Seven Highly Profitable Companies That Pay Workers Poorly
Of course, this list is hardly exhaustive. Such inequality is becoming systemic in our economy. There are a few surprises, but a lot of the usual suspects too (not to mention some offenders that aren’t widely known). Warning: if you have a strong sense of justice, this report will deeply anger and/or sadden you.
Let’s be clear: while some level of income inequality is to be expected, the gap of fortune that is present within these companies - and hundreds more - is unjustifiable both ethically and practically (good luck sustaining a healthy economy and society when more and more people are being paid too poorly to get by).
Many of these companies make enough money to pay their workers more while still leaving plenty for their executives. But greed and self-entitlement have reached a level where even a few million dollars won’t satisfy these titans of industry. Meanwhile, most of them work to cut (largely insufficient) government programs, which wouldn’t be so desperately needed in the first if these elitists paid people better.
Don’t like big government or unions? Then why don’t you pay people a living wage so the state isn’t as depended upon? Why don’t you prove that you don’t need regulations to be socially and economically responsible?
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