Wage slavery

In today 's society having a job is a necessity. Almost all adults have or have had a job to make ends meet, and to provide for their family members. Of course not every job is enjoyable, and a lot of people hate their jobs, but some people actually love their jobs. Some people love their jobs so much that they spend their whole life doing that one job, better known as a career. Others are working at a job they hate, hoping one day to have the career of their dreams. Even if one has a career of…

away from Zaytoon. The very few devoted employees made the impossible happen. Although there is never more than one person working in the front, taking orders, serving, and busting tables all at the same time, no one has ever complained about the low wages due to the financial sacrifice this business has made by attempting to compete…

There is an ongoing question of whether or not the athletes in the NFL are paid too much or if they deserve what they are paid. If you ask me, the answer is perfectly obvious. NFL player are grossly overpaid for doing a job with zero productivity other than entertainment and the money being spent on them should be put to use for much better causes. There are many people who think that, because they work really hard, NFL players deserve the surplus of money that they are currently paid. This is…

consist of either an hourly wage or a salary and commission on the sales that are made. The problem currently is that the commissions the employees are relying on are not working out the way they were expecting because sales in their stores are down due to a lack of employment, which leads to inadequate training of the employees to make those sales. Additions to the pay mix are necessary for Ruffian to better perform. As stated before, they employees base hourly wage or salary should be even…

Salaries of Female Athletes: Should They Be Paid Equal? Athletes of the female gender throughout the world are being seriously underpaid compared to their male counterparts. Women in sports are having trouble pursuing their dream of being a professional athlete because most can’t get scholarships to pay for school and training, and have less opportunities to play their sport because of underfunding of the program. After college, women athletes are having trouble finding jobs because there are…

With equal opportunity in pursuing a career, equal pay between genders is expected, but it is not portrayed. Although many years have passed, and women’s roles and rights have drastically changed, the wage gap has only slightly improved over time. The current president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, is working to decrease the gap and bring women and men to a more equal standing. On Friday January 29th, the president began to require…

education, which includes a technical degree or training, usually work minimum wage jobs that don’t offer benefits, and they are finding it almost impossible to escape poverty.” Distinctly, classism does essentially matter to make the unequal distribution of wealth. Since people and their children from low-income families have hard to time to achieve higher education, they cannot have any jobs that are above minimum wage. Consequently, they cannot get rid of the hardship. On the other side,…

According to Wikipedia, “salaries and wages are the sum of remuneration paid to employees, including the values of any social contributions, income taxes, etc., payable to employees.” It essentially is the monthly, or sometimes, weekly amount of money that the employees are getting paid by their employers because of their contract. One thing that all working people have in common, is the income tax that they have to pay, based on the amount of money that they earn, the more money you earn, the…

“Successful careers today are not planned out in advance.” This is my favorite quote from “Managing Oneself.” I enjoy this quote because it holds a lot of truth for careers in this day in age. Sure, some people might have known what they wanted to do when they grew up as a young kid and it ended up working out for them great, but that is usually not the case. A successful career takes a lot of building, changes and learning to create. This building starts as a young kid and then really…

support in school activities and not participating all together. Teaching is a well-known career. Although teaching is both a fulfilling and rewarding career, there are problems such as low wages, struggling with management of students, and the lack of support from both parents and school boards. Low wages can cause problems in both inside and outside of school.…