08-02-2010, 12:51 PM
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Originally posted by CFB483
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Originally posted by mdd7000
I don't know that I have ever come across a small, family-owned company that will pay employees anymore than they absolutely have to, which is generally minimum wage. That goes for benefits as well. Good luck with that idea.
That is because they operate as a for profit and not a cooperative. That is because the workers are still wage-slaves and have no say in the direction of the business. These stores care as much about the community as Burger King.
I did better working for a small family owned company in Hilo than I did for the last corporation (Hilton) on the Big Island I worked for. And because they were small - we had seriously good medical insurance for a small co. And Argus took in a big part of what we had to say - he was the bottom line - but he always looked to us for info/suggestions/advice.
The problem with gross generalizations is there is always an exception. I think though that I could name quite a few organizations that did well by their employees. The difference between screwing your employee here and on the mainland is that you have to deal with them all the time during/after out in the world. Everyone knows who the pake company is. And who is the boss no one wants to work for. On the mainland you just go somewhere else.