To those companies that rely on “just in time employees,” well there is shock coming your way since you refuse to give full time positions or reasonable hours to those who work or try to work for you. These people, the ones that work for you, cannot afford to buy your products so they take the meager wages you give them and spend it elsewhere. Cool, huh? You pay them, your sales go down, there hours go down, but your competition wins. I think it’s funny that companies think this way and are bewildered when they find out they’re losing money. Race to the bottom. —Retail Smartie
This article appears in Dec 17-23, 2015.
It is not that simple. I suggest that you don’t spend another minute thinking about it.
These “just in time” employers hire those “just hungry enough” to work. The staff need those few hours more than the company needs the staff. Else, the employees would be on to something better and able to afford the goods that seem out of reach. So glad you can refer to yourself as a Smartie.
So based on the OB’s logic, people should get paid with the products of their employer and not cash.
Smartie, huh? Are you one of the red ones?
The way the economy is right now; not much is straight forward in terms of adaptable cost cutting practices.