"Yes. This is a very good thing.
Tell that to General Motors.
Yeah. Again, it is good that you can't do those sorts of things. It is good that you have to treat your employees as, you know, human beings.
No one said they're not being treated as human beings. But the fact is businesses are not bottomless pits of money. When the economy is hard, it's hard on businesses just as much as it is individuals. So sometimes *not* doing the extra little things is what is necessary for the business to stay afloat.
Your mentality is the one that human kind is struggling to dig out from under and is the cause of almost all the violence and hatred in the world.
No. No it's not. Let me tell you that there's a lot of people in a lot of countries whose lives would drastically improve given the conditions you're whining about.
Once again, look at the recession. Businesses can all fail(well, at least if they aren't bailed out). We are not trying to "dig out" from that mindset, we're trying to get people jobs at livable wages so they can survive. The frills are going to have to come later. You're part of the problem, not the solution.
You feel that just because you and an employer you are entitled to treat employees however badly you want. You do realize that when you pass down that pay cut the
employee needs the money a LOT more than you do, right?
I beg to differ. First off, I treat my employees quite well (disclosure: I don't need too many, so it's not too hard to do so). But secondly, it's my money on the line every day. If I don't have money to take risks, the business doesn't grow. If the business doesn't grow, then no one is going to be making anything, because they'll all be out of the job.
I already give good benefits and wages that top my competitors by quite a bit. If I have to cut that back so the wages are only *slightly* beating my competitors, it's because I literally had to. Anyone that doesn't like it is free to leave.
You might be able to buy another yacht, but that is at the expense of your employees' kids' college money.
Yeah, because all business owners own Yachts. Get out of your dream world where we all make millions.
This mindset is psychopathy, plain and simple. All you see is your own greedy wants and the bottom line in a ledger book, but you are unable to see and feel the human cost of your decisions.
I'm incredibly aware of the human cost of my decisions. But sometimes those decisions are about making it so these people have a job at all a few months down the road. The "faceless corporation" isn't an accident. It's an intentional structure. Why? Because any business, in order to survive has to make decisions that few could make face to face.
I will be glad when the economy turns around and you can't randomly fire people for demanding fair treatment, or randomly cut pay by 20%.
It's not random you idiot. A stable business at it's heart is coldly logical. It's not a hostage situation. Businesses pay employees what they can and what they're worth. If you disagree about what the business can pay you, or what you're worth, leave.
If you're worth more, there will be demand. If not, the market has decided you're not worth more.
I would rather that you did these things on your own, that you would have a soul and a little bit of human decency, but I know that this is too much to ask. I will just be glad that you can be forced into treating people like humans, that is the way it should be.
No one's treating them like dogs.
I once thought exactly like you appear to be thinking here by the way. Then I had to run a business and got some perspective.
It's not that it kills off your soul or anything, but you're responsible for something more than yourself. You're responsible for making sure the business stays viable. Not only for your sake, but for the sake of your employees. I can't speak for everyone, but most of us are doing the best we can. If an employee can find some better way to a good life, I encourage them to take it. Not out of spite either.