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Originally Posted by SomethingWitty
I disagree.
A persons ambition does not just spontaneously go away just because they earn a living wage. My end goal in life is not to make $11.50/hour, but having more money gives me more options with where to take my life.
I am not going to turn down a promotion, and more money because "I already have everything I need." How many times has someone said "I make x/hour. That's enough, and now I do not want to do anything else"?
That is not to say that increased responsibility is for everyone.
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Well then, we will have to respectively agree to disagree.
My point was not about how much money one has or not(
do we ever have enough?), it was: am I going to get that increase in pay from this job through living wage legislation etc. or am I going to try an move up the ladder in skill all while making my talent more marketable and attractive to companies that are willing to pay competitive rates for said skills. I think we can agree on the fact that a company's success and growth depends heavily on the talent, skill and motivation of it's employees. The living wage argument can create a vicious cycle of a decreased talent pool and an increase in "deadwood" employers that are satisfied with just paying a "living wage" and with no incentive at paying competitive rates for talent, as opposed to fostering employee growth and skill by rewarding it , and with it's employees having no motivation for furthering their career.
My .02