Yea ediets was offering a years full pay as well for people who were in the
guardsa nd get called up.

Some places are good to work for
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephenie Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 9:55 AM
Subject: RE: Corporate Support for Activated Reservists


Thanks for passing this along. It is great to see these companies
supporting our country by supporting our troops. There is also a list of
other companies who are going beyond the legal requirements to support
these brave men and women:
http://www.coldfury.com/HF/index.html#anchor




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Stephenie Hamilton
Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Professional
CFXHosting





-----Original Message-----
From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:12 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Corporate Support for Activated Reservists


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.

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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.
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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

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