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Originally Posted by Dr. Bobsky
Then you would need to be clear to your clients that their prices are going up because you want to ensure that your employees (who I presume you care about/are loyal to) don't go broke working for you. It's better for your bottom line to keep trained employees, who might otherwise quit, and not have to lose time/money/resources to an employee search because you've let your current employees' real salaries drop owing to inflation.
Look at it from my perspective: I am effectively a small business owner myself, I've helped to bring into the university over £1.6 million (almost half of that exclusively from my efforts), and I hire people to do the work I've raised money to do. I fit in a system where I have no control over my salary or the salary of the folks I employee. I no more want to have my cost of living to be unlivable at my salary than I do for the people I employ. So I join a union which supports my goals of a sustainable academic practice, rather than do nothing as the government and universities cut into bone in the pursuit of the latest bauble...
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Absolutely, those are the types of conversations we have with clients when prices do go up. Offering employees a good wage (the hourly rate we offer is slightly more than I pay myself to be honest) and benefits is simply a must to even get applications due to the extremely low unemployment rate (less than 5.7%) in our area. I’d like to think that since we do the same work as the employees, we can understand their needs reasonably well. I started with the company as an employee, so I hope that helps them see that I get where they are coming from.