Retail Sales: Better Wages = Better Employees

Submitted by GetAJob on 3/17/11 3:21pm

Today, Forbes has broken news on something everyone should already know - higher wages mean happier employees. This is true in most corners of the working world but I feel especially true for the service sector. It is in any companies best interest to pay the people who deal with customers as much as they can. People have less bad days when they make more money and happy workers really do mean happy customers.

Some companies that pay the best wages and have comparably better service: Nordstrom, The Container Store, and Sephora USA.

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