Originally posted by RBatson:
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OMG! Not trying to be an ****** here Jim but, so does every other major corporation. I'm starting to think its a law or something. Its like pulling Jury Duty, the company pays the difference. Nothing against Sears but do they honestly have any full -time employees?? Seriously?!? I think they were one of the first to cut back to only part-time help to save money on benefits to thier workers.
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Rick:
The thread was about
Target Stores and their attitudes regarding a specific veterans issue. I was simply stating a fact regarding Sears policy toward their military employees called up for duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom and offering them as a shopping alternative to Target.
I'm sure Sears has plenty of full time employees but probably not as salespeople that you see on the selling floor. It's NOT a law for
any company to make up the difference in pay between military and civilian paychecks but simply a good PR move and more importantly, a way to keep valuable employees happy. Retail department stores work on fairly short profit margins in many cases and have
always been low-paying places to work with bad hours and crappy conditions. That was the case 100 years ago and it hasn't changed a bit. They also don't require very much to get hired except the ability to breathe. We like the low prices we pay at these places and part of that comes from the stores keeping overhead down by paying chicken-feed wages and requiring a lot of effort for the money in most cases. Department stores also are the victims of massive theft looses, a lot of it from those low-paid and resentful employees. Tough business.
For the record, I don't work for a department store or have any financial interest in any of them. I was simply making a suggestion for alternative stores to Target for those who didn't wish to shop there anymore. Obviously that doesn't include you.