Chemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.de to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoRestaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)discuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square255fedilinkarrow-up11.25Karrow-down16
arrow-up11.24Karrow-down1imageRestaurant in NYC offshores cashier job to Philippines so they can pay below minimum wage ($3/hr in Philippines)discuss.tchncs.deChemical Wonka@discuss.tchncs.de to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square255fedilink
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 months agoOkay. Imagine the purchasing power of someone who made the NYC minimum wage of $16/hr. Maybe pay people for their time, not what the exchange rate “might” be.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down6·4 months agoIf I’m paying NYC minimum wages, I’m getting someone from NYC, in NYC. Sorry lady from the Phillipines. You’re out of a job because they put in this new “outsourcing must be at local wage rates” law.
Okay. Imagine the purchasing power of someone who made the NYC minimum wage of $16/hr.
Maybe pay people for their time, not what the exchange rate “might” be.
If I’m paying NYC minimum wages, I’m getting someone from NYC, in NYC.
Sorry lady from the Phillipines. You’re out of a job because they put in this new “outsourcing must be at local wage rates” law.