There is this trend that has been going on for quite a while now that if someone says they're underpaid everybody tells them to go look for better payed jobs. They even get called self-entitled and/or lazy. Is there any chance that people would snap out of this shitty herd thinking any soon?
Well, it's a bad economy with a lot of un-employment. If an employer CAN pay someone less, they WILL pay someone less.
I think the mentality is coming from the idea "You should be happy you are even employed at-all"
I can't say I fully disagree with this mentality, because there are a lot of people struggling.
Now, if what you're referring to is the minimum-wage debate... that's a different discussion.
I think it would be awesome if the minimum wage were higher, but I fear that raising the minimum wage will further alienate smaller businesses, causing them to fail, and further enticing large corporations to hire less people and hire illegal aliens.
I think the mentality is coming from the idea "You should be happy you are even employed at-all"
I can't say I fully disagree with this mentality, because there are a lot of people struggling.
Now, if what you're referring to is the minimum-wage debate... that's a different discussion.
I think it would be awesome if the minimum wage were higher, but I fear that raising the minimum wage will further alienate smaller businesses, causing them to fail, and further enticing large corporations to hire less people and hire illegal aliens.
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