Minimum wage employees

[Brian Turner]

I don't know about anyone else, but I personally consider the use of minimum wage employment to be nothing better than a way of creating low morale, lower productivity, lower value products, and damaging the overall profit potential of a company. In my opinion, a lot of companies employ at minimum wage levels because they are too busy bean counting, rather than hold any real wider vision that includes employees, and their potential to increase a company's profitability.

However, is this a supportable statement?

[bizal]

Sorry Brian but Im not sure I will be looked on ina good manner after this but!!!

Min wage problems:

1: does not take into account performance paid work, commsion only ( yes burger flippers with attidute) sales people etc.
2: When you have to provide a min wage that is an increase on thier existing salary the person who earns a bit more wants to keep earning more than them so wants a pay rise and this riples all the way up.

So I would like to see it the other way i.e. very very small basics and paid on performance to the greatest extent possible.

3: if people are underpaid MOVE JOB and get a better wage for the same thing.

[Brian Turner]

Heh, there's nothing wrong with having a different opinion.

My concern is principly one of morale - a company with good morale as being more efficient. We constantly hear about how many working days are lost due to people lying about being ill - but if they really enjoyed their job in the first place would someone really be so eager to ring in sick? And that's just one issue where I think decent pay can work to have a very obvious effect. I'm sure there are more.

[JamesSmith]

Lots of ways to increase company morale, you dont have to just increase wages.

Increase paid holidays, make lunch longer, make the working enviorment more appealing etc.

[Brian Turner]

Indeed - pay alone isn't the answer.