Tricky Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 When I worked in retail, the most difficult positions to fill were cashiers and to a lesser extent shelf stackers. You need someone honest, reliable, accurate, numerate, pleasant and capable of withstanding mind-numbing boredom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewpot54 Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 You cant pay anyone less than the minimum wage but you can pay them more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbua Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 The minimum wage seems to becoming the maximum wage for lots of jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotPhil Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 The minimum wage seems to becoming the maximum wage for lots of jobs.Which is one of the problems of trying to control economics with such rigid measures I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewpot54 Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 The minimum wage seems to becoming the maximum wage for lots of jobs. Yes the employers seem to think the minimum wage is compulsory. Minimum means that the "least" you can pay employees but its not against the law to give a little bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotPhil Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I'm sure they'd argue that where an employee deserves more than minimum wage, they get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leg-end Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Why should super markets only pay the minimum wage/the profits they make are obscene. That is how to run a successful business, its not a charity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Ah but those taxes paid from the company profits ought to be going to fund other things we need, not wages. And is that fair on those companies who do pay good wages and in fact offer schemes like profit sharing? Like John Lewis? They pay taxes like say Virgin do, but do they get the same wage subsidy? John Lewis operates a completely different model i.e. that of a department store. Shop assistants are expected to have product knowledge, merchandising skills, customer care skills and to an extent, sales skills. They don't have seperate departments for each of the above as a specialist like B&Q would for instance. You're not comparing like with like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 That is how to run a successful business, its not a charity! Indeed it's not. But minimum wage = minimum motivation. The best business model is profit sharing across the board but directors and shareholders in general are far too greedy to adopt profit sharing. The John Lewis Partnership may be the best example but it's not the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 Indeed it's not. But minimum wage = minimum motivation. The best business model is profit sharing across the board but directors and shareholders in general are far too greedy to adopt profit sharing. The John Lewis Partnership may be the best example but it's not the only one. I've said earlier that the model for a department store is completely different. You're not comparing like with like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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