Why don't wages go up?

In today's society, all of us are lamenting that prices are soaring and wages are not rising. Let me have a look at our prices in recent years:

Vegetables and meat:

Beef: 20 years ago, 5 yuan a catty (but many people can't afford it), 10 years ago, 20 yuan a catty, and now 30 yuan a catty (the cheapest).

Pork: Twenty years ago, a kilo in 5 yuan (pork ribs 3 yuan), ten years ago: 10 yuan (pork ribs 12 yuan), and now: a kilo in 20 yuan (pork ribs 25 yuan).

Green vegetables (seasonal green leafy vegetables, excluding cabbage): Twenty years ago, 0.5 yuan weighed a catty; Ten years ago, 2 yuan a catty; Now, 5 yuan a catty; Sometimes 5 yuan may not buy a catty.

Carrots: Twenty years ago, 0.8 yuan was a kilo, ten years ago, 3 yuan was a kilo, and now 5 yuan is a kilo.

White radish: Twenty years ago, 0.2 yuan was a kilo, ten years ago, 0.5 yuan was a kilo, and now 2 yuan is a kilo.

Seasonal Fruit (Winter Orange): Twenty years ago: one catty in 0.5 yuan, ten years ago: one catty in 2 yuan, and now: one catty in 5 yuan.

Eggs (about 2 taels each): 20 years ago: one in 0.2 yuan, 10 years ago: 0.5, now: 0.8.

The above data comes from a vegetable market. Of course, due to the geographical influence, some places will be high and some places will be low.

Entertainment category:

KTV (non-prime time): one hour in 50 yuan 20 years ago, one hour in 20 yuan 10 years ago, and now: 12 yuan one hour (even some group purchases only need 9.9 yuan).

Video game market: I played 1 yuan for/5 minutes twenty years ago, and 1 yuan for/0/0 minutes ten years ago. Now I play 1 yuan for 5 minutes.

Concert: Twenty years ago, many free people gave up. Ten years ago, 200 yuan tickets. Now, 800 yuan may be a far, far place.

Watching movies in the cinema: Twenty years ago: a popular movie 2 yuan, ten years ago: a movie 20 yuan, now: 50 yuan is not a blockbuster.

The above data comes from the comparison between the Internet and my city.

Life service category:

Manicure: twenty years ago, a bottle of nail polish 1 yuan. Ten years ago, a manicure called 15 yuan. It costs 50 yuan to apply nail polish now.

Beauty: Twenty years ago, I paid 200 yuan for a face. 10 years ago, it cost 100 yuan to buy a face. Now, 50 yuan for a project.

Wash, cut and blow: Twenty years ago, a haircut cost 2 yuan. Ten years ago, it cost 20 yuan to wash and cut your hair. Now it costs 40 yuan to wash, cut and blow, maybe more.

Internet members: QQ members of 10 yuan twenty years ago, Potato members of 10 yuan ten years ago, and Iqiyi members of 20 yuan now.

Others:

House price: 20 years ago, it was 4,000 yuan per square meter, and the floor was decided by itself. 10 years ago, it was 7000 yuan per square meter for commercial housing. At present, the level of commercial housing in good lots is either the five digits at the beginning of 1, or the five or six digits at the beginning of 2, or even more.

Clothing (non-famous brand): Twenty years ago: a dress in 20 yuan, ten years ago: a dress in 20 yuan, now: Taobao, a dress in 20 yuan and so on.

Pencils: Twenty years ago: each in 5 yuan, ten years ago: 1 yuan each, now: each in 2 yuan.

There are jewelry, bags, shoes and so on. I won't list them one by one. The above data comes from my city, my purchase records in the past 20 years, the internet and others' dictation.

Well, with the rough price data, let's look at our salary again:

Twenty years ago: the monthly salary 1000+ was not bad; Ten years ago: no problem with a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan; Now: the salary of 3000 yuan a month is relatively tight.

I won't remember how much money I can earn online and comment on the salary level, because it turns out that selling pancake fruit can really earn 20 thousand a month, haha.

All right, no jokes. Let's get down to business. From the data, we can easily see that the so-called prices are soaring and wages are not rising. What's the problem? That is, the price increase is much higher than the wage increase. My monthly income is 365,438+000, and my life is relatively tight. My salary now is more than 300% higher than that of 20 years ago. Then, compared with the increase of pork, radish and pencil, basically no one has increased by less than four times in the past 20 years. That is to say, if I want to have a basic food and clothing, I must create a salary that is four times higher than that of 20 years ago. Looking at these together, I finally come to the conclusion that my salary is so low that I can't afford to live a better life 1000%, let alone buy a house.

So, what is cheap and what is expensive? Let's watch it again: singing ktv is cheaper than before. Even beauty salons that were ridiculously expensive 20 years ago began to cut prices, and even clothes can be bought at the price of 20 years ago, but the quality will be slightly different.

