tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10772130.post112975468385616689..comments2012-02-07T15:23:00.800-08:00Carl Starretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409648966714976610noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10772130.post-1130077791548001692005-10-23T07:29:00.000-07:002005-10-23T07:29:00.000-07:00My wife works in the HR department at the corporate headquarters of a national fast food chain, so I have a pretty good idea of what impact increasing the minimum was would be on the business community. The impact isn't limited to the kid punching in your order on the cash register.<BR/><BR/>If you give your lowest employees a government-mandated rase of 50 cents an hour, it creates pressure on your other salary costs such as their immediate hourly supervisors. The employer will also compensate by decreasing or eliminating that person's next raise. Other salary increases are tied to the minimum wage, not just the drive through order taker.<BR/><BR/>And you know what? You won't be needing to bring in someone from overseas to take your order. McDonald's has been experimenting with using overseas order centers. Have you ever called Dell for tech support? You end up talking with soneone from India. Someday, you might be giving your Big Mac order to some college student in New Dehli. And I won't even get into the discussion of the impact this could have on inflation.<BR/><BR/>The minimum wage was ever intended to be a life sustaining salary and should not be looked upon as such.Carl Starretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06409648966714976610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10772130.post-1130017822365226702005-10-22T14:50:00.000-07:002005-10-22T14:50:00.000-07:00Oh please... Companies that have to worry about minimum wage (currently 5.25 here in michigan) are not about to outsource jobs to other countries. We're talking, mcdonalds, other fast food places, secretarial type jobs, cleaning jobs... you name it. Companies that WOULD have any reason to outsource their work, are not paying their current employees minimum wage. That is a rediculous claim indeed.<BR/><BR/>How many times have you gone to a mall and seen a person working behind the counter who was flown in from other countries to work for that company because the american people they hired wanted more than $5.25?<BR/><BR/>I would suggest that you seriously reconsider your statement. It makes no sense at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com