Article from The Daily Wire by James Barrett.
The dream of the $15 minimum wage was finally realized among Amazon employees after the company caved to mounting pressure and implemented it company-wide on Nov. 1. But according to a new report, the improved wages aren’t working out as many employees had hoped at Amazon’s Whole Foods grocery store chain.
The Guardian reported Wednesday that employees at Whole Foods, which Amazon purchased back in 2017, have experienced a dramatic drop in schedule shifts since the raised wages were introduced.
Along with the new $15 minimum wage for the entry-level positions, some higher-level Whole Foods employees have also enjoyed a $1 to $2 increase in hourly wages, the outlet notes. It all sounds good — until employees’ schedules are taken into account. Since the wage increase in November, Whole Foods employees say they’ve experienced “widespread cuts that have reduced schedule shifts across many stores, often negating wage gains for employees,” The Guardian reports.
The employees, speaking on condition of anonymity “for fear of retaliation,” revealed to the outlet that they’ve seen an average of about a 30% reduction in hours per week for part-timers and about a 10% reduction for full-timers.
Read the entire article at The Daily Wire.
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If you didn’t see this coming, you’re a brain-dead leftist Democrat. Look for more automation to reduce number of entry jobs. With their love of illegal immigration, teens and blacks are screwed.
Do you notice something very wrong with that picture of employees? Interesting how it was porchmonkeys and border-jumpers who were sniveling for the wage increase, but the media uses photos of “WHITES” to make ths bogus point!
Not the number of dollars per hour, if you don’t get any hours. Nothing equals nothing. Should’ve studied harder in school, or married rich.
The $15 dollar wage is only going to cause inflation causing everyone else to need a raise to maintain the same standard of living.
So I wonder when I will get higher social security and an increase in my retirement to make up for the COL increase caused by these dimwits! This is what happens when people think they should be paid a certain amount just to work instead of being paid based on the type of job and their productivity (or lack thereof).
The minimum wage is an artificial construct. You have to provide value to your employer to be worth that much. It will be much more beneficial to a company to automate many of those positions, especially those filled by entry level employees and students. It will also raise prices across the board making a “living wage” meaningless.
The minimum wage is an artificial construct. You have to provide value to your employer to be worth that much. It will be much more beneficial to a company to automate many of those positions, especially those filled by entry level employees and students. It will also raise prices across the board making a “living wage” meaningless.
Right you are Jack. I can’t understand why this is so difficult for these wienies to grasp. No one is worth more than they produce, so as you say, this an artificial construct that does nothing but make entry level jobs unattainable.
It’s simple economics 101. No one should afford to pay more than a thing is worth.
Hilarious! I TOLD you that would happen! Just look at McDonald’s–as soon as the lefties began yammering about a higher wage, they bought KIOSKS to take your orders! HA HA freaking HA! Let the free market WORK.
YOU asked fro it…and once again YOU GOT IT! Keep pushing and all the small businesses will go by the wayside and you will all be drones for Amazon, Twitter, Walmart and the rest. Good luck with that you minions.
Isn`t it Clear YET,,that The “”Minimum WAGE employees ARE Not Ever going to be Given A chance in Their Work-a- day Living LIFE ? Most Employers ARE Not Going to Pay Their “” Employees A Dime more than What They Are Forced to Pay. Look how Many of Adult age in this Country NOW make up The Working Mans` PAY = Scale… [Adults With Children who have been forced to take these jobs..because They Could not Locate A job that did pay a living wage for a man with Family to support… no.Employment Anywhere that Paid a Living Salary.. Why ? It is Because OUR Factories.. And THE Big Companies like Bell South. At&t, >And The Young will now be Able to Fill the Minimum wage jobs that The Adult Employees Have been Forced to Fill .. ( due to a lack of availability of higher paid jobs. ) This Will help The Younger age Wage earners . Thank You, President Trump !!YOU are determined to NOT allow this Country Be Turned into a third world country. SO NOW>>The Border WALL And All Illegals Be Deported !