Are these cheap? No, actually, they are just flat. So what's cheap? Don't worry, let's take another look:

What is expensive, we can't help but say: price. Indeed, for a small clerk who earns 3000 yuan a month, I'm afraid I can't even afford to eat white radish, but I will still buy white radish. The price of white radish has increased by 10 times in the past 20 years. Why? Let's look at other prices:

A bowl of noodles: a bowl in 4 yuan 20 years ago, a bowl in 8 yuan 10 years ago, and now a bowl in 2 yuan/kloc-0.

A dish of stir-fried dishes: one in 8 yuan 20 years ago, one in 10 years ago 15 yuan and one in 20 yuan 20 years ago.

Stewed beef brisket with radish: Twenty years ago, one pot in 20 yuan, one pot in 30 yuan ten years ago, and now one pot in 40 yuan.

Milk tea: a cup of 1 yuan twenty years ago, a cup of 5 yuan ten years ago, and now a cup of 10 yuan.

Do you still want to drink milk tea after reading the above? Hehe, indeed, it is better to drink less to lose weight than to drink milk tea. It doesn't matter.

Well, get to the point, so it's not hard to see what is cheap, that is, people are cheap. Many times, when others say that hard work is directly proportional to wages, I can't help but sigh. I worked 10 hour 20 years ago and 10 hour 10 years ago, and now I still work 10 hour every day, but my income has not increased much compared with ten years ago. I don't believe in evil, so I work 10 hours every day. I just change from 3 100 to 3400 every month. Do I have a sideline? Part-time waiters in other restaurants cost more than 2,000 a month. Hehe, look at the time clearly. I only have 6 hours or less to do my sideline business. It's good to take care of it.

Don't you admit that people are the cheapest here? I'm afraid some people say: how to hire a worker is so expensive now, it costs 8000 a month. Well, that's what you're ignoring: I'm talking about people, not labor, but the value of people.

I think many people have noticed that many places can't recruit people, and many places are overcrowded, right? Why? I can only say: it's a mental problem. Originally, we were a problem society, but we were allowed to enjoy it. This can only aggravate the problem.

Then someone may say: Then I will take more classes, study more and enrich myself.

Class? What classes do you have? Many of our "lessons" are actually "make up lessons". To put it bluntly, most of them are just pastimes, so they are more entertaining and have more and more stars. With a monthly income of 3,000, I went to see 800 yuan's concert, and felt at least mentally satisfied, which was a step closer to my goal.

Here, I can only hehe, when the bird is big, there are all kinds of Woods, and I am not a good bird, of course, I can't manage any Woods. But if you ask: what can improve your value, there are ways.

The most direct way: put a pillow on it, and you may dream higher.

Haha, just kidding, be careful: if you want to improve your value, you must first understand your value. I know my weight best, but I don't know my value. If I spend something different from my own value, and the value is high, you say it's expensive, but the value is low, and you say the quality is poor.

Of course, I'm talking about promotion. Knowing your own value is only a prerequisite, and promotion is the key. Well, then, if the value is determined, should we get high value by consuming high value? That's for sure, but that value is not your own. You may just raise the value of others, and you are just like a 20-dollar dress, which means nothing.

To improve yourself, you must first figure out what you want to improve. Not only does your hair grow, but you also grow up. We must be clear: directionality and adaptability. For example, I think I make milk tea to make money, and then spend 20 thousand to join a milk tea shop, 654.38 million to decorate the shop, and pay the store rent for one year. I get rid of personnel, procurement costs and equipment depreciation expenses every month, and I earn 8 thousand a month selling milk tea. My annual income is 96,000. It looks tempting, doesn't it? Ok, with the initial fee of 20,000 plus the renovation of 654.38+10,000 and the annual store rent of1.20,000, I only get 96,000 a year. Hehe, what about the loss of 24,000? Lost a lot. Close the door.

But! Still spent 20,000 yuan to join the tea shop, 6,543.8+10,000 yuan to decorate the shop, and paid the store rent for one year before starting business. No, I posted the intention of cooperation first, and then rented out half of the stores to others at a price of 60 thousand a year. My monthly income is still 80 million yuan, and 96,000 plus 60,000 a year is equal to 1.506 million, and then minus1.2000. Instead, I made 36,000. What about the man I rented 60 thousand to? I think the price of 60 thousand a year is reasonable and I am willing to continue to cooperate, so my tea shop can be opened.

Here, we know what three heads are better than one Zhuge Liang. One person's value is low, but the value of a team is not low. The value of the team has gone up, and so has the value of people. Is it still expensive to consume something of the same value?

Ok, back to the question: what is getting cheaper and what is getting more and more expensive? People are getting meaner and meaner; Team, more and more expensive.