Minimum wage challenge: Why did Henry Ford double his employees wages?

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10. To work at Ford motors when Henry was running it, was to lose your job if you

so much as took a half day off to go to the doctor. So many wanted to work there that he had no shortage of replacements for someone who was fired.
It was only because by paying them enough to buy his cars, he increased his profits.

Another thing that's not well known, is he sent people out to the junk yards to inspect the Fords in it. If an old Ford that was junked was there, they checked to see which parts were still good on it. That way they could figure out what parts could be made with cheaper materials so they didn't outlive the car and could save the company money at the same time.

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