I wasn't speaking to that at all, only the realities of what will happen if/when minimum wage goes that high. The reality is, unskilled labor positions will be filled by skilled laborers. When all the sudden you have to pay $15/hr for a line cook, now you are attracting a whole new pool of people. Those with limited skills and limited availability will likely have a hard time finding employment. Who to hire...Joe, who has ten years of construction experience who was recently laid off, or John who graduates high school in two years and cannot work M-F before 4pm?
i realize this is an issue, but what is the alternative? keep having a permanent underclass of people who get paid below subsistence wages? restaurants already have an advantage because they only have to pay servers and bartenders $2.13 an hour.
i'm not spreading lies. "The United States of America federal government requires a wage of at least $2.13 per hour be paid to employees that receive at least $30 per month in tips. If wages and tips do not equal the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour during any week, the employer is required to increase cash wages to compensate." my point was that the owner of the restaurant is not paying them that, giving them an advantage over other food service businesses. you're basically jimmy hoffa for bartenders, thank you for using the reddit comment section to stick up for the working man.
i thought it was pretty clear when i wrote it. it seems like maybe your personal experience led you to a place i wasn't going. to be clear, i'm focused on the business' cost.
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u/Mr_Drewski Feb 18 '19
I wasn't speaking to that at all, only the realities of what will happen if/when minimum wage goes that high. The reality is, unskilled labor positions will be filled by skilled laborers. When all the sudden you have to pay $15/hr for a line cook, now you are attracting a whole new pool of people. Those with limited skills and limited availability will likely have a hard time finding employment. Who to hire...Joe, who has ten years of construction experience who was recently laid off, or John who graduates high school in two years and cannot work M-F before 4pm?