MetaFilter posts tagged with wages

...with numbers like these — why would women want to work in games?

griphus — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:35:30 -0800

"The next time someone tells me that men and women get paid equally for their talents in the game industry, I wanted something to link to them." [via]

Beers, hugs, and high-fives

monospace — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:56:14 -0800

Rock diva and Kickstarter heroine Amanda Palmer asks local musicians/fans to come on stage to perform a few songs with her. But professional musicians are outraged at this blatant act of exploitation. Amanda Palmer on the Blue, previously.

A tale of (the wage bills of) three English sports

Wordshore — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:10:38 -0800

Information on cricket salaries in England is difficult to find, though the amounts are acknowledged to be low; many cricketers take on a second job during the off-season. One of the top flight teams, Durham, is the first county fined for narrowly exceeding the total playing staff salary cap for the year. As a cross-sport comparison, the top flight football (soccer) team wage bills for 2010-11, and the team salary caps for rugby.

China in Revolt?

ageispolis — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:43:20 -0800

"Today, the Chinese working class is fighting. More than thirty years into the Communist Party’s project of market reform, China is undeniably the epicenter of global labor unrest." — Eli Friedman from Jacobin

smaller companies are using robots

kliuless — Fri, 20 May 2011 11:11:59 -0800

Made in America: small businesses buck the offshoring trend - "For US manufacturing to make sense, factories must make extensive use of automation. That's getting easier, given that the cost of robots with comparable capabilities has decreased precipitously in the past two decades." BONUS

Does corporate America kowtow to China? - "multinationals profit hugely from China and have less incentive to rock the boat... the problem for U.S. multinationals is that the focus on short-term profit easily outweighs long-term worries"
Capitalism, Unvarnished - "Working undercover, Daisey saw the nets that had been erected to catch suicidal workers who jumped off the building. He met workers whose spines had started to fuse together from 12-hour or 16-hour shifts. He met 12-year-olds who assembled iPhones and iPads."
Explosion Kills 2 at Foxconn Plant - "A large explosion ripped through a Foxconn high-tech plant in southwestern China Friday night, killing at least two people at a facility that is reported to manufacture iPads."
China's High-Speed Trains Coming Off the Rails - "China's expanding network of ultramodern high-speed trains is coming under growing scrutiny over costs and because of concerns that builders ignored safety standards in the quest to build faster trains in record time"

“The gap between low and middle is collapsing.”

VikingSword — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:34:04 -0800

Public Job as Only Route to Middle Class. 'While that might not seem like much, jobs' 'with benefits and higher-than-minimum wages, are considered plum in' the town of Gallipolis a 'depressed corner of southern Ohio. Decades of industrial decline have eroded private-sector jobs here, leaving a thin crust of low-paying service work that makes public-sector jobs look great in comparison.''Now, as Ohio’s legislature moves toward final approval of a bill that would chip away at public-sector unions, those workers say they see it as the opening bell in a race to the bottom. At stake, they say, is what little they have that makes them middle class.' '“We’re not living in any rich, high-income way,” said Ms. Taylor, 37, who, together with her husband, protested the public-sector bill in Columbus this month. “What are they wanting?” she said of the bill. “For everyone to be making minimum wage?”' 'Wages at the bottom of the labor market have stagnated since 1970, with inflation gobbling up gains made over the years. The federal minimum wage buys a lot less today; it represented just 38 percent of the average hourly wage for private, nonsupervisory workers in 2010, down from 47 percent in 1970, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.'

Money, Derek Jeter, Nail Clippings & Apple Pie: Harvard's WorklifeWizard

yellowcandy — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:22:05 -0800

The Harvard University Worklife Wizard , created by an international team of journalists, economists, and statisticians, is Barbara Ehrenreich's wet dream. It's also a fantastic resource that has flown pretty much under everyone's radar. The Worklife Survey drives the constantly-revised, constantly-refined Salary Comparison Tool, which is always hungry for more data about employment from around the world. And when they say they want data from everyone, they mean it-- there's even a VIP Salary Checker that pits the wages of the Yankees against those of the Red Sox. (Plus if you take the survey, you can apparently earn a chance to win a trip to South Africa). Personally, I love the Workplace Horror Stories (and there's a competition there too). I can't look at a nail clipper the same way now.

ugly or handsome ?

halekon — Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:58:20 -0800

Are you ugly or handsome? So Much for That Merit Raise: The Link between Wages and Appearance. Hey what about the phrase beauty is in the eye of the beholder?

The Shark in the Free Care Pool

alms — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 14:52:05 -0800

The Freeloader Registry. When an employer pays low wages and doesn't provide health care benefits, its employees often end up getting free care through state and federal programs. How much does this cost you, and which companies benefit from the practice? A new Massachusetts state law will provide detailed information about top corporate welchers. (This follows recent discussion of the topic in the context of Wal-Mart.) Via Good Jobs First.

Costco slammed for wages and benefits

F Mackenzie — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:32:59 -0800

Costco draws criticism from Wall Street for paying decent wages. One analyst complains that "Costco runs its business like it is a private company." The Teamsters think otherwise, claiming Costco is the only company Wal-Mart fears. [via Obscure Store]

Working toward tomorrow.

the fire you left me — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 21:15:54 -0800

Minimum wage is San Fransisco is now $8.50. Minimum wage in New York City is $5.15 per hour. Minimum wages from around the United States.

Guards at Area 51 protest low wages.

gimonca — Tue, 11 Dec 2001 18:24:25 -0800

Guards at Area 51 protest low wages. Maybe the greys from Zeta Reticuli are behind on their rent?