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Shoe plant workers get $20,000 bonuses
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Good for them. That is the kind of employer to have, one that is willing to share in the profit with the workers. It is afterall the workers that earned that profit.
Well now I have learned something new about eyelikeart. When were you in the shoe business?
Well now I have learned something new about eyelikeart. When were you in the shoe business?
I worked in retail for 5 years. I started out doing stock, worked my way to manager...selling shoes. I was Al Bundy.
It's good to hear that somewhere there's a company that is paying its workers what they deserve, instead of half what they need and giving the execs 50 times (literally) what any sane human being would for the job they do. Maybe they'll start a trend, though I doubt that.
I don't know what management in that company makes, but if more companies were run that way I have a feeling the US economy would be in much better shape than it is now.
I hope I'm not ranting off-topic, but here's an interesting article on the topic of paying laborers much more:
http://marshallbrain.com/etq-double.htm
(It oversimplifies, but basically it would require little more than stiffing overpaid executives to double the US minimum wage.)
I don't know what management in that company makes, but if more companies were run that way I have a feeling the US economy would be in much better shape than it is now.
I hope I'm not ranting off-topic, but here's an interesting article on the topic of paying laborers much more:
http://marshallbrain.com/etq-double.htm
(It oversimplifies, but basically it would require little more than stiffing overpaid executives to double the US minimum wage.)