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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Many more of them fell into the category of just being unreliable by coming in late, missing shifts, coming to work hung over, calling in sick to go to concerts, stealing from the company and that sort of thing. People like that make minimum wage because that is what they are worth.
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Or they are paid so little that they don’t value their jobs, and the behaviour you see is a direct result of it.
If you’re paying the bottom of the barrel, naturally you’ll get the bottom of the barrel employees.
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I also had some employees who started at minimum wage and were quickly given raises because they were reliable and good at their jobs. Any employer would be smart to pay them more because they were rare and you didn't want to lose them once you found them.
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Exactly. Value employees and they will value the business. Treat them like crap and don’t be surprised when they treat the business the same way.