points by eru 1 day ago | 0 comments
Compensation for work comes in the forms of money, working environment, flexibility, etc.
A minimum wage is a ban on certain baskets of compensation for work.
It doesn't prevent 'exploitation', whatever that means. Companies fiercely competing for labour is what you want here.
[–] pydry 1 day ago
[–] eru 1 day ago
That's literally how a minimum wage works legally: you can have the nicest work environment and biggest flexibility and awesome training (or not), but if the money part of the job is below some minimum, the job is banned.
[–] pydry 10 hours ago
Maybe try working one. Minimum wage jobs literally have among the worst working environments.
[–] eru 4 hours ago
I would have to move countries to do that. There's no minimum wage where I live.
No, it's not.