Robert Bosch Quotes

Paying your employees well is not only the right thing to do but it makes for good business.

I pay people very, very well - probably more than I have to. But that costs me less money in the long run because I'm not having to constantly train somebody. I pay them enough that they don't go seeking a higher scale at the next restaurant.

I would love to see McDonald's pay more money.

Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity.

I've talked to several CEOs - from a recycling company in Indiana, a furniture company in Kentucky, a brewing company in Colorado, and more - who believe paying higher wages is both the right thing to do and part of a successful business model.

In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money.

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.

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

I know people like to work for me, and quite a few have gotten rich working for me.

It stands to reason: Higher wages means higher loyalty and morale, which means higher productivity, which means a more profitable business.

There's this notion out there - and it's a categorically false notion - that the only business model in the service industry is the minimum-wage business model. I say phooey to that. You go to a Costco store, and you see people there who've been working there for years and years. They're making $15, $20 an hour, plus health benefits.

Regardless of what the minimum wage is, you really have the market wage. And if we're not taking care of our people, then we're going to lose good talent, at every level.

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.

The value of the minimum wage shouldn't be eroded, and it has been.

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

You pay more in wages, get more in in tax, you get people living a higher standard, you get more money. It's a kind of circle.

Today, a skilled manager makes more than the owner. And owners fight each other to get the skilled managers.

This government has always said increasing pay is something for something.

The most valuable lesson I learned in dealing with the ups and downs was to invest in my employees - to do all I could for them when the times were good.

In the beginning, I was so chintzy I really didn't pay my employees well.

I think I've been a moderately good boss. I've made a lot of people extremely wealthy - I think we've created 30 millionaires.

It's like you work with people, and based on the size of the budget, you sometimes can't pay them what they deserve.

The best way to invest corporate profits is to give them to the employees.

Google has been doing well. As much as possible we're trying to share back with the employees. They will continue to create a lot of value.

They only ask for a fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work.