Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 9/13/2017 12:06 PM, rosie wrote:
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> >
> > Have not tried ordering online from Walmart, our HEB has online ordering and I have Amazon Prime, which I LOVE. I tend to rarely shop at Walmart, I do not care for the way the workers there are treated, wage wise and that most of the employees are just part time.
> >
> Do you think other retailers pay much more? Retail has always had low
> wages and a lot of part time workers. Many people like to be able to
> work part time too. We have a guy at work that gets a decent wage but
> has two kids in college. He has been working part time at Wal Mart or
> about 5 years now and likes it there.
>
> http://www.payscale.com/career-news/...get-vs-walmart
> 1. Greeter/Floor Sales Representative
> Target: $6.77 €“ $12.06
> Walmart: $6.98 €“ $12.18 per hour
>
> 2. Cashier
> Target: $7.38 €“ $10.27 per hour
> Walmart: $7.30 €“ $10.40 per hour
>
> https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Em...RVW9708061.htm
The typical retail/service wage is low (here in Chicago/CRook County it is now $11.00/hr.), and this is just not a Walmart "issue".
A "minimum" wage is not a "living" wage, peeps confuse the two, minimum is entry - level pay. In this economy people need decent life and work skills, training/education, and a strong work ethic. Those who possess these qualities will thrive in the workforce, those who don't will not, very simple.. Some will be satisfied with a minimum wage, some will aspire to more...
[Remember the story of "The Grasshopper and the Ant", it is just as germane today as in old Aesop's day...]
Look at the Seattle experiment with their $13/15.00 minimum wage, it has been a disaster, here is one of myriad stories of the fiasco:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-s...-wage-workers/
[...]
"The groups first study last year (of the policys first phase, increasing the minimum to $11 an hour) was a mixed bag, with fairly imprecise estimates. But the new findings, adding another year of data and including a second increase to $13 an hour, are unequivocal: The policy has caused serious damage to low-wage workers in Seattle. The number of hours worked by low-wage workers fell by a staggering 3.5 million per quarter. This is reflected both in thousands of job losses (or, more precisely, in jobs that would have been created but never were) and in reductions in hours worked by those who retained their jobs. These effects were so dramatic that total payroll accruing to low-wage workers fell by about $120 million per year, with workers actually losing $125 per month on average..."
[...]
These job losses will only get worse as the minimum wage climbs and the effects fully phase in. The University of Washington team is working on linking the workers in its data set to demographic data from other sources to examine the characteristics of the losers from this policy. Most likely, the losses are borne most heavily by low-income and minority households, high-school dropouts, those with criminal records and others who are already most vulnerable €” that is, those whom an employer is least likely to hire at $15 an hour..."
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Best
Greg