(drunk, doesn’t invalidate…)
What if instead of employers dictating wages, we turned it upside down: people bid for jobs, how low they were lowing to offer for a job.
But otherwise, a “shitty” job would end up paying more per hour, and an “easy” job would pay less.
The qualifications and performance issues are immense. But a hybrid is possible if all jobs were up for auction:
- You can only apply for jobs you are minimally qualified for (determined by the employer)
- Lowest bid wins – no matter what
- 3 month probation period – can be fired for no reason
- being fired in the past affects future bids – you have a premium, so you need to bid lower. That premium goes into a fund
We would need an arbitration process for unjust dismissals…
A Universal Basic Income is an absolute key to this – the idea that I could sit at home and watch TV instead of working in the garbage industry… Without that the vulnerable and unqualified would lose out massively.