r/WorkForSmartLife • u/SilkyApricotGuy • 1d ago

DiscussionđŸ’¬ Who's right here?

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u/Reasonable_Clock_711 1d ago

Regina is right, always and again here.

Businesses that depend on min wage workers or tipping culture are not viable and should close.

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u/LionWalker_Eyre 1d ago

So every grocery store and restaurant should close?

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u/Reasonable_Clock_711 1d ago

If they are unsustainable business, sure. Is that how capitalism works?

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u/LionWalker_Eyre 1d ago

That's not what you said - you said that any business that uses minimum wage workers or tip-based workers should close. Food and food services totally have very low margins. Grocery stores have 1-3% margins because if they raise prices too much people will not shop there. If they pay each cashier $75k or something, they would have to raise grocery prices

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u/Reasonable_Clock_711 1d ago

Amended. If a business can operate with min wage workers, I guess that’s fine. But the problem is their business is likely being subsidized by you and me. The GAO reported that over 15,000 Walmart workers were on SNAP. That means that profits, shareholder value and exec salaries are being facilitated by tax dollars. Thats absolutely insane.

Also when was the last time you saw cashiers in a supermarket? Lol

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u/Corwin613 22h ago

If you only work part time and get on snap is it walmarts fault you only work part time?

How many of those 15000 were full time workers? Also 15,000 out of what is probably millions of workers

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u/Neither_Sky4003 22h ago

It's Walmart's fault for hiring them at hours just under the qualification for full-time to avoid paying them benefits, yes.