Local Convenience Store

[8gv]

Originally Posted by dpg

Owner or employee?? If I owned the place and someone hung that up I'd rip it down so fast their head would spin! Right before tearing the person a new one. Sure maybe "their" beliefs also matter but hang signs in your own front yard not on somebody else's place of business.

Agreed.

If the owner is not around they would not be aware of the sign.

One of the more scary things about owning a business with a large public presence is having an employee who does something so unwise that it could not be anticipated or prevented.

[baygo]

Originally Posted by 8gv

Agreed.

If the owner is not around they would not be aware of the sign.

One of the more scary things about owning a business with a large public presence is having an employee who does something so unwise that it could not be anticipated or prevented.

And soon the law will be that Whether that employee helps you build your business or takes actions that destroy it you will have to pay them $15 an hour for their contribution.

Stay tuned for more to come.

[fatlazyless]

Minimum wage rates as of January 1, 2021:

New Hampshire .......... $7.25 ...... ouch-y ouch ouch! ..... http://www.globalnews.ca/news/637795...-suicide-rate/

Maine ...................... $12.15 ......

Massachusetts .......... $13.50 ......

Vermont ................... $11.75 .....

.................................................. ............................ Canada border to stop the corona virus .................................................. ..............

Province Quebec ......... On May 1, 2021 it will increase from $13.10 to $13.50, (U.S. dollar value) .......

[SAMIAM]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Minimum wage rates as of January 1, 2021:

New Hampshire .......... $7.25 ...... ouch-y ouch ouch! ..... http://www.globalnews.ca/news/637795...-suicide-rate/

Maine ...................... $12.15 ......

Massachusetts .......... $13.50 ......

Vermont ................... $11.75 .....

.................................................. ........................... Canada border to stop the corona virus .................................................. ..............

Province Quebec ......... On May 1, 2021 it will increase from $13.10 to $13.50, (U.S. dollar value) .......

FYI......Not to worry.....the marketplace takes care of itself. Bob House had trouble finding even a dishwasher for $14 per hour. Wages are up due to supply and demand. No one is making $7.25. Landscapers were offering $15 to start with no experience this year.......It's all ok

[phoenix]

agree with Bob let the market set the wage. I don't think I could go by any restaurant or store ;last summer that didn't have a for hire sign.

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by phoenix

agree with Bob let the market set the wage. I don't think I could go by any restaurant or store ;last summer that didn't have a for hire sign.

I agree, I think the minimum wage should be set by the State.
$15.00 per hours doesn't go a long way in Boston but you could probably live pretty well on $15.00 in Wheeling WV.

[C-Bass]

Unless I missed it somewhere, what town? or better yet what store?

[tummyman]

Summer hires are still a problem. Business needs the help when lots of people are here, but my grandkids...who have worked at a local food store, only made $7.50 their first year and when we tried to get them to come back a second year, max was $10...and it was a "maybe". Instead the kids can work at home for $13.50. At 40 hrs a week for 8 weeks, that is a difference of an extra $1100 for the summer. Hard to argue, except we continue to advocate for the beauty of being at the lakes region. Seems money will beat out grandpa's campaign !

[Descant]

If stores have help wanted signs in the window, the sign may really be saying "We don't pay well". In my day, summer jobs were all 6 days a week, so there was some overtime, but if you wanted to make more money, you asked for longer hours. And everybody worked through Labor Day-nobody left in mid-August if they wanted a job next year.

[WinnisquamZ]

Originally Posted by Descant

If stores have help wanted signs in the window, the sign may really be saying "We don't pay well". In my day, summer jobs were all 6 days a week, so there was some overtime, but if you wanted to make more money, you asked for longer hours. And everybody worked through Labor Day-nobody left in mid-August if they wanted a job next year.

Agree, but summer help is much different then it was just 20 years ago. Colleges are starting weeks earlier then ever before. HS starts a week before Labor Day. Give the kids a week off before they go back and we are talking mid Aug when you lose them. Don’t see this changing so your business model needs to adjust for loosing this labor


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[fatlazyless]

Originally Posted by C-Bass

Unless I missed it somewhere, what town? or better yet what store?

It's the BP-gasoline and convenience on Rt 25, Moultonborough, opposite Lake Kanasatka.

Oh well ...... what the heck ...... people are all a wee bit edgy right now and it's probably just someone at work with too much free time and a creative mind, or something.

After all, the only thing that makes any difference with gasoline is the price .... gas is gas is gas.

[gus62]

The owner and family work in the store.

[mswlogo]

Originally Posted by phoenix

agree with Bob let the market set the wage. I don't think I could go by any restaurant or store ;last summer that didn't have a for hire sign.

Which might say that wages are so low they can't retain help.

If most places are paying competitive wages what harm is there in having a minimum wage to avoid abuses it outlier situations.

[upthesaukee]

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

FYI......Not to worry.....the marketplace takes care of itself. Bob House had trouble finding even a dishwasher for $14 per hour. Wages are up due to supply and demand. No one is making $7.25. Landscapers were offering $15 to start with no experience this year.......It's all ok

I remember back in the 70's when athletes salaries were "skyrocketing" right along with ticket prices, there were many discussions with friends about how will people be able to afford to go to games. The consensus was that wages will rise. We all pretty much agreed that was true, but we also agreed we may not be that much better off; that loaf of bread that cost 30 cents would end up costing us $2.

Well, guess what? However, I agree, somehow it's ok.

Dave

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by upthesaukee

I remember back in the 70's when athletes salaries were "skyrocketing" right along with ticket prices, there were many discussions with friends about how will people be able to afford to go to games. The consensus was that wages will rise. We all pretty much agreed that was true, but we also agreed we may not be that much better off; that loaf of bread that cost 30 cents would end up costing us $2.

Well, guess what? However, I agree, somehow it's ok.

Dave

Most of those sports tickets are bought by Corporations now and given out as perks. If you had to pay the full freight to take a family of 4 to Fenway your looking a a bare minimum of $600, with parking and food.
The average family might be able to afford that a couple times a years.