Amazing how the one company that was a joke in the movie Idiocracy is actually the one company saving us from a complete fascist takeover.
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I saw Costco raise membership fees, reduce people entering without a membership, and wondered if it was just profiteering without improving pricing. While their max profit is set to 14% which at least seems better than the price gouging under the label of inflation, I hope this is part of that improvements for society. It may not calculate out properly, but hopefully it does. For a lot of people, the 🌭 and 🍕 is also a great help too. They also stood up for DEIA and humanity, avoiding the falsehoods of fascism and scapegoating of the people systemically vulnerable and a real path to equity for all.
The changes apply to employees at non-union locations.
Rising tide
Unions and striking work folks
The workers didn’t need to strike. Costco is notoriously an amazing employer to work for. They have some of the lowest turnover in the industry. The CEO often gets grilled in earnings calls on things like employee costs and he always rebuts that happy employees are productive. I am very pro unions but this is one of those examples of a good employer.
Thats a bit disingenuous. The workers DID have to threaten to strike. This raise didnt just come out of the blue as a benevolent gesture.
But this is how give and take should work with employers.
I hadn't heard that but with more research, you are correct: they had to threaten a strike. I am disappointed to hear that.
I'm not that disappointed, its the reality of the system we have. Even senior management have to protect their jobs. They resisted just enough to be able to sell to the shareholders "Did you want a strike? Did you want workers picketing? You want those optics?"
The system we have sucks, thats undeniable. But this is just the process.
Bro what I don't even make that as a programmer
You're so severely underpaid that it's genuinely concerning. Who do you work for?
That's the reality of having 1 year of experience in Canada. I'll probably get a raise soon. I hope so at least
My employer considers canada a form of off shoring.
I made scraps for a couple years when I first started in the industry but landed a pretty sweet job on a whim. I say keep an eye out and be sure to have a decent portfolio (though admittedly mine was nowhere near perfect)!
I'm not worried haha, I've just this month completed my first year of experience at the company I work at. But I have to say I'm so envious of US salaries
What? Why?
Credible strike threat gets the goods