=> -----Original Message----- => From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions => Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 20:06 => To: Profox => Subject: [OT] Wal-Mart to use more part-timers, wage caps: NYT => => http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061002/bs_nm/retail_walmart_dc => => My postal worker friends say the USPS does the same => thing...keeps mostly a part-time workforce so they don't => have to pay benefits and overtime. => WalMart might claim to do it for the customers, but we all => know better....it's to keep the labor costs down. Sure, => sometimes you gotta do that, and throwing more low wage => earners on a shift to better customer service or customer => throughput seems to make sense, but at what cost to your employees? => => Michael J. Babcock, MCP
This is not going to gain me any friends but no one is putting a gun to their heads and saying they have to work for WalMart (or USPS or anyone else). Having marketable skills is always an advantage. So the idea is to get those skills. If these people did not work for WalMart, not only would they have no benefits, they would have no income as well. HALinNY _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
