The rise of bad jobs, explained

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The rise of bad jobs, explained

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sato's picture

it's easy to think "sucks to be them", but those salaries paid and then spent are what keep the economy going. companies like walmart are automating jobs and downsizing their workforce, but all those people who work for walmart also shop at walmart, and so without jobs they'll be on welfare, which means the rest of us will be paying for walmart to not have to pay any workers.

the scheduling talked about in the vid that all these companies are doing works if they are the only ones doing it, but when everybody is doing it, when sales go down, pay goes down, which means less spending, which means less sales, which is the cause of the problem in the first place. legislating against it means no one company or few companies can benefit at the cost of every other company.

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thrasymacus's picture

I agree, but then you gotta deal with the 'can't legislate employment' and 'flight of capital' arguments.  Not really great arguments for retail though. 

 

On a positive note, I googled the director and I think narrator (Joss Fong), and she's super hot. 10/10. 

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sato's picture

i would've thought that too, but you totally can legislate employment it turns out, and it works well. here in japan they've done exactly that - if you make X amount of money you have to employ Y minimum number of people. it sounds expensive, but then while you're paying for a bunch of people, so is everybody else, and they're all spending at your business, so the money comes right back in. it solves flight of capital at the same time because only in-country employees count. it's kept japan's economy 3rd biggest in the world even though they have absolutely no natural resources or really any primary industry. they have to employ people so the factories are mostly here, making stuff to sell to their own people who are paid well enough to be able to afford it, and also the rest of the world.

also service is awesome thanks to it. no waiting for assistance or service because there's always plenty of staff, and people have a better lifestyle with jobs shared around a decent number of people rather than the bare minimum number rushing around all the time.

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