Before I became ill, I worked part-time in a local Wal-Mart photo lab. The pay was decent for part-time, and I carried my insurance from retirement in the airline industry. I just received a letter yesterday advising that my 10% discount card would be revoked on October 29, over a year after I went on medical leave of absence. Unfortunately, my present condition keeps me from working, but disability insurance from Uncle makes up the difference.
Bill -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:37 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Street photography - religious objections (now Socialists) I know several people who work at Wal-Mart "down here." They are all very pleased with the work environment, the pay and the benefits. It's a pretty good deal for most. From among the big box stores, only Costco seems to be as good an employer. Paul On Sep 27, 2006, at 9:19 PM, graywolf wrote: > I kind of think they operate under different laws up there, Bill. The > one good thing I can say for them down here is they seem to hire a lot > of marginal people who probably would not be able to get a job > elsewhere, especially since the college students take all the fast > food > and small store clerk positions in this town. > > -- > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > William Robb wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Subject: Re: Street photography - religious objections (now >> Socialists) >> >> >>> ======= >>> And quite a few others since. Smoke and mirrors -- disinformation >>> and >>> misinformation -- is quite active in the US. Now people who should >>> support unions, >>> working people who need them, like underpaid and non-healthcared >>> Wal-Mart >>> workers for example, don't. Unions helped improve things for people >>> for decades, now >>> they are perceived as evil by many. >> >> Don't knock Wal-Mart. >> They are one of the better retail sector employees. >> I don't have Wal-Mart USA numbers, but I expect they are similar to >> Wal-Mart Canada, in that they average about $5000.00/year profit per >> associate, or somewhere in the range of 35%. >> They don't have a lot of room to give huge raises out. >> Wal-mart isn't the evil company that it is fashionable to meake >> them out >> to be. >> I was a Wa-Mart associate for just short of 9 years, and can't really >> think of anything bad to say about them. >> >> William Robb >> >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
