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Re:Firefighters are leaving the U.S. Forest Service for bett... by hardware2win on Monday July 17, 2023 @09:03AM (#36757772)
How about reasonable wage?
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Re:Firefighters are leaving the U.S. Forest Service for bett... by klyrs on Monday July 17, 2023 @09:31AM (#36758030)
Let's say "competitive total compensation." Because if you don't overcome that threshold, you get hiring and retention issues.
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Re:Firefighters are leaving the U.S. Forest Service for bett... by supertrope on Monday July 17, 2023 @09:54AM (#36758276)
Define reasonable in numbers
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Re:Firefighters are leaving the U.S. Forest Service for bett... by talldatethrow on Monday July 17, 2023 @03:36PM (#36762918)
Why don't we just make minimum wage $100 an hour?
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Re:Firefighters are leaving the U.S. Forest Service for bett... by klyrs on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @12:40AM (#36767870)
Because as you've described it, that wage won't scale with inflation. It sounds irresponsibly high now, but wait around and $100 in the future will sound like the $2.13/h + $30+/wk we have today.
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