Sears has another chance to avoid closing down

Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by daveFNbuck on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @11:43AM (#18856914)

Paying employees more is supposed to work because it results in employees who do their job better. It seems Sears just increased the pay without increasing the expectations. I avoid Sears because when I go, despite there being no customers, the place is a mess and I can't find anyone to help me.

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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by bluedino on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:06PM (#18857159)

Sounds like the government

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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by hgq on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @11:45AM (#18856936)

>Paying employees more is supposed to work because it results in employees who do their job better.

I'm sure above certain threshold, which is probably low, raising wages doesn't make employees do their job any better.

In other words, unless you pay your workers literally peanuts, they will do the same job more or less.

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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by XMPPwocky on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @11:56AM (#18857049)

So all executive salaries should be capped at, say, a low six-figure amount, and bonuses should be eliminated? Interesting proposal.

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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by kortilla on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:19PM (#18857283)

You have to pay the market rate for the people you want. The point is that going above that rate probably won’t get anything more out of them other than maybe retention.

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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by XMPPwocky on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @01:16PM (#18857872)

So, more productive / friendly workers don't command a higher wage?

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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by monetus on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @11:48AM (#18856965)

You meant figurative peanuts right? That is what a lot of people get paid in retail.

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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by smileysteve on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @12:26PM (#18866637)

> I'm sure above certain threshold, which is probably low, raising wages doesn't make employees do their job any better.

This is a known study

> In other words, unless you pay your workers literally peanuts, they will do the same job more or less.

Welp, nope, this deviates from the study; The "drive" study suggests that wages need to satisfy their needs, give them cushion, be at or above their peers.

For the most part, "happiness" in the U.S.A. starts at 50% more than the average salary ($50k).

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Re:Sears has another chance to avoid closing down by baddox on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @12:29PM (#18857403)

I think part of the point is that you pay more money to attract different people who will perform better, or to encourage people to stay at the job longer (and thus get better at it).

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