How Much Are You Truly Worth ..... As a productive member of the work force ..$12,266

**Moab** · 07-11-2011, 12:46 PM

Like the title suggest, you as a working person are you happy with your wages?

If your employer ask you t do a give back in wages and benefits so he or she could spend that money on upgrades and with those upgrades he or she may employ more people. Would you give take backs?

Lets say you work in grocery ... you make 9.50 per hour and only get 30 hours per week and your employer ... hummm ... lets say Safeway, ask for wage roll backs of 10% in order to hire more employees ... is this a reasonable request?

Would it be OK in your opinion to have your employer come to you directly and ask you to vote for tax cuts for him or would you find this offensive?

If your employer is Union in a non right to work state and that employer is doing well in this economic market but decides he can do better if he closes shop and moves to a right to work state and he ask you to make the move knowing you would take a pay cut lose most all of your health care but you are assured he or she will hire more employees and reduce the work week to keep them employed ... Would you do it?

If you are making 27,431 dollars per year today what would that have been in wages for the same job 30 years ago?

**Moab** · 07-11-2011, 04:39 PM

Appears ... none of you regulars here value yourselves very high.

**curtinsea** · 07-11-2011, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by Moab

Like the title suggest, you as a working person are you happy with your wages?

Never, I always want more . . . it's really not the money so much as it is how we keep score

If your employer ask you t do a give back in wages and benefits so he or she could spend that money on upgrades and with those upgrades he or she may employ more people. Would you give take backs?

Not likely. Plus this notion you seem to be putting forth about giving up some pay so that more people can have jobs is a socialist notion I can't get behind. What would be better is if the employer took out a line of credit and made those improvements, so that they could increase production, so there would be a need for more employees, and so that the company could go stronger.

Lets say you work in grocery ... you make 9.50 per hour and only get 30 hours per week and your employer ... hummm ... lets say Safeway, ask for wage roll backs of 10% in order to hire more employees ... is this a reasonable request?

No and it's not a realistic scenario either. If he were to say stop paying for medical insurance or some other perk like that, well I would have to consider the big picture before deciding what to do, but there is little chance that I would sit still for a reduction in real wages, period

Would it be OK in your opinion to have your employer come to you directly and ask you to vote for tax cuts for him or would you find this offensive?

he could ask, I might even tell him I would. shine job though

If your employer is Union in a non right to work state and that employer is doing well in this economic market but decides he can do better if he closes shop and moves to a right to work state and he ask you to make the move knowing you would take a pay cut lose most all of your health care but you are assured he or she will hire more employees and reduce the work week to keep them employed ... Would you do it?

of course not. reducing my hours to hire more people? communism to me. and no unless he was paying my moving expenses and offering me other incentives I would say good bye, it's been swell

If you are making 27,431 dollars per year today what would that have been in wages for the same job 30 years ago?

look that up yourself

**ItWasSooted** · 07-11-2011, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by Moab

Appears ... none of you regulars here value yourselves very high.

It is truly amazing how you can jump to this conclusion just because nobody replied to YOUR thread within ~4 hours. How about answering your own question honestly within this thread as well? Unless of course your statement above also applies for you.

**curtinsea** · 07-11-2011, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by curtinsea

What would be better is if the employer took out a line of credit and made those improvements, so that they could increase production, so there would be a need for more employees, and so that the company could go stronger.

Did I sound enough like a supply-sider for you?

**billynomates** · 07-12-2011, 07:21 AM

Instead of asking the workers why not ask the investors if they'd be happy to have 10% less return on their investment?

ps When possible I buy 'fairtrade' products.

**Moab** · 07-12-2011, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by ItWasSooted

It is truly amazing how you can jump to this conclusion just because nobody replied to YOUR thread within ~4 hours. How about answering your own question honestly within this thread as well? Unless of course your statement above also applies for you.

After a disastrous experience trying to get into Adventure Travel I reevaluated my life priorities and came to the conclusion to sell off all my business holdings and live the good life ... I'm very content playing golf and posting on this forum.

**Moab** · 07-12-2011, 09:00 AM

Ooh ... Curt just asking because those are the things employers do every day. And the answer is in the title ...$12,266 or 6.13 per hour at to days rate would that would be ... 13.72 per hour.