Hatton - My employer, Tesoro Petroleum, isn't as big as Sears, but it is supporting activated reservists by continuing full pay and benefits for up to six months. I really feel good about that.
-Ben > 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 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
