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former9thward

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13. Productivity charts do not measure personal productivity of employees.

Tue Feb 19, 2019, 06:04 PM

Feb 2019

They measure output per number of employees. It has gone up because of machines and technology -- not people somehow working harder. If 100 employees produce 1000 pieces of product a day and then due to robots, tech and machines 10 employees produce 1000 pieces of product a day then productivity has gone up 1000% but the personal effort the employees has remained the same.

Wages have stayed pretty much the same because high wage manufacturing has left and has been replaced by lower wage service/retail sector employers.

The retail/service sector will never pay the same as manufacturing. What can be done? I don't know and since politicians don't address it I assume they don't either.

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Americans need to STOP being "thankful" that they have a job [View all] maxrandb Feb 2019 OP

thankful dems want $15/hr min wage...in 2024 lol. nt msongs Feb 2019 #1

Eff that noise BBG Feb 2019 #18

That is more accurate! BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #23

That BS has been around since the Great Depression......... Bengus81 Feb 2019 #2

The concept of a "job" in a gig economy is meaningless Yavin4 Feb 2019 #3

Ive seen estimates TheFarseer Feb 2019 #10

money Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2019 #4

Good graphics! lunatica Feb 2019 #12

Productivity charts do not measure personal productivity of employees. former9thward Feb 2019 #13

And when inflation is taken into account, guillaumeb Feb 2019 #27

YES! Johnny2X2X Feb 2019 #5

Yes!!! LiberalLoner Feb 2019 #6

damn right ProfessorPlum Feb 2019 #7

Religion teaches complacency and learned helplessness NightWatcher Feb 2019 #8

I think it was Napolean that said; maxrandb Feb 2019 #35

Yep, no one has a job unless somebody _gives_ it to them dalton99a Feb 2019 #9

Great OP! That's why I'm a proud Teamster! lunatica Feb 2019 #11

Hear, Hear! smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #14

I agree extvbroadcaster Feb 2019 #15

Trickled on. nice post Kurt V. Feb 2019 #16

Amen!!!! Alliepoo Feb 2019 #17

Employment loyalsister Feb 2019 #19

Righteous rant. I remember being in a state of rage during the Reagan years. jalan48 Feb 2019 #20

Everyone that built the pyramids or railroads "had a job" lostnfound Feb 2019 #21

Amen! dlk Feb 2019 #22

If there is no right to a job, MicaelS Feb 2019 #24

My adjusted gross income has remained stagnant or fallen since 2007. debsy Feb 2019 #25

Stellar reviews mean nothing at my job, either The Genealogist Feb 2019 #28

exactly. it is totally rigged. debsy Feb 2019 #32

In 1981, I was Head Stock at a Big Bear grocery store in Ohio maxrandb Feb 2019 #33

Just looked it up. What I made in 1980 would be equivolent to $97K per year today maxrandb Feb 2019 #36

Recommended. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #26

union membership and income share going to top 10% Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2019 #29

Exactly. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #31

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2019 #30

FWIW, even the good old days weren't good for everyone TexasBushwhacker Feb 2019 #34

Businesses foster this attitude in nasty subtle ways Amishman Feb 2019 #37

Hell, some places have policies to fire you maxrandb Feb 2019 #38