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Originally Posted by Keith True
Ford didn't actually double the wages across the board.The workers got $2.34 per day,plus $2.66 in profit sharing IF they met his criteria.You had to work there for 3 months,22 years of age,(with some exceptions) but the worst part was the home inspections.The social squads went around and checked out your living conditions.Any signs of alcohol or tobbaco and you were out.Dirty house? Wife in her housecoat at 8 AM? grubby kids? Kids not in school when they should have been? Any of that took you out of the running.To be fair Henry didn't tout the wage increase like the newspapers did.They were informed,but it was more fun to scream about $5.per day than to explain the actual pay structure.At the time Henry was having a problem keeping help.He had a 380% turnover rate.He had to hire about 965 workers to keep 100.
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And the Dodge brothers sued him saying that additional compensation was money that they were owed their share of.