We've been losing employees left and right. We pay higher than average, but the work is tough. Rather than increase pay, which I recommended, management decided to sit all employees down and explain to them how much the company pays in health benefits….”Poor us”. Ok, fair enough, not all companies offer health insurance. However, one of the bullet points was that the employer has to pay 7.5% in social security benefits. I immediately told them this was deceptive, since all employers are required by law to split this 15% with the employee, unless they are a private contractor. So EVERY employer pays this as the cost of hiring employees and it's nothing special. The response was met with “Well, it's still a cost we have to burden”.