Question • General Government, Politics & Law
Al, Bill, and Cindy have worked for the same company for 15 years. Al makes $450,000; Bill makes $65,000; and Cindy makes $33,000. If the top 1% of employees take a 10% pay decrease then the bottom 20% would increase their salary by 20%. Is this fair?
Al is a Senior VP and has worked his way up from a Jr. Acct.
Bill is the Mgr of Maintenance
Cindy is a receptionist
  • Yes - every employee should be paid a decent wage if not a living wage
  • Yes - but it doesn't go far enough toward equal pay
  • Yes - the employees put their skills, knowledge, and abilities at risk for the sake of the company
  • No - the employer has put his/her money at risk so should pay what the market will bear
  • No - someone who has more responsibility should make more money
  • Undecided
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raves +4   by SparkleyFlowers (LMAO WTF FTW) posted Jul 02, 2008 09:43PM GMTJuly 02, 2008 21:43:56
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Answered No - someone who has more responsibility should make more money

If Cindy wants to make more money, she should go back to school and get some letters after her name. A lot of employers will reimburse you for the cost of schooling if it pertains to the industry they are in.
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  • raves     [-] by Kiber ~ McCainiac since 1999 posted Jul 03, 2008 02:31PM GMTJuly 03, 2008 14:31:47
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    gamman....
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  • raves +1   [-] by zsazsa posted Feb 03, 2008 08:47PM GMTFebruary 03, 2008 20:47:18
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    Answered Yes - every employee should be paid a decent wage if not a living wage

    Everyone should be paid a decent wage but it also should go on your qualifications.
  • raves +2   [-] by Trinity posted Feb 03, 2008 08:34PM GMTFebruary 03, 2008 20:34:39
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    Answered No - the employer has put his/her money at risk so should pay what the market will bear

    No its based on performance,abilities and replacability.
  • raves +4   [-] by gamman posted Feb 03, 2008 08:34PM GMTFebruary 03, 2008 20:34:17
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    Answered Yes - every employee should be paid a decent wage if not a living wage

    Pay should be based on responsibility of the position but also take into account the cost of living within a reasonable distance from the employer. Salary for top employees have grown dramatically whilst income for the bottom tiers have grown stagnant or dropped.
  • raves +3   [-] by Trinity posted Feb 03, 2008 08:49PM GMTFebruary 03, 2008 20:49:57 (edited)
    Trinity reply
    Thank illegal labor for the bottom tiers not making as much money.When they drove down wages for the labor jobs it works its way up the ladder.

    My husband and I could pay our employees less now than we did even 2 years ago,a lot less.We don't but we easily could.

    My brother works at nissan and they are laying off people who have been there for years and bringing in new guys at almost half the pay.When lets say roofer were making $15-$20 an hour nissan had to pay that or more to compete for good labor.Now roofers make $8-$12 an hour,thanks to illegals,so the good jobs like nissan are able to attract good labor at a much lower wage.
  • raves +5   [-] by gamman posted Feb 03, 2008 10:36PM GMTFebruary 03, 2008 22:36:23
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    Yes, the illegal workers have driven down costs. Also I like your point about 'replaceability' - I had not considered that before.

    What do you think about an employer laying off workers but then senior management receiving pay increases.
  • raves +3   [-] by Trinity posted Feb 03, 2008 11:04PM GMTFebruary 03, 2008 23:04:04 (edited)
    Trinity reply
    I think it will work its way up in time and they will also get replaced if things don't change.They are getting raises for cutting costs(labor) below them.
    Whoever's at the top will figure out they can do the same.Its all about greed, no loyaltyor pride in most businesses anymore.

    I dont like any of it.We pay our guys well,they do good work and we still make good money.We used to have a roofing business that we were driven out of because of illegal labor.The Competition could underbid us with the cheap labor and we refused to hire them.We had to start up a new business that we didn't have to deal with the illegal factor,luckly we were able to get back most of our old employees.
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