NYS could raise minimum wage to $20/hour

[Jchrisls]

We felt entitled to it bc they treated us like covid never happened. We worked regular schedule. The surrounding towns an cities all got compensated. Not us. Also Most people do get raises every year. White collar jobs call them a bonus.

And sooo many self employed individuals worked thier regular schedule. Due to being considered " essential ( construction was considered essential )" my employer continued to have us work....

Making hospital beds
Making sterilization rooms
Making additional ER space
Making Nurses stations and Reception areas

In hospitals filled with covid patients. Know what we got?


Not a dime if that covid relief money. You know what I expected from it?

Not a dime. Really, the best thing I got was recognition from the president for all construction workers forging forward helping arm those with the skills to assist sick individuals.

So, pray tell, with all the risks you took back then ( in my eyes extremely minimal) why would you deserve more?



Entitlement is the only answer. And it's sickening.

 

[dwa12479]

The healthcare an benefits are too good to leave. I enjoy my job as well. With a house, family and health issues i dont have the privilege to just quit an look for a new job. Also the grass is never greener.

You have to consider the healthcare and benefits as part of your income. My father retired from UPS as a 30 year driver. We had excellent benefits and he gets a crazy good pension. Thats all part of his overall compensation package.

I make what I would consider very good money as a dealership auto tech, into 6 figures. But I pay almost $250/week in health insurance premiums between medical, dental, eye, disability ins.Then I pay the first $12k out of pocket before the insurance even kicks in. So realistically thats $2k / month im spending in health care that most government employees aren't. You have to factor that into the equation.

 

[dwa12479]

if the doc is so skillful why can't he run his biz alone and do his own paperwork .. LOL ..

Because that's not the best use of their skillset. I fix cars for a living, theres a reason im not up front greeting customers, writing repair orders, looking up parts and washing cars.

 

[dwa12479]

Name a job that cant be done with a small bit of training? Thats irrelevant. The point is that the doctors whole practice relies on the staff. A doctor is making millions. The staff should be paid a respectable wage so that you can afford a 1bedroom apartment to live in. Its common sense.

Doctors don't make millions. The Anesthesiolgist is typically the highest paid doctor of them all, and the average salary for them is about $400k. The whole practice may gross into the millions, but thats before cost of doing business.

 

[dwa12479]

So employers shouldn't keep up with cost of living? The avg cost of rent is cost of living. Also if the rent goes up at the Winchester factory an they raise there price thats called inflation. The cost of operating a business has increased so they must raise the price of product.

An employee is worth exactly what they're will to work for. Nothing more, nothing less. Thats the free market.

If a business has their cost of doing business go up, prices go up and its passed onto the consumer. Theres no correlation with that and what they pay their employees. Until such a time when people will no longer work for the offered wage.

 

[Chris1389]

And sooo many self employed individuals worked thier regular schedule. Due to being considered " essential ( construction was considered essential )" my employer continued to have us work....

Making hospital beds
Making sterilization rooms
Making additional ER space
Making Nurses stations and Reception areas

In hospitals filled with covid patients. Know what we got?


Not a dime if that covid relief money. You know what I expected from it?

Not a dime. Really, the best thing I got was recognition from the president for all construction workers forging forward helping arm those with the skills to assist sick individuals.

So, pray tell, with all the risks you took back then ( in my eyes extremely minimal) why would you deserve more?



Entitlement is the only answer. And it's sickening.

Yeah because “thank you” dont pay the bills. You can take your recognition letters an shove it.

 

[Jchrisls]

Yeah because “thank you” dont pay the bills. You can take your recognition letters an shove it.

First, clarification of your statement would be helpful to anyone reading your response as it certainly isn't clear what you mean by whats written.
Second, if related to income, you stated you worked throughout the pandemic your entire schedule so, you earned the same and maybe you should feel a bit better than tens of thousands who lost thier job during it.
Third, someone expressing appreciation for what your expected to do regardless should mean something as saying anything to anyone for taking thier responsibilities seriously isn't expected.
Forth and finally, let's not forget who wrote about being happy about minimum wage potentially being raised ( and it wasn't me nor the majority of the responses here) and, well, freedom of expression on a public forum may garner responses you disagree with. This site is dedicated to one of those freedoms, the 2nd, and its necessity to allow your first amendment right, which we freely exchange here. If you disagree that's your prerogative, than its possible you may not like the balance of the site.

The views expressed above are not of this site, but those of my own opinions and should not be taken as the position of this site, it's administrators of other contributors.

 

[Chris1389]

First, clarification of your statement would be helpful to anyone reading your response as it certainly isn't clear what you mean by whats written.
Second, if related to income, you stated you worked throughout the pandemic your entire schedule so, you earned the same and maybe you should feel a bit better than tens of thousands who lost thier job during it.
Third, someone expressing appreciation for what your expected to do regardless should mean something as saying anything to anyone for taking thier responsibilities seriously isn't expected.
Forth and finally, let's not forget who wrote about being happy about minimum wage potentially being raised ( and it wasn't me nor the majority of the responses here) and, well, freedom of expression on a public forum may garner responses you disagree with. This site is dedicated to one of those freedoms, the 2nd, and its necessity to allow your first amendment right, which we freely exchange here. If you disagree that's your prerogative, than its possible you may not like the balance of the site.

The views expressed above are not of this site, but those of my own opinions and should not be taken as the position of this site, it's administrators of other contributors.

Thank You for the statement Senator

 

[Jchrisls]

Thank You for the statement Senator

If I were senator, this wouldn't even be a topic of debate.


And you still lack clarification of post #96 , so I for one don't know what you were even referencing, and feel confident not many others do either.

Care to try again?