Everyone was working hard which translated into the business being healthier and growing and allowing me to expand to another city and frankly I didnt even have to adjust prices that much to cover it. When I did this my company actually started doing better. I want to say I was like this right from the start but I went down the minimum wage route and frankly I learned very quickly minimum wage means minimum effort (I dont blame anyone for that) and when your job is harder than any other minimum wage work in the area they will just leave to do less work for the same money.Īfter that first year fiasco I learned to pay a wage someone can actually live off of while giving clearly defined benefits, pay raises and perks and shockingly (not actually when you really take a second and think about it) people that care about their job, enjoy their job and the job they do can actually give them a secure life, they give a shit about the company and want to make sure it thrives and does well. This is exactly why all my employees are on a pay scale ladder which is publicly posted in the staff areas of my locations and it is simply based on years of service (not hours as I feel that encourages people to try and work longer than they need to and I really dont want people burning out of giving up too much of their lives)Įveryone from me down gets the same benefits as well as the same amount of paid holidays (3 weeks paid vacation, plus 7 paid days as we shut down between December 23 and January 1st) and unlimited paid personal/sick days with the understanding they are not abused. Ive always thought that pay transparency keeps a company honest and it allows people to see growth opportunities. I'll tell anyone anywhere at my job what I make. Needless to say they weren't happy about that and my replacement is now making about 80k a year. I made sure to tell my future replacement what I was leaving for and that the company would have been able to match the salary. They had a replacement internally who I highly recommend as suitable for my position. When I told my boss about the offer he congratulated me and told me even though they would be able to come close on the salary, they couldn't offset the additional benefits. I was promised a wage review for almost 2 years before I decided to take things into my own hands, got a job offer somewhere else making close to 90k a year with overtime, more vacation, pension, better benefits etc. My old company notoriously underpaid most of its employees (for reference i was an engineer making $50k a year, median salary for an engineer in my city with my experience was 70-80k.
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