working for 19cent week right/wrong? - Page 3

EarlyDawn · 2004-04-23, 03:37 PM

Nike.

Nearly Payless Profit Margins

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ZeusCali · 2004-04-23, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by EarlyDawn

Nike.

Nearly Payless Profit Margins

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as in they have similar profit margin as payless or as they nearly don't pay anyone thus get 100% profit margine?

Fragmatic · 2004-04-23, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by ZeusCali

as in they have similar profit margin as payless or as they nearly don't pay anyone thus get 100% profit margine?

Everay · 2004-04-23, 04:26 PM

hes wondering it the amount of money they make is similar to the other shoe company, Payless, or if they dont pay anyone and because of that they get 100 money back from the selling of their shoes.

Spee · 2004-04-23, 04:28 PM

buh

Mr1337Duck · 2004-04-23, 04:37 PM

There are plenty of small countries where you can get by very effectively with a couple hundred bucks, places in Africa.

Red October · 2004-04-23, 05:04 PM

I think the real question bogs down to this; Are the wages they are recieving enough to actually improve their standard of living? Even gradually? Or are they just high enough to lure them off the farms with a guarantee of an income (crops do fail) and there standard of living is kept at subsistance? If indeed their wage is improving life in general for them, then Nike is doing a good thing. But if its taking advantage of a situation, then they could actually be impedeing progress. The villages may for go any agricultural assistance via improved tools and/or methods(as they may view it as too risky) in order to stick with something "safe".

As for Nike itself, my understanding is that $75 of that $100 shoe goes to marketing costs. I've bought'n only one pair of Nike's and did not see any difference between thier product than those at shoe wharehouse or Payless. The only real quality shoes I've ever worn that seemed worth every penny (and then some) were my hiking shoes.

Dharkbayne · 2004-04-23, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by Dharkbayne

Ogge is a douche.

Really, 19 cents isn't enough to get anywhere, ever. It would take YEARS of work to afford a fucking bicycle.

Fragmatic · 2004-04-23, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by Dharkbayne

Really, 19 cents isn't enough to get anywhere, ever. It would take YEARS of work to afford a fucking bicycle.

2 Weeks for a chocolate bar.

MilitantB0B · 2004-04-23, 07:50 PM

Originally Posted by Ogge

In Indonesia you get payed 19cents/week to work at a Nike factory, do you think its right or wrong?

1: they get payed, even if its just 19cents its still 19cents.
2: they get a place to sleep and food, the food may not ge good but its still food.
3: they dont know about the world outside so they think its a good work.
4: We get things cheaper thanks to them.

so what do you think? as you see above i think its a great thing that they got a job and that they have a place to sleep and eat instead of starving to death on the streets.

Thats the way I see it to.

1.) As already pointed out, $.19 might be crap here, but over there it is obviously a pretty good thing. How do I know this? These people chose to work their, meaning it was the best they could get. which leads me to my next point:

2.) The only reason Nike opened a factory there is because of the cheap labor, make them pay higher wages and they will just pick up and move, leaving those people jobless. 19c is better then 0c.

I do agree with Hamma though, I wish America could get those jobs, but thats how the world works. It looks like America is shaping up to be more of a profesional nation, in that we outsource most of our manual labor jobs, but we also have some of the best profesional industrys. stuff like medical, engineering, etc. Pretty soon you will need a masters or phd just to be competitive in America...

EDIT:

Originally Posted by SDM

http://www.neosith.com/OggeLog.txt

Wow, that is the dumbest outlook on life I have ever seen...

Well, if you ever feel the need to full-fill this little idea, come over to my house, I will lock you in my attic and make you do my laundry, that is unless you find out about something going on outside the attic, then of course I will have to kill you... But you where fine with that, right?

ObnoxiousFrog · 2004-04-23, 08:03 PM

I shall respond here with 2 pictures, one for the crazy foreigners who aren't proficient in English or logic and try to use that as an excuse to sound retarded on an English-speaking forum:

The second is in response to Ogge and his crazy Communist wet dreams, as seen on the History Channel: