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Originally Posted by polly
Yes, off the top of my head all my staff are paid above NMW, the professionals are paid well above that, the unqualified average about 7.00 or 7.50 per hour., less of course for those under 18 (only one of those).
I pay these rates because I havnt got time or the energy to keep replacing staff, and it works
We have in this country a NMW culture whereby staff know that regardless of what they do, where they do it and how well or badly they do it they will get the same wage. The consequence of this is they put no effort and enthusiasm into their work, you can see this particularly in the Service Sector
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If only all employers could be encouraged to see this as a worthwhile way to treat their employees, (of any age and skill level).
Then perhaps because of the hope of a long term 'secure' job with decent rewards, more people would be interested in getting out there and supporting themselves.
The old adage, 'if you pay peanuts you get monkeys', just like the employer hopes to have a long term and profitable business, the employee wants to work for a fair return and be able to plan for his/her future.
These two things aught to run in parallel that would benefit us all, there will always be a small amount of people preferring not to work, just as there will always be some employers ready to take advantage of using such schemes rather than putting some effort into creating 'proper jobs'.