On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Sisk, Kris <ks...@gckschools.com> wrote: > >>Didn't you use that example last week and didn't Jerry shoot it down? > They don't raise prices and they create as many new business as the > ones they replace. > > I must've missed it. I missed a lot of the list last week. It was a busy > week. I'll have to go hunt through the archives.
Got it. Search for Read the Walmart Effect. > That's what they'd like. The truth of the matter is that an awful lot of > people depend on full time Wal-Mart jobs to pay the bills. I know > several of them and they make more than minimum wage (not that they're > well paid by any stretch, but it's not minimum wage). Admittedly most of > them are high school graduates or people who such useful majors as > philosophy or, but that doesn't change the fact that they work full time > at Wal-Mart. One in particular actually has a business degree but stays > at Wal-Mart because she's getting by just fine (and, I think, is scared > of change). The last several years Wal-Mart corporate has been bending > over backwards to make their lives miserable because it costs them a > hell of a lot less to fill the schedule with college kids, housewives, > and retirees who don't qualify for full time benefits. It's not Walmart's fault they can't find a job they're trained for but at least Walmart is there to help them through. Sounds like a little tough love is needed if they don't want to venture on to a career, but Walmart can't support everybody. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328009 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
