Target Going To Give Their Employees A Living Wage 15 Dollars An Hour By End Of 2020

[Mark Hunts FIST]

Cool. Better pay leads to more productive worker... although it always seems like a ghost town in there when it comes to workers

 

[kpt018]

Things they're not telling you.

By 2020, all cash registers will be self serve. There's a new target that just opened up last month here and it's all self serving registers with 1 employee watching the lane of 6-8 registers.

Better check how many employees they have now cuz by 2020, it'll be halved.

Also by 2020, all their merchandise will be increased by 33-50%.

Self serve registers fucking suck. Seriously, if Target went that route I'd be done shopping there and not to make a statement or anything, but scanning stuff at self checkout is terrible unless you only have a few things.

And no chance their payroll costs is high enough to drive costs up that much.

 

[zebby23]

i see more blacks and hispanics at my local Walmart. I don't think those two races vote republican either.

I'd say Walmart caters to more lower working class regardless of race or political affiliation.

I agree. I should have made that clear. Poor people shop at Wal-Mart and republicans in many ways make up the word poor at least in many areas in the south

 

[HunterSdVa29]

Why is progress looked down upon?

We automated telephone switches, and many telephone operators lost their jobs. Was that a bad thing?

We automated practically every form of assembly lines and manufacturing, and those people lost their jobs. Is that such a bad thing?

Yes there will be temporary job loss. But in the long term it will be better for the country.

we had more manufacturing sectors in our economy then, Unions had more power, and more private sector jobs had pensions
now, w/ a service based economy, these people are generally low paid AND low skilled.....so that leaves what exactly?

If we don't see a shift towards vocational training in this country, we're going to have massive problems w/ the safety net and wealth disparity will get even worse
It's one of the reason i like the mandatory military service idea, b/c at least you have a good chance of learning some field/trade that can maybe apply elsewhere if all else fails

 

[jimbob27]

They could do it now, self checkout for every lane. What are they waiting for?

It requires an initial investment, and like I said, they've got to be sure the savings outweigh the losses from the extra shoplifting. They have to do trials with different security options to see if it's worthwhile rolling out further. It's already happened in big cities with low crime-rates.

In London, self checkouts are universal in big chain supermarkets. Lots of the big DIY stores are now doing the same, and so are some of the fast food chains.

The UK seems to have quite happily accepted them, but the US might be different if there's a big enough political/social backlash against them.

 

[IDL]

It was a classic from the late great Yogi Berra.

hah, didn't catch the reference. And here I thought you just chose a funny wording for a point.

 

[zebby23]

It requires an initial investment, and like I said, they've got to be sure the savings outweigh the losses from the extra shoplifting. They have to do trials with different security options to see if it's worthwhile rolling out further. It's already happened in big cities with low crime-rates.

In London, self checkouts are universal in big chain supermarkets. Lots of the big DIY stores are now doing the same, and so are some of the fast food chains.

The UK seems to have quite happily accepted them, but the US might be different if there's a big enough political/social backlash against them.

I think there would be backlash. I would hate to walk up to a self checkout with a full cart and have to scan and bag all my items. I think I'm just used to a checkout person doing it for me.

 

[Toothless King]

I agree. I should have made that clear. Poor people shop at Wal-Mart and republicans in many ways make up the word poor at least in many areas in the south

so poor black people in the South shop at upscale retail stores?

 

[zebby23]

so poor black people in the South shop at upscale retail stores?

If Wal-Mart is an upscale store then you are right. Since I said republicans in the south shop at Wal-Mart I'm not sure what you are referring to

 

[method115]

Looks like target pricing will increase. Time to shop elsewhere.

Eh I'll continue to support Target. Used to hate going to Target but now that I can afford the extra price I enjoy less trash people being around, more clean stores. Also I get followed at Walmart a lot and it's annoying.

 

[sickc0d3r]

Good, another reason Target > Wal-Mart. Any time I have to step inside a Wal-Mart, I need to be Baker Acted until the depression wears off.

 

[splendica]

I will shop at Target or Costco for items I cannot get at American Giant.

 

[splendica]

Capitalism vs $15/hr min wage - who wins?

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

Good for target. Will make a point to go there more often.

 

[TheFirstEMP]

Great for them. Only right wingers will see this as a negative. I don't mind paying a little more for goods if their employees can all make 15 bucks an hour. Win for everyone!!

As a matter of fact most conservatives I'm sure shop at Wal-Mart so we shouldn't be seeing many opinions from them in here

That's a stupid statement to make. Why would right wingers see this as negative? It's not being forced on them by socialist democrats.

 

[zebby23]

That's a stupid statement to make. Why would right wingers see this as negative? It's not being forced on them by socialist democrats.

I don't know why do conservatives always object to minimum wage increases?

 

[TheFirstEMP]

I don't know why do conservatives always object to minimum wage increases?

There should be objection when it's forced on all businesses big and small by the government. This is Target taking the Costco route which is their personal decision as a business.

 

[ripskater]

It's good to see Target model themselves after Hobby Lobby.

Hobby Lobby pays their employees well

 

[method115]

I don't know why do conservatives always object to minimum wage increases?

I assume it's because the government is forcing companies to pay employees a certain wage which if not done with enough thought can actually hurt small business

 

[ripskater]

Good, another reason Target > Wal-Mart. Any time I have to step inside a Wal-Mart, I need to be Baker Acted until the depression wears off.

The people of walmart > the people of Target.