Questions - Compensation and Skill - June 12-13, 2012
Just 27% Say Those Who Work Harder Make More Money
Worker Output Trumps Seniority, Education When It Comes to Pay
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National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted June 12-13, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports
1* Suppose you had two workers doing the same job for
the same company. One had a higher level of education but the other one gets
more done at work. Which worker should be paid more, or should they be paid the
same amount?
2* Again consider two workers doing the same
job for the same company. Suppose that one has more seniority but the other one
gets more done at work. Which worker should be paid more, or should they be paid
the same amount?
3* What if the choice was between one worker
with more seniority and the other with a higher level of education? Which worker should be paid more, or should
they be paid the same amount?
4* Suppose you had two workers who worked for the same
company at the same job and put in the same hours. If one worker gets more done
than the other, should that worker be paid more?
5* Generally speaking, are people who go to Ivy
League schools like Harvard and Yale better workers than people who went to
other colleges?
6* Do people who work harder generally make
more money than others?
7* When a company hires someone, the employer
costs include a number of taxes and benefits for items like health insurance.
Additionally, each employee pays taxes on the money they earn. Suppose a
company spends $60,000 to hire a worker. After the cost of taxes and benefits,
how much of that money does the employee get to keep?
8* Suppose the federal government laid off 100,000
workers to help reduce government spending. Would laying
off 100,000 federal government workers be good for the economy, bad for the
economy, or have no impact on the economy?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error,
+/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence