"Paul M. Cook" wrote:
>
> > Home Depot hires mainly part timers.
>
> Not according to the two Home Depot employees I know who get 35 hours a week
> (at less than 9 bucks an hour) every week plus benefits, if limited. And
> they are all recent hires of less than 3 years.
>
> So the pay sucks but they have stable hours and some bennies.
>
> I'd choose that in a heartbeat over Squalmart.

I think people need to quit picking on Walmart and switch to their
congressmen that set the federal minimum wage so low...if you really care
about the low-end workers. In the real world, jobs that offer higher wages
and many benefits do so to attract and keep highly educated or highly
skilled workers. The non-educated and no-skilled workers take these "start
up" jobs and are probably happy to get them.

I feel they are mostly for teenagers/college students and maybe some spouse
working there to suppliment the main income of the family.

In many jobs that offer a future, you often have to start low, learn the
process and prove yourself to get raises/promotions. To switch careers, you
often have to start with a pay cut.

It seems to me that the "well off" people are generally the ones that are so
concerned about the poor. The poor are often happy to get *ANY* job and
they know the deal when they apply. If enough people boycott Walmart to send
them packing, their employees (exploited or not) will lose their jobs and
whatever income they received.

The company I work for used to give me major benefits and pay. That's when
the Dad ran the business. Once he turned it over to his worthless son, the
business is slowly going down. I don't get near the benefits that I used to
get years ago with this company. (I left it for 20 years, then came back 5
years ago).

That said, I do get a couple of good perks. One is a really good one. And I
get paid a very decent amount per hour. Problem here lately is, we are
hurting for work and lately I've been getting less than 20 hours per week.
arrghhhh. I love working for this company but I can't keep doing that for
much longer. A good wage per hour is worthless if you don't get the hours
in.

G.