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by eikenberry 2583 days ago
And you'll attract and keep a better level of employee because you do this. IMO this is particularly important with unskilled labor as your pool of employees is so large with very little to differentiate quality people.
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Costco does this and it has worked, at least it seems, really well for them.

Always maintained an above average hourly salary and benefits offering for retail staff. Their turnover is considerably lower than other big box retail (Walmart around 40%, Costco around 17%).

Not to mention the cost reduction of not having to retrain someone who is only going to quit/get fired in six months.

Source: https://hbr.org/2006/12/the-high-cost-of-low-wages