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To: Grainne who wrote (103169)5/4/2005 7:52:10 PM
From: Bill  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
I wasn't trying to prove anything. You posted an article that you apparently didn't read, but made some ludricrous conclusions about anyway. I just responded to your prompts. The article has lots of positive facts about Walmart, along with the requisite liberal press negative anecdotes of a couple of disgruntled workers.

Walmart is far from perfect, but it is a great company.
$130/mo for family health coverage is a steal. I pay $1200/mo.



To: Grainne who wrote (103169)5/4/2005 7:58:22 PM
From: mph  Respond to of 108807
 
I figure working for a Wal-Mart is largely a lifestyle choice.

For one thing, I personally don't consider a 34 hour week
to be "full time."

Second, those kinds of retail jobs for the rank and file
don't tend to generate cumulative stress. They do their shift,
go home and forget about it. There's not the kind of ongoing
responsibility that keeps people in more demanding jobs up at night.

Third, one doesn't need a lot of education to get a Wal-Mart job. Now, for older employees, maybe it's too late to seek
improvement through education, but how about the younger ones?

They could seek education or train for more well paid jobs.
What's holding them up?

While perhaps one can't generalize about the
entire Wal-Mart workforce, my point is that jobs like that don't have great barriers to entry, are not
particularly taxing, and allow the worker more free time.

There is therefore some justification for the pay scale.

JMO



To: Grainne who wrote (103169)5/4/2005 8:23:35 PM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 108807
 
For family coverage, the price goes up to $66.25 every two weeks.

I pay about $800 monthly for family coverage for health (no vision, no dental) insurance. And that does not include co-pays, deductibles and other out-of-pocket expenses.

Maybe I ought to get a job at WalMart instead?


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