We cannot have sustainable energy because it threatens the oil industry. We cannot have healthcare because it threatens insurance. We cannot have peace because it threatens the weapons industry. Capitalism built a system where doing the right thing is treated like bad business.
It’s been 10 years since I took a million dollar pay cut to pay all staff at Gravity Payments a $70,000 minimum wage. People have wondered: How did it go?
We conducted a comprehensive study of everything that has happened since our 2015 announcement.
We are proof that paying living wages is good for both employees and businesses.
Since raising wages, our revenue and profits have soared, employees have started families while continuing to provide excellent customer service, and clients have become happier and stayed longer.
It worked so well that we raised the minimum to $80,000 and added an employee profit-sharing program.
Yet outside our company, it made no impact: no businesses followed suit, and the pay gap between workers and CEOs remains massive.
The moment I noticed your company is using generative AI. I’m no longer interested in your product. I don’t care what it is. Hire real people, with real experience and talent as artists. Pay them their worth and then I’ll support your business.
@UConnBallknower The first word is “social”. You know what that means, right?
I will never have kids, but I want to pay taxes to have kids fed, housed, educated, and enriched.. because I like living in a society. And I care about the future. There are plenty of rich people who agree.