Why does “you get what you pay for” only apply to consumers and not employers?

butthatsanothershow:

Why does “you get what you pay for” only apply to consumers and not employers?

Why do employers offering minimum wage expect dedicated, hard working, knowledgeable, experienced employees instead of just someone who shows up and does the job?

If you’re only willing to pay the minimum, you should only expect to get the minimum.

Guess what: It actually does work the same way!

Just as you are happy to buy that cheap disposable lighter for less that £1 that you throw away when the gas gets low, many employers are happy to throw away that cheap disposable worker when he/she/it stops working as expected.

Just like that disposable lighter performs its task well enough for you, that disposable worker performs her/his/its task good enough for the business.

The real question should be if there isn’t some inherent difference between objects and people that should cause a difference in treatment. But by drawing similes like:

Why does “you get what you pay for” only apply to consumers and not employers?

that difference gets obliterated.