Silly woman.

[dwer.livejournal.com]

Doesn't she know she's not as important as her bosses? She should be lucky they deign to pay her at all!

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[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

"if she had some sort of employment agreement that her benefits wouldn't ever change, maybe she'd have a place for complaint in this scenario."

huh? what?

lets try

"if she had some sort of employment agreement that her benefits wages wouldn't ever change, maybe she'd have a place for complaint in this scenario."

cause usually wages are subject to change too?
how are benfits not like a wage?

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

how are benfits not like a wage?

You always get a wage, you don't always get benefits.

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

Factually false.
Lots of people don't get wages.

Sometimes they are called "intern"

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Now we're introducing interns into the discussion?

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

Do interns perform work?

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

They are not workers, no. The are volunteers, trainees, students.

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

Define "worker"

I do not think you know what that word means.

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

Two separate jobs where one is compensated in only wages while the other is compensated with wages and benefits will get equivalent amounts of compensation.

Wages only:
wages = $100
benefits = $0
total = $100

Wages and benefits:
wages = $50
benefits = $50
total = $100

Benefits are not pulled out of some magical asshole where their cost is nullified. Benefits cost the employer money. If the employer is giving you benefits, it's because they're paying you less. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's basic math.