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One of my daughter’s is a lower level retail department manager for a national book chain.

She earns $11 something an hour and gives 110% to her employer and more importantly to her customers. She manages the children’s department.

Several mothers have told her that they want to go see her at the bookstore. They know her name and seek her out for recommendations and to have some fun.

She brings tremendous value to the company. I know that she’s got the eye of the store management and hopefully regional management. Hopefully, her reputation might bounce her up to a different position with higher wages and responsibility. In the meantime, she’s on the stepping stone. That’s what entry jobs are supposed to be.

“In the meantime, she’s on the stepping stone. That’s what entry jobs are supposed to be.”

Exactly right. They were never intended to be lifetime jobs with which one could raise a family, but due to importing of millions of unskilled uneducated unassimilated third world democrat voters, that is just what has happened.

“She brings tremendous value to the company. I know that she’s got the eye of the store management and hopefully regional management. Hopefully, her reputation might bounce her up to a different position with higher wages and responsibility. In the meantime, she’s on the stepping stone. That’s what entry jobs are supposed to be.”

That’s wonderful. If she is that good and is adding value to the store, she will be rewarded for her work ethic.

One of my daughter’s is a lower level retail department manager for a national book chain. She earns $11 something an hour and gives 110% to her employer and more importantly to her customers. She manages the children’s department. Several mothers have told her that they want to go see her at the bookstore. They know her name and seek her out for recommendations and to have some fun. She brings tremendous value to the company. I know that she’s got the eye of the store management and hopefully regional management. Hopefully, her reputation might bounce her up to a different position with higher wages and responsibility. In the meantime, she’s on the stepping stone. That’s what entry jobs are supposed to be.

It sounds like she is very good at what she does and she enjoys it. The real question is does she WANT to go higher than she is? Perhaps she is happy doing exactly what she is doing and she is providing a service that keeps the customers happy and coming back for more? I am a capitalist and believe everyone should have the opportunity (by their own means and hard work, not given to them) to do exactly what they want and earn all they can...if that's what they want. Perhaps it's my experiences but I have been on the promotion path in several positions I've had in my career, some to executive level positions, but I can honestly say some positions that paid the most, cost me the most, too, in intangibles and tangibles...family, time, peace of mind,even health, etc. I have also had positions where my earnings were very good but what I felt like I was contributing to others/society was worth more than I could ever earn. As my children are entering their earning years and raising families my wish for them is to enjoy what they do and make a difference in their lives and the lives of others...if that rewards them handsomely in $$, so be it, if it rewards them in different ways, then so be it.