I agree there is serious corp greed. But part of that greed is having to pay people far more money for a job they aren't doing. I mean go in for a cup of coffee and someone making 15 an hour and they have a hard time pouring a basic cup of coffee lol. So corp cut hours back and replaces 'dead weight' with annoying machines lol. There's blame aplenty and we have to pay the price as consumers.
Ahhhh... BUT... WHY are they paying people for jobs they can't do? Or won't do? That thing would go on HR...
I agree that there a whole bunch of "on the cell phones and couldn't give a s*it" employees out there. So... maybe they should NOT be there. And then... there is a matter of training. Ya know... there are very few checker's anywhere that know how to bag your groceries (or are given time to do it correctly... It is all about 'time management') ... this tells me... they could have used 5 minutes of training before they are put to the job. THAT all is on HR. I mean... I have a daughter-in-law making $65,000 a year as HR in Walmart's Corporate (headquarters about 30 miles from here)... makes me wonder what the f*ck she is being paid for.
I also know that almost ALL Corporate jobs are going to overseas visas. When I ask why? Her reply is... Well... there is no Colleges in America putting out candidates we feel can handle the jobs. BS.
Look. That the dude pouring coffee can't handle the job... is not and should not be put onto the price passed to the consumer. That's ridiculous. Either don't hire him... train him... or get rid of him.
Making me go through a self-check out while the few employees you are employing stand around and pick there nose's is NOT a fair deal. THOUSANDS of people are looking for work. How about that $65,000 they are paying their HR goes to DOING THEIR JOBS... instead of looking for those they can bring into the Country on Work Visas to deal cheaply and (totally asininely) with supply chains and bigger and better and putting satellites into the atmosphere so you got ... Walmarts Sky Cams.
Sorry Selectric... I am not buying it. Employee wages are only a problem if you continue to hire and NOT train nor truly care about those employees who uphold your company instead of herding through those who either can't or won't do the job. Job turn-over is the single largest cost to a company. It has always been so and remains so.
Search out GOOD employee's... train them... TREAT them well... and they are all in. A good company STILL knows that the consumer (the rest of us) is paying for that Skycam.
So now... we have hiring online... just apply online... the computer hires... THEN... OMG... HR might interview... but hey... the computer says.
After that... no one in corporate cares. They got bigger fish to fry.