The reality is that there are few places to work for these days that are half way decent.One of my favorites is the whole "personal day" employers have nowadays.You know where you get two days per fiscal year where you can just take the day "off". To keep you from needing to go to AA.
Only thing is in many cases you get no actual sick days and even if you are sick they make you use the "personal days" and if you used up your personal days and then get sick they ding you for that.
The general rule has always been to pay the least amount of money for the most work.I honestly think that many companies if they could they would find a way to set it up so that the employees are paying them...oh wait they did do that here in the US for many years silly me with the "company store and pay chits.I think those days are coming back.
Some places are not bad I understand that Costco (a warehouse style box store) they pay as the starting wage $11.00 per hour not bad seeing at most box stores the starting wage is usually minimum wage or just above.$11.00 per hour is above the living wage requirement depending on the region.
I think that a company that treats it employees half way decent actually does better because the employees are much more likely to feel like their efforts are paying off and being rewarded which in the end means that they perform better at work and actually enjoy their job(sort of lets face no one would work if they did not half to).
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickunga...t-you-pay-for/