On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 23:51:48 -0500, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:47:26 -0500, Ralph Mowery
wrote:

In article ,
says...

Sometimes the minimum skilled jobs are really necessary and should pay
more. Take the garbage collection. Not much skill to drive the truck
and pick up the cans.

Bad example They could be making $40,000-$70,000 a year depending on
where they are, plus bennies.




It does all depend on where one lives. I would guess that in some
cities of California or New York the 40 to 70 thousand may put one on
the lower pay scale. Where I live that would be a very good paying job.
The average wage is mostly under $ 18 per hour.

What is difficult is that I guess many things cost the same in all parts
of the country not counting the homes and taxes.

It used to be that grocery stores around here hired people from 16 to 20
years old to stock the shelves and bag groceries. We even carried them
to the cars and put them in the cars. Now there are some that just
operate the cash registers and put the groceries in the bags. The fast
food places hired the same age group for most of the jobs. Now those
jobs are taken over by grown ups that are trying to make a living at it.

From what they are saying if the wages go up very much the fast food
places will soon go to a vending machine type operation. More jobs lost
to automation.
Minimum wage is $14.25 in Ontario and the fast food restaurants are
still doing fine (barely surviving through COVID but not due to wage
costs) A McDonalds "manager" makes about $32000 a year. Student
minimum wage is $12.75?
Average fast food worker pay is $15 an hour in Canada. (not enough)
Tim Hortons starts at about $14.25. Dairy Queen pay's $15. Wendy's
pays $15.73 for a "shift manager".

That is a big part of the problem. Bumping up the minimum wage does
not lift all boats. It just compresses the wage scale. If the raise
from being a starting fryer cleaner, floor mopper to shift manager is
only 73 cents it makes it hard to motivate your employees to get
better and your turnover rate is horrendous. That "$32,000 a year
manager" is probably exempt and works way more than 40 hours a week
for a straight salary, not hourly, making his "$16 an hour" actually
less than the floor mopper makes.