Just got this email in that sounded really fishy. I checked on Snopes.com and it turns out that it's true. The Snopes page is at http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/sears.php.
--------------------------------------------------------- ISSUE: It's rare we get to send out an Alert asking you to *thank* folks for doing the RIGHT thing. It's our joy to send this one out today. A story at CitizenLink.org notes that, with more than 110,000 reservists taking part in the U.S. effort in Iraq, several American companies are going the extra mile to support them. Dozens of companies are offering them extras, including UPS, IBM, Conoco and Dell Computer Corp. One of the best examples, though, is Sears: their company is supporting the troops by making up the difference between reservists' pay and their regular salary at Sears for up to two years. Even though, like every other business, Sears is dealing with a struggling economy, the retailer says simply helping their customers isn't enough. Sears' compensation of reservists is believed to be the most generous of any major company in America, but company spokeswoman Jan Drummond said it was an easy decision. "Sears grew up in America," Drummond said. "Frankly it was not a difficult or complicated decision to come to. It was the right thing to do." Sears is going well above the call of duty. The law requires that a company hold a reservist's job while he is serving, but little else. Sears employs about 500 reservists. --------------------------------------------------------- Whether it's a straight indirect marketing move or a genuine support doesn't matter to me. That they're doing it says a lot. I *might* actually shop from there again! Until Later! Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
