> if you (tech workers) think you'll be able to convert your high-hourly-equivalent-wage into a higher-hourly-equivalent-wage-with-overtime-pay, no, not going to happen, at least not in the long term, unless of course your productivity were to climb by a commensurate amount.
This paper isn't about tech workers. It's about workers in general, and with an empahsis on workers in low-wage and high-hour industries like fast food and discount retail.
> It's about workers in general, and with an empahsis on workers in low-wage and high-hour industries like fast food and discount retail
the same economics applies, it's sort of the whole point of economics, it's generalizable, it's not a collection of special circumstances, nor is it escapable. hiring takes place because wages for the work are worth it, and hiring will decline if not. It's not a value judgement or a moral judgment, it's the same way you spend your own money, only if it's worth it.
the audience here is tech workers so I used that to get the emotional resonance for the plight of the salaried worker.
This paper isn't about tech workers. It's about workers in general, and with an empahsis on workers in low-wage and high-hour industries like fast food and discount retail.