On Sun, 14 Jul 2013 07:35:30 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>"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.

That should be highly educated AND/or highly skilled... one does not
preclude the other.

>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.

There happens to be a huge demand for part time jobs, and many seniors
want part time jobs that also require highly educated AND highly
skilled... many substitute teachers are retired teachers.