While I agree that america has an obesity problem and open borders aren’t helping in the smarts department I think if the owner of Home Depot wants better workers he should pay more.
if the owner of Home Depot wants better workers he should pay more.
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Nail on head.
“I think if the owner of Home Depot wants better workers he should pay more.”
He is the founder, not the owner. He retired 10 years ago. He’s merely commenting.
Maybe you should volunteer to pay them more for the stuff you buy there. If the item is $9 then you should pay them $15. Then they can pay their workers a “living wage” and you can feel better about yourself.
Our home Depot is paying in the high teens around here.
Menards (a home Depot with more lumber) pays less. No idea what lowes pays they closed years ago.
"Paying more" is not the issue. It is how one is treated with respect as a valuable component of a successful business that counts. A lot of this is the attitude instilled in the training of overseers for the allocation of tasks. Supervisors at every level invariably display the attitude of the business owner (the three-finger rule). The "pay" issue solves itself when (overall) the employee is respected even from the moment he/she is being interviewed for an opening.
If not, then you will see cumulative force will occur through unionization, which NEVER solves the "pay" issue. Democrats thrive on this fracturing of the employment scene, which always gets worse, not better.