According to Ehrenreich the poverty system needs to be overhauled. If it were up to you how would you determine what the poverty level would be?
a. I would actually have numbers compiled for what is needed to live at the bare minimum of human decency. Anything under that would be poverty. This is a better way than 3 times the cost of food. This is an outdated method. Food has actually gone down, while rent has gone way up.
The author brings up the topic that employers will often give perks over wage increases. Have you ever had a job that employed that same strategy?
b. Yes, my job pays very low, but I get a 5% discount for me and my family. This is there way of trying to give a perk. But if they want to they could take it away. They know that it will cost much less than if they were to give people raises.
Ehrenrecich brings up the issue of wage secrets. Have you ever experienced how people refuse to discuss wages?
c. Yes, when I was first hired at my job, my mother told me not to tell anyone how much I was making. It was none of their business and it could get me in trouble. But eventually I found out what people were making. When I came to Eau Claire I found out that people were all making more than me for the same job.
The author discusses how mangers believe without them the workplace would halt to a stop. Do you agree with her claim that managers are not as useful as they think?
d. Yes I believe that mangers rarely get me to work any harder. I think that there seem to be many bosses. Some are useful but there doesn’t need to be as many as there are. The more managers there are the less that actually gets done. Managers are paid to do supervise and not actually do work.
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