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1. See sometimes you just cant make all happy.

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This CEO gave his lowest-paid employees huge raises and it made some people angry [View all] Agschmid Aug 2015 OP

See sometimes you just cant make all happy. Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #1

Wage compression, even my employees are having issues as we raise wages. Agschmid Aug 2015 #2

Wage compression or the need for some humans Fawke Em Aug 2015 #4

It's likely a bit of both, but it's interesting to see. Agschmid Aug 2015 #6

I just can't imagine. Fawke Em Aug 2015 #8

The only legit gripe. . . Springslips Aug 2015 #42

Idiots. Fawke Em Aug 2015 #3

Always got to have someone to look down on... Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #5

Boo freakin hoo flobee1 Aug 2015 #29

Exactly. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #31

Good ole American greed. Hoyt Aug 2015 #7

Pay is an emotional issue. Ilsa Aug 2015 #9

and how do you know that the ones on the low end of the scale niyad Aug 2015 #49

I don't. But that was an assumption made by Ilsa Aug 2015 #62

+1 Alfalfa Aug 2015 #53

Interesting. SheilaT Aug 2015 #10

I could see the salary structure working against them in negotiating with a new employer. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2015 #11

+1 Alfalfa Aug 2015 #61

I worked at a company tha didn't pay all that mucht hollysmom Aug 2015 #12

What's annying to me is sometimes you have to leave and come back to make more $$$. Agschmid Aug 2015 #14

Ha I have friends that did that,. hollysmom Aug 2015 #23

Was he just looking to lower the inequality between him & the peons? X_Digger Aug 2015 #13

I know.That sucks. They could eat every day. Or send their kids to college. Here you were jtuck004 Aug 2015 #15

Busting my ass, while Jimmy-finger-up-his-nose over there surfs porn all day.. X_Digger Aug 2015 #22

You are so busy yet have time to stick your higher-paid nose into Jimmy's biz? jtuck004 Aug 2015 #24

Lol, you haven't a clue about life in a modern fishbowl office, have you? X_Digger Aug 2015 #37

But you are showing how selfish you are. All this time you have been getting paid more than women jtuck004 Aug 2015 #44

Keep your fingers out of my mouth. My words come out just fine without help. X_Digger Aug 2015 #47

If you've been working so hard, then you shouldn't have had enough energy kcr Aug 2015 #70

Second verse, same as the first. X_Digger Aug 2015 #76

Pure projection. Some people don't care about everyone else's business kcr Aug 2015 #81

I see you've never actually worked a bullpen. X_Digger Aug 2015 #83

I'm not surprised you'd jump right to a conclusion kcr Aug 2015 #85

The idiot on the cell phone in line with you in the grocery store talking about his follicles.. X_Digger Aug 2015 #86

You don't hear me advocating for the grocery store to reduce his groceries kcr Aug 2015 #87

I'm just wondering how you can ignore the blather around you, if, as you say, you've worked bullpens X_Digger Aug 2015 #89

I do think he can pay his employees as he sees fit. Bonx Aug 2015 #27

Some folks seem to think that makes you a terrible person... Positrons Aug 2015 #32

People who have a bias against lower paid workers may not be the worst in the world kcr Aug 2015 #71

so all the ones on the lower end of the scale are lackluster niyad Aug 2015 #50

You're the second person to pull words out of my mouth that I didn't say. Stop that. X_Digger Aug 2015 #60

and I give 0/10 for trying to pretend that you did not say what is clearly there in print for niyad Aug 2015 #68

Yes, those with reading comprehension can see exactly what I wrote, without edits. X_Digger Aug 2015 #74

keep trying. niyad Aug 2015 #75

I don't have to. You're the one making an intimation. Please continue, governor. n/t X_Digger Aug 2015 #77

I understand what you are saying, X_Digger Skittles Aug 2015 #94

Reminds me of a couple of things: freshwest Aug 2015 #16

I read this and I knew there would be issues but I knew he meant well. LynneSin Aug 2015 #17

When we raise the minimum as a country it's going to be interesting to see how we... Agschmid Aug 2015 #18

If we go to $15/hr that's $31,2000 a year which is is a nice bump from $15,080 (7.25) LynneSin Aug 2015 #38

yup melm00se Aug 2015 #43

And that's America's problem right there. HughBeaumont Aug 2015 #67

So what's stopping her from going to McDonald's for all that easy money? frylock Aug 2015 #88

Feelings hurt vs. giving more money to meet the costs of food/rent/meds? valerief Aug 2015 #19

cry me a river 4dsc Aug 2015 #20

This. hifiguy Aug 2015 #55

I'm curious to know how long the low wage earners had been working for the company. nt threethirteen Aug 2015 #21

Another point about wages and pay scales. SheilaT Aug 2015 #25

Interesting. a la izquierda Aug 2015 #33

In the airlines, everyone made pretty much the same, SheilaT Aug 2015 #39

You think their is howling now about that, wait till the folks that make $15 to $20 an hour... virginia mountainman Aug 2015 #26

The CEO could have done it differently if he had not wanted media attention SoCalDem Aug 2015 #28

Why are people mean spirited like this gollygee Aug 2015 #30

exactly Go Vols Aug 2015 #69

I have a PhD and won't see $70000... a la izquierda Aug 2015 #34

Yup. Agschmid Aug 2015 #41

This guy is acting emotionally and not rationally. TM99 Aug 2015 #35

one 26 year old w 5 year there elehhhhna Aug 2015 #36

He should gave given everyone a raise. geek tragedy Aug 2015 #40

"they worried that they'd now face pressures for higher wages from their own employees" Lizzie Poppet Aug 2015 #45

Interesting Bettie Aug 2015 #46

sadly, that attitude is no longer surprising niyad Aug 2015 #51

People have become small Bettie Aug 2015 #58

The fact is some people have taken steps to earn more money. Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #52

Why not? kcr Aug 2015 #72

Where is the motivatuon to try harder? Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #73

What is it any business of yours? kcr Aug 2015 #79

That education costs money and time mythology Aug 2015 #65

As assumption that people who make less than 70K a year Bettie Aug 2015 #66

That's the US class war in a nutshell. Marr Aug 2015 #48

Fascinating look into human stupidity. DirkGently Aug 2015 #54

+1. This guy does something positive and gets crud for it. Makes no sense. Hoyt Aug 2015 #56

Excellent observations Populist_Prole Aug 2015 #57

Excellent Bettie Aug 2015 #59

That Is Crazy erpowers Aug 2015 #64

One of the studies ... DirkGently Aug 2015 #92

I believe you now, but wouldn't have before this thread. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #80

This. tenderfoot Aug 2015 #82

But . . . always remember . . . . HughBeaumont Aug 2015 #95

Ahh, it never gets old. Fla_Democrat Aug 2015 #63

Resentment KT2000 Aug 2015 #78

instead of keeping up with the joneses noiretextatique Aug 2015 #84

The problem appears to have been more emotional than economic. livingonearth Aug 2015 #90

It will be interesting to see how this pay system works long term goldent Aug 2015 #91

ABC World News Tonight Totally Misrepresented This Story erpowers Aug 2015 #93