in rent? I guess raising the weekly salary $68 is enough to throw good people to the wolves.
Watch what happens to the cost of food... especially cheese, chicken, and pork. And watch what happens to your future TV when Walmart has to pay little Susan 6.85 to run that cash registar instead of 6.25. Your labor percentage x average labor crew $ hr, is a direct reflection of your overall labor yield (business owners will understand this), and unless you raise your yield to support the percentage lbr$hr by increasing price of product, you have to cut out the lbr$hr... the only way to do that is to fire people.
Im so glad greedy people are smart
BTW, the best way to get a riase is to WORK HARD AND GET PROMOTED. School is good, but working your way from hourly to salary is faster and easier lol.
Example:
My little sister - 5yrs at Athens + school debt = teaching degree & 25-28k/yr
Me - 4yrs in a restaurant + lots of hard work = My own store & 36k/yr +bonuses, benifits, stock options, further advancement opertunity + 1yr jump on my next promotion landing me 60-70k, company car, more stock, and bonuses than you can shake a stick at.
Call me old fashioned, but theres no replacement for hard work and ambition, and no school can teach you that.