Lee Scott Quotes

Don't say it's because of benefits, because our benefits are good.

What we have is a pay structure that, on basic wages, is higher than market rate, as a general statement. When you look at other forms of retail, whether they be food or non-food, we pay more. If you look at our health care benefits, we pay a lot more.

When you hire good people, and you provide good jobs and good wages and a career, good things are going to happen.

Money and salary is not a particularly good motivator in the long term.

If we can modernise the workforce, make them better qualified, have this framework of qualifications, then I think they have a very good case for more money.

I've never seen someone work for a salary.

I get paid to work; I don't pay to work.

Everyone gets a raise when they do well. No one asked me what I got for my initial films. There was a time I got paid Rs. 6 lakh. I charge what producers are willing to pay me.

Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.

If you give people peanuts, you get monkeys. So if you want good people that are highly qualified, make the amount of money available for them to go out and do the job.

I want a regular pay cheque.

We always strive to be the best in the wage package.

These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off, and security, on top of working fewer hours. They can thrive even in a down economy.

When you have a country that can boast that more than 95 percent of its eligible workforce is employed and pumping money back into economy, that's exceptionally good news, especially as we prepare to observe Labor Day.

When determining appropriate levels of compensation, management must determine if the employee turnover rate is too low, too high, or just right. If turnover rate is high enough to adversely impact the entity's performance, then employee compensation is probably too low.

People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.

If you're working for a good company and you're happy there, and you're being compensated accordingly, and your work satisfies you, you should stay there.

Home Depot has never hired one human being for minimum wage, not one. We have always paid a premium over minimum wage.

If you hire good people, give them good jobs, and pay them good wages, generally something good is going to happen.

Although being economics editor sounds impressive, it does not mean I actually edit anything. It mainly reflects two decades of title-inflation at the BBC, which has given ever more status to senior reporters, presumably because it is cheaper to do that than to offer higher pay.

We continue to fight for good jobs that pay well and jobs that last. Helping to get folks back to work is about helping them to regain their dignity and pride. That's what families care about.

The pay is good and I can walk to work.

Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity.

If people are going to stay in Office because of the money they get there, apart from the attractions of political life, they are going to be more difficult than ever to remove.

Men, by and large, make more because of some of the things they do. Their jobs are, by and large, riskier. They don’t mind working nights and weekends. They don’t mind working overtime or outdoors.