Massachusetts Mini Wage Experience

[Plane]

Lets just say alot if lowcost labor will go the way of the buggywhip.

This is a shameful thing.

In the name of setting high standards , entry level jobs are eliminated.

Such that until you can hold down a job that can support a family you cannot have a job at all.

Who suffers first and worst?  Minority youth of course , where unemployment is already severe.

[kimba1]

Doesn't entry level mean they train???

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2014/09/05/what-employers-really-want-workers-they-dont-have-to-train/


As far back as the 90's alot of jobs prefer 2yrs experience and now we got alot people with no skills

[Plane]

 I have never been an employer , so this post is entirely supposition.

      It costs money to train anything to anyone, You can't flip burgers until you have learned the approved flipping method, so some training is absolutely unavoidable no matter what it costs.

      While your trainee is in training he is just not earning much money for you, if the minimum wage rises , the margin will close even more.

       At some point the trainee will know enough to cook edible food , drive straight nails or stay between the white lines, then he will begin to make some money for you. His pay is a minority of his employment overhead , but it is this entire employment overhead that determines how soon in the training the trainee starts being  a productive worker.

        If the training period takes too long , perhaps you can't afford many trainees at one time?

[kimba1]

I was thinking clerical entry jobs . But fast food has it's problems.  It's not complex but very strenuous so the trainee may quit under the pressure so low pay will not be helpful for the employer trying get people to flip burgers. Food service is tough and not exactly fun. I worked in Macdonald and done dish washing .,pizza cook not a job for wimps