Re:It's not a labor shortage – it's a wage and workers right...
by smsm42 on Sunday September 05, 2021 @05:53PM
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> which may lead to higher quality products.
Or a lower quality products, because what you'd do if I slack off, fire me? No problem, I'll live off UBI for a while, then go to somebody who didn't fire me yet, there are a lot of places around.
> may attracts better talent
A lot of minimum-wage positions won't benefit from better talent - once minimal level of competency is reached, it's enough. Surely, a waiter could be a rockstar, probably - but most people, and most businesses, expect just not forgetting the orders, not dropping the food on the floor and not cursing out the customers, once it's there, there's not much monetary upside for the business from the better talent (of course, there are tips but that's different story).
> given that they become a significant expense.
Payrolls are already a very significant expense, especially in restaurant, etc. business. I don't think making them more expensive would change much.
Or a lower quality products, because what you'd do if I slack off, fire me? No problem, I'll live off UBI for a while, then go to somebody who didn't fire me yet, there are a lot of places around.
> may attracts better talent
A lot of minimum-wage positions won't benefit from better talent - once minimal level of competency is reached, it's enough. Surely, a waiter could be a rockstar, probably - but most people, and most businesses, expect just not forgetting the orders, not dropping the food on the floor and not cursing out the customers, once it's there, there's not much monetary upside for the business from the better talent (of course, there are tips but that's different story).
> given that they become a significant expense.
Payrolls are already a very significant expense, especially in restaurant, etc. business. I don't think making them more expensive would change much.