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Rather than paying a living wage, Broward college has decided to distribute food bags to their employees. 50 bags for 500 employees 👍

(They do regularly do this for students too)

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 4 months ago (2 children)

A place I worked for always had “turkey drives” for the poorer families around thanksgiving. I wasn’t popular because i would ask why we as a company can’t pay every employee enough to cover a turkey but i never got an answer.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I ask the same shit whenever giant multi billion dollar companies canvass and harass me for money to feed the poor..

Like bitch, your company made more money then every customer currently in here for 5 minutes, then we collectively see in a year. They can fucking pay for it.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago

Goes for tipping too. Fuck you, pay fair. Dont ask me to support your staff with charity.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Seriously?? I've only ever seen turkey drives as a charitable thing for the community, not internal to a company. Craziness

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

First of all, I 💯 agree with you that all employees should be paid a living wage!

Obviously some people will fall on hard times despite what they’re paid, so it’s good to have this service in general. Let’s hope not too many employees have to utilize this on the regular.

This is a public community college in Florida. If it’s anything like my public university here in North Carolina, the state probably allocates the salary budget through legislation, and the school itself has very little (if any) say in what employees earn. So, unless I’m mistaken, the blame for the living wage argument would rest solely on the state; and if that’s the case, I would give kudos to the college for offering this service in spite of the state.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The wages are published, but the school is for profit and decides the salary. Incremental raises are established with union contract.

All fifty bags went within twenty minutes, and they had to turn employees away.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

That is a damn shame. I feel like for-profit schools shouldn’t exist.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Although of course, no matter how much you're paid random stuff happens and I support assistance for employees. It just seems dystopian to have to offer food for more than 10% of your workforce.