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Cabin
In the current economy, where there are not enough jobs, even for such places there are hundreds of applicant, who simply have no other choice. There are many companies who are taking advantage of the situation in order to pay even less as there will always be some desperate person who is in serious need of a job.
There is a shortage of skilled people at some positions nationwide which is why tech firms in particular want to loosen up visa requirements. It's a skill level, not a lack of jobs that are holding people down.
New research released Monday says nearly half of the nation’s recent college graduates work jobs that don’t require a degree.
Bassago
So what you're really saying is that American higher education sucks and we need to import our skilled workers from overseas. Somehow I don't think that's the problem.
"Maybe we should incentivize colleges to more accurately counsel students," Vedder told the Chronicle of Higher Education. "If you get a degree in business administration, you may not necessarily walk into a middle-class life. There's a good chance you may end up being a bartender."
You may not like H-1B Visas but Tech companies swear by them, stating they don't have enough qualified applicants. Others contend that H-1B Visas just lower overall wages and job opportunities for Americans.
Bassago
That's globalization for you IMO.
You make a good point about correctly choosing a career path, no argument there. Any help in that department would help
UndercoverJoe
Maybe we just need to stop shopping at Walmart. Walmart would be forced to close it's doors and their employee's could find better jobs somewhere else.
pavil
Cabin
In the current economy, where there are not enough jobs, even for such places there are hundreds of applicant, who simply have no other choice. There are many companies who are taking advantage of the situation in order to pay even less as there will always be some desperate person who is in serious need of a job.
Only for those jobs that aren't worth enough..... There is a shortage of skilled people at some positions nationwide which is why tech firms in particular want to loosen up visa requirements. It's a skill level, not a lack of jobs that are holding people down.
WeAreAWAKE
OK...I happened to read Walmarts numbers but don't have them in front of me...but these will be close. Walmart made 400 billion last year gross. The made 14 billion in profit. That comes to 3% profit. I Walmart gave every one of their millions of employees a $7000 annual raise...they wouldn't have made a cent. $7000 divided by 52 weeks then divided by 40 hours (full time employee) comes to a raise of $3.37 per hour. On top of a minimum wage of $7.25, that would raise all employees to $10.61 per hour.
So...if you raise each employee to $10.61 per hour, Walmart goes out of business. A business can't make nothing and stay in business. So it is your choice...keep employee pay at the current rate for millions and millions of employees...or...put them all out on the street with no job at all.
Which is your choice???
roughycannon
Do they not have an employee discount like most workplaces?
WeAreAWAKE
Walmart made 400 billion last year gross. They made 14 billion in profit. That comes to 3% profit. If Walmart gave every one of their millions of employees a $7000 annual raise...they wouldn't have made a cent. $7000 divided by 52 weeks then divided by 40 hours (full time employee) comes to a raise of $3.37 per hour. On top of a minimum wage of $7.25, that would raise all employees to $10.61 per hour.
So it is your choice...keep employee pay at the current rate for millions and millions of employees...or...put them all out on the street with no job at all.
Which is your choice???
Walmart’s 1.3 million workers won a big victory Monday when the National Labor Relations Board ruled that the retail giant had broken the law by firing and harassing employees who spoke out—and in some cases went on strike—to protest the company’s poverty pay and abusive labor practices.
The federal agency will prosecute Walmart’s illegal firings and disciplinary actions involving more than 117 workers, including those who went on strike last June as part of a growing movement of company employees. The ruling is likely to accelerate the burgeoning protest movement among Walmart employees, upset with low pay, stingy benefits, arbitrary work schedules and part-time jobs.