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Globalists agree: the majority of the world population supports Globalism
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<blockquote data-quote="ilostabet" data-source="post: 1238297" data-attributes="member: 13181"><p>I can at least speak of the Portuguese situation, which I assume resembles the rest of Western Europe. There's very few incentives to do that, and still wouldn't improve the quality employees that much, because taxes are so high that even if you raise salaries you'll pay a lot more taxes but the net salary of the employee would still be very low, so it's not much of an incentive; plus automation can easily replace these people anyway. I've started to see coffee shops and stores where you don't give your money to the cashier (it doesn't even makes sense to call them this anymore), you put your money in a machine that gives you the exact change. The person is there to get the food, coffee, whatever, from the kitchen or counter to you. You can get decent coffee (expresso) in Portugal pretty much anywhere, but a lot of them are now based on single-served Nespresso machines, so the waiter doesn't really matter. Even if an employer wants to give higher end service, he either has to raise prices to cover the higher costs, which is risky, or the external pressures of competitors implementing cheaper measures will drive him to do the same - or go out of business. Besides, these types of jobs are now obviously 'transition' jobs. No one thinks, or can realistically expect, anymore to work in something forever - much less service jobs. I still remember the neighborhood convenience store being operated by the same old guy that had been there since who knows when, probably hired when he was 14 or something. This doesn't exist anymore, because you can't support a family on that salary, and besides, these kinds of small businesses (even coffee shops) are being driven out by larger chains that are the same anywhere and have a competitive advantage because of their numerous locations, optimized processes, legal and fiscal teams, etc. The trend exists in all industries: uniformization and consolidation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ilostabet, post: 1238297, member: 13181"] I can at least speak of the Portuguese situation, which I assume resembles the rest of Western Europe. There's very few incentives to do that, and still wouldn't improve the quality employees that much, because taxes are so high that even if you raise salaries you'll pay a lot more taxes but the net salary of the employee would still be very low, so it's not much of an incentive; plus automation can easily replace these people anyway. I've started to see coffee shops and stores where you don't give your money to the cashier (it doesn't even makes sense to call them this anymore), you put your money in a machine that gives you the exact change. The person is there to get the food, coffee, whatever, from the kitchen or counter to you. You can get decent coffee (expresso) in Portugal pretty much anywhere, but a lot of them are now based on single-served Nespresso machines, so the waiter doesn't really matter. Even if an employer wants to give higher end service, he either has to raise prices to cover the higher costs, which is risky, or the external pressures of competitors implementing cheaper measures will drive him to do the same - or go out of business. Besides, these types of jobs are now obviously 'transition' jobs. No one thinks, or can realistically expect, anymore to work in something forever - much less service jobs. I still remember the neighborhood convenience store being operated by the same old guy that had been there since who knows when, probably hired when he was 14 or something. This doesn't exist anymore, because you can't support a family on that salary, and besides, these kinds of small businesses (even coffee shops) are being driven out by larger chains that are the same anywhere and have a competitive advantage because of their numerous locations, optimized processes, legal and fiscal teams, etc. The trend exists in all industries: uniformization and consolidation. [/QUOTE]
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