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Originally Posted by Less

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'.

best post on this subject IMHO,