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Come on, it's incredibly disingenuous to suggest that all folks living paycheck-to-paycheck don't have a valuable skill set. It's also incredibly offensive and elitist, too.
If it's so valuable, why are they living paycheck-to-paycheck? I'd say that their skillset is defacto not valuable enough for their wellbeing.
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It is a LONG standing dominant philosophy in US business that "morale" is pretty much the last thing to be concerned with. Someone not working well? Get rid of them and replace them with someone better. This has been going on for generations, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's taught all day long, every day, in every business school in the nation.
"Put that coffee down!! Coffee's for closers only."
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Conventional wisdom? Or "common sense?" It's too common to be sauna talk.
It is not something taught at any reputable business school.
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Worker wages could go up without increasing the cost of a burger (or other food item), it would just mean the owners make less money per sale. If the decreased stress leads to Burger King workers being more productive (and/or more pleasant to customers), that could mean more sales and more money for everyone involved.
Restaurants are notoriously low margin businesses, I doubt there’s much room to move up in wages, which is also their greatest cost.
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Restaurants are notoriously low margin businesses, I doubt there’s much room to move up in wages, which is also their greatest cost.
"Low margin" is relative. If the owner is taking home more money than the employees, there's room to shift things. I would bet quite a lot that most Burger Kings are in that position.
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> but posting a roundabout directly goes (I believe) against HN policy Not true; it has long been customary for people to share paywall workarounds in the comments, and the moderators welcome/encourage it.
Comments yes, not as posts (possibly).
But some sites like The Information now have paywall passthrough arguments you can add to the URL, and they seem to be fine.
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What your casual elitism disregards is that people who actually do the work can have different ideas, especially related to the work they are doing. Put another way, since they have a different perspective than the higher-ups, they are sometimes able to find potential efficiencies and product improvements that wouldn't occur to others. Additionally, front-line workers can see real problems with how customers experien…
A CEO only has to be right 51% of the time to be successful.
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Come on, it's incredibly disingenuous to suggest that all folks living paycheck-to-paycheck don't have a valuable skill set. It's also incredibly offensive and elitist, too.
If it's so valuable, why are they living paycheck-to-paycheck? I'd say that their skillset is defacto not valuable enough for their wellbeing.
I use a book called "first break all the rules" It is also based on gallup data. They determined that employee happiness was not correlated to company success. They did find that the following questions in order were highly correlated to company success. 1. Do I know what is expected of me at work? 2. Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right? 3. At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I…
I use a book called "first break all the rules" It is also based on gallup data. They determined that employee happiness was not correlated to company success. They did find that the following questions in order were highly correlated to company success. 1. Do I know what is expected of me at work? 2. Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right? 3. At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I…