Grr...I just had a job interview. It was actually a job I would love to do. I probably could have it if I wanted it. But as is the trend these days it is only part-time and it pays 8.00 an hour. But part-time is 4 days a week and it would be mostly weekends. There is so much about the job that would be great. It is in a greenhouse, the people that run the business seem pleasant. I could be outside.
I would be working more hours for less money than my current part-time job.
There isn't a lot of flexibility to make both schedules work without either working 7 days a week and paying for childcare and having NO time with my little guy. Really??
I understand businesses needing to make a profit. I understand about not giving a new employee pay equal to other folks that have been there longer. But really? How about enough that I could pay for the childcare and gas needed to get to this job with..oh ..I dont' know some money left over to buy food.
If only this were an isolated incidence. But I know it isn't. When employers do not pay a fair wage they are receiving a backdoor subsidy by tax payers who end up paying higher taxes for the social services that I receive.
There's my rant for the day!
1 comment:
I'm so sorry. That really sucks, and I'm right there with on the rant!
It just seems smart, to me, for a business to place a greater emphasis on their employees than on their profits. Too few seem to.
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