Having to depend on modest pay is not a bad thing.
"So how come I need 10 years of living expenses set aside and you don't? That doesn't make any sense. "Most people live paycheck to paycheck," Price said to Inc. Price also took the risk of selling all of his stocks, draining retirement accounts and mortgaging two properties in order to directed money into Gravity Payments. Price told Newsweek that the judge ruled and "unequivocally cleared me," and the court of appeals affirmed the judge's decision. After announcing the minimum wage raise, Price's brother and co-founder sued him, alleging Price paid himself "excessive compensation" and demanding that the court order Price to buy his brother's shares or dissolve the company, according to Inc. The decision didn't come without personal sacrifice for Price. "It worked so well we expanded it to a new Boise office, where the cost of living is lower but people deserve good pay all the same. "We started our $70k min wage with about 130 employees in Seattle," Price wrote. The price hike also had benefits for employee productivity Price said that 76 percent of Gravity Payments' employees are engaged at work, which is twice the national average. In his tweets, Price also cited data that 70 percent of employees paid down debts, and 401(K) contributions grew by 155 percent among workers. We also have unlimited paid time off for our employees, and we encourage people to take the maternity and paternity time they need to do it right." "When people can give kids a good life and a good upbringing, they do it. "When people have the resources to make the choices they want to, a lot of them do," Price said. Price said the "baby boom" was the most unexpected outcome realized through the pay-policy change. He also cited that number of staff members who had babies and purchased homes both grew by 10 times in that period, and employee turnover dropped by half. Since the wage hike six years ago, Price wrote in the thread, the company's employee base grew by 70 percent and the number of Gravity Payments' customers doubled. Price posted a Twitter thread and video Wednesday showing how the company has stood to defy expectations of failure.
Since then our revenue tripled, we're a Harvard Business School case study & our employees had a 10x boom in homes bought.Īlways invest in people. Fox News called me a socialist whose employees would be on bread lines. No one should have to work two jobs to make ends meet."Ħ years ago today I raised my company's min wage to $70k. It was clear I was an awful CEO who was failing his employees. "An employee was secretly working a 2nd job at McDonald's. "What helped inspire our $70k min wage?" Price wrote in a Twitter thread. The decision to raise staffers' pay came after Price learned that one of his employees was hiding a second job in order to meet living costs. The CEO shocked fellow business leaders in 2015 when he announced he would cut his own $1.1 million paycheck over the next three years to fund a minimum wage of $70,000 for every employee at the credit card processing company he co-founded, according to a profile about Price by Inc. Our employee turnover was also cut in half since we implemented our pay policy." "There is a sense of pride someone feels when they're making a living wage, and that their voice matters, which is good for productivity. "They no longer have to be stressed about making enough money to cover the basics and it creates a situation where people can focus on their work, career progression, and increasing their capabilities. "When you pay workers enough to meet their needs it creates a safety net," Price told Newsweek. Price confirmed in an email to Newsweek on Wednesday that before the pay-policy change, Gravity Payments had a processing volume of $3.79 billion in 2014, and last year, despite the pandemic, the company had a processing volume of $11 billion and estimates to make about $13.5 billion this year. Seattle-based company Gravity Payments has tripled its revenue since CEO Dan Price raised the company's minimum wage to $70,000 six years ago.
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