Our company pays a min wage of $70k and has paid parental leave, full benefits, paid time off, and allows people to work remotely.
— Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) December 2, 2021
We received 25,400 applications this year for 72 jobs.
There's no labor shortage. There's a shortage of jobs that treat people with respect.
It's so weird to me that workers getting more money is presented as a bad thing.
— Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) December 3, 2021
We seem to have a belief that businesses have the right to exist at whatever pay rates they deem necessary but not that people have the right to make a living wage.
You might remember Dan Price as the business owner who cut his own pay to make sure all his employees made a decent living. That was six years ago, and he doesn't regret any of it.We're seeing now exactly why every big company is fighting against universal health care.
— Dan Price (@DanPriceSeattle) December 5, 2021
Decouple health insurance from work and people are free to quit their bad jobs.
If people quit their bad jobs, companies will have to pay living wages to attract workers.
Can't have that.
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Thanks for the update, when he started 6 years ago I wondered if he would succeed. I guess his customers are happy, maybe because his people they deal with have a good attitude.
I got a traffic ticket in West Virginia in September that meant driving 300 miles to appear in court or call the clerk. Duh, call and had a telephone then email exchange with the clerk. I'd assume the people she deals with every day are grumpy, angry, and rude, but I was nice to her and she blossomed from caution to full on friendly. Later sent a Turkey day greeting out of the blue. I hope I made her day, a week even. :o)
Here in the rest of the 'free' world it is easy to forget that the USA doesn't have a publicly funded health system. Pay as you go, how's that working out for you ?
Imagine having the fire department, or the police department, sending you a bill for many thousands of dollars for your call out, because you don't have fire or police insurance.
There in your 'free' world, it is easy to forget that not all of your citizens feel so free. How is that working out for you?
Imagine living in the 'free' world in 2021 where 93 percent of Māori in New Zealand experience racism every day, and even more - 96 percent - say racism is a problem for their whānau (extended family). Legal definitions of racism and discrimination fall far short of describing the scope and true cost of racism to Māori, research shows. That cost includes impact on both physical and mental health. For example, when shopping or seeking services, 89 percent of Māori said they had been followed, watched or asked to open their bags in a shop. A quarter of those surveyed said they were followed all the time or often.
Maybe work on your country's issues before you worry about the rest of the free world.
Mr. Rocket, Paradise is calling for your help:
More than two in five New Zealanders (41%) say incidents of racism have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a national survey carried out in February and March of 2021.
The experience of racism is skewed towards Māori, Pasifika and people of Asian descent, about half of whom say racism has been on the rise, compared with about a third of European New Zealanders.
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