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Originally Posted by JamesDean
Heres a link to the questions that they asked:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/econ_survey_questions/march_2011/questions_unions_and_employment_march_9_10_2011
Some of these scenarios don't quite make sense...
Example:
1* Suppose you had two workers doing the same job for the same company. One had a higher level of education but the other one gets more done at work. Which worker should be paid more, or should they be paid the same amount?
My thoughts:
1) The job itself must not require a "higher level of education" if both employees which are at different levels can do the work. So then in this scenario the person with a "higher level of education" would be over-educated and shouldn't be compensated more so than the job deserves.
Example: Garbageman. Don't need a BS/MS/PhD to do it, so if you have one and apply, one shouldn't be compensated additionally.
This argument isn't really bulletproof but its good food for thought. |
Here's my point:
Worker A with a GED collects the garbage, no problems. Worker B with the BSIE looks at the garbage collections process, proposes ten improvements that save time/money and do not infringe on safety. Management is too dumb or resistant to change (that's the way we've always done it!) to make the changes. Should worker B receive compensation?
Or should he quit and become a consultant?
Curiously, people I knew who were skilled tradesmen in the UAW and who got tired of no recognition for their suggestions, formed consullting companies on the side and made millions.
No one even knew this happened until one tradesman bought a gigando house next to a Chrysler vice president, and the VP came over and introduced himself to the new "neighbor"
The tradesman decided to give up improving the company and improve his own bank account instead.
He stayed with the Chrysler plant in Indiana long enough to get the free Blue Cross and retirement benefits, then he launched himself full speed into his company and sold it a few years later.
Solidarity forever!
Moral: if you cultivate initiative in your work force, be ready to reward it for what it's worth.
In other words, capitalists have to share the pie with people who add real value, not give them a plaque and a lay-off notice. The smart ones learn this, as Bill Gates found out.