• CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 hours ago

    They actually want people to quit. The problem is the wrong people are quitting.

    Not paying people a proper wage is such a short sight view but when all you care about is the next quarter, kind of makes sense.

    • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      23 minutes ago

      The kind of people who leave because they’re dissatisfied with their employer are the ones who more easilly find jobs elsewhere, and those are generally the most competent and/or in higher demand hence harder to find replacements for.

      Whilst there is a subset of highly competent and in high demand people who just stick with their employer no matter what (be it because they’re highly adverse to change or just fearful), in my experience those tend to spent most of their professional career in one or two employeers and professionally suffer from the problem of “never having seen more than one way of doing things” so are IMHO (and as far I could see when I crossed paths with such people) limited in how far they can grow as professionals because they only really know one or two styles of working environment.

      That said, “modern” management is short-termist and doesn’t invest in people, so they repeatedly short-change and generally shaft people for the sake of their own next bonus, in the process losing the capabilities for competitive advantage versus the competition or merely mid and long term efficiency.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      12 hours ago

      The problem is the wrong people are quitting.

      Ah, the Dead Sea Effect. Ever a learning opportunity.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      Yeah, some employers are stupid like that, but any with the brains of a hamster can see that a revolving door is costly.

      Unemployment insurance for example. I can only speak to Florida, but for each new hire the company has to pay in $7,500 (this is old data, haven’t been in the payroll game for 6-years). Once that’s covered for the year, GTG. Replace that employee? Clock starts again.

      Again on unemployment, if a company is getting hit with tons of unemployment claims, their rate goes up. And no, the company is not directly paying your claim anymore than they directly pay for a worker’s comp injury. The insurance pays it and their rates go up accordingly.

      Anyway, I guess shit employers have figured in these costs and find that shit wages benefit them. On paper. Back to worker’s comp; Isn’t it better to retain experienced employees that know how to work safely?! We can all come up with 1,000 other examples of experienced employee’s labor being worth far more than the new guy’s work.

      Every company I’ve known or worked at that paid fair wages was rock and roll in their industry. LOL, you should hear me go off about Quik Trip. Imagine making a career out of a gas station job. People do and those people make bank.

      • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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        12 hours ago

        Unemployment insurance for example.

        Most states only give unemployment benefits if you’re let go, not if you quit in most circumstances.