” The only other thing that can kill it, is if the owner simply decides to pull the plug.”
That’s pretty much what happened. I had lost interest in the work.
It seemed like as good a time as any to move on to something else.
I had a couple if $15 an hour employees. That’s about the top out for that kind of work. Those were the skill positions.
Everybody else made around $11 which was about a dollar or two above average but it was worth it not to roll the crew over so much.
I don’t know how much MickyDs food costs in NYC. I would guess that it costs a little more than other places just because everything there costs a bit more.
I don’t know how anybody makes it anywhere on $8.50 an hour, and certainly not in NYC.
I’ll ask you the same question I asked upthread in another post.
In your opinion would it be wiser for MickyDs to raise the pay or to have them unionize.
And if they unionize will the MickyDs stay open?
I've been reading your comments(snarkybob) and you are an idiot. I don't believe you ever ran a business, I think you are a left wing troll spouting left wing talking points. To answer your stupid question. If McDs doesn't raise pay there is no guarantee that the workers will Unionize, it takes a bit of effort to do so.
However, if they did Unionize and demanded higher wages I would bet McDs in NYC would shut down, if they can't afford to raise the pay to 15 an hour now, what makes you think they could afford it if the workers unionized?
Your question is totally idiotic and self answering which is why no one else answered you on it. I decided to because I became tired of reading it in every other comment. Anyone with a brain(especially someone who claims to have owned a business) would never have asked such a stupid question to begin with.
Some jobs just aren't good paying enough for a person to comfortably support themselves with. Some jobs pay well enough to comfortably care for a family and home. That's simply the economics of any market.
You said that you used to pay some of your help $11 an hour. I don't care where you live in the US, that's not enough to feed, clothe, and house a family. Even a single person would have a very tough time making ends meet on that salary.
Now, did you owe it to those employees to pay them more than what their labor was worth in your market, just so they could be a bit more comfortable? No, you didn't, and because of the fair market rates for your company's products, I doubt there was anything left in your budget to pay them more.
You might as well tell your customers that they're paying you unfairly for your products, and demand a higher fee. You and I know that they'd look at you cross-eyed and give the job to a contractor who charges fair market value for his goods.
In your opinion would it be wiser for MickyDs to raise the pay or to have them unionize. And if they unionize will the MickyDs stay open?
Brother, this isn't rocket science. You were a business owner. What would have happened to you, if your employees had unionized, and forced you to pay them more? You probably would have gone broke and closed shop, because your customers certainly wouldn't have given you a dime more than what your products were worth.
Unions today do nothing but distort markets, destroy businesses, and jobs. Sometime I'll tell you how the Teamster's Union destroyed one of the best jobs I ever had. All because they wanted more pay for less work. There's only so much of that a company can take before they're bankrupted.