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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 01:49 PM Original message |
Big Box Employees are officially serfs - flexible scheduling means no outside lives allowed |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. The very people most likely to work two jobs... |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That's a very valid point. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. But they're only families. Wal-mart is pro-family. Their CEO's only, it seems. |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. With just-in-time inventory, |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. High turnover rate will give the Big Box stores an excuse to import labor from |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. WalMart could set up tent cities next to their stores where they could keep |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That would cost walmart too much. |
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OKthatsIT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. They need to set up a town dump next to WALMART... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
59. I have read that WalMart lets people cmp in the parking lot |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. See more of the story |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. Instead of sitting on a retaining wall at a Home Depot, hoping to be picked up |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. I went into a WalMart months ago for the first time in years... |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Target was also mentioned in the WSJ article |
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Kindigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I've started shopping for those little things at |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 09:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
50. Yep, there's something kind of hellish about WallyWorld. |
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Kindigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. A "big box" hardware store |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. This country can design and fly commerical aircraft to fly remotely. |
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GOPFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. If you are desperate enough, you will take this job and do whatever they ask |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. for me, the worst part about this is "parent-less" children |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. A friend of mine has worked at Walmart for over a year. She worked at nights |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
61. i wonder if shopping anywhere is "socially safe" -- living wage defined |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. And then be blamed |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
62. flex-time is a LIE -- i want a living "family" wage |
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Pierzin (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. I will Never Ever go Walmart, Not for Anything!!!! |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is not a Wal-Mart invention... |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. It's endemic in society today. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Because we've been "governed" by REPUBLICANS for too long. |
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mcking (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. You are absolutely correct |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. I specifically did not reference WM in my title - it is wider and broader |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
53. And the clown at Home Depot got his $214 million after pounding the stock into the ground |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. Big Box doesn't want educated employees. |
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ray of light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
20. I left Barnes and Noble for that reason exactly! |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I'm curious about how you were scheduled... |
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ray of light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. They usually only scheduled approx. 5 hours/day unless you were |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. I totally agree -- not being able to make plans is most frustrating. |
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ray of light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Well, also... |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. It's fair that all employees take a turn working a weekend day |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
54. thanks for the heads up. i'm an avid book reader. they'll not get my business. |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. That's too much to ask of workers, especially at that rate of pay. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. That's just inhuman |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
26. I could see banks doing the same thing |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. Newspeak Translation - "Improve Customer Service" "Improve Profits" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. And why we need all these jobs to be UNIONIZED |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. Serfs had it better. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. PayLess Shoes And Radio Shack Are Moving to the Same Model |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. That is a great link. 1% of the American workforce!! |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #39 |
58. I Think This Might Be Okay For Young, Unmarried Workers |
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ray of light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
37. well, when I applied at a job that advertised "FLEXIBLE HOURS" |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
38. Union Now |
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Robson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Agree, but need a new union culture |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. You are probably right about that |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
42. track 'em...publicize...boycott |
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B3Nut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. And then report it to our Dem reps/senators |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
47. Very soon the day will come when these companies.. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I would laugh, but that seems all too possible. |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
49. A "just in time work force" ... wonder how long it will take to spread |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. When offered (threatened with?) a job like this - |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-07-07 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
52. Practical men are usually the slaves |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
55. Run! Run to another town! |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
56. Home Depot.. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
57. Serfs weren't allowed to quit |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. window dressing |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
60. Americans have this coming to them. You get what you ask for. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
64. Just saw the first cozy cuddly Wal-Mart ad aired tonight |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. the $1 a day plan only pays up to $1000 per person |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-08-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Thanks so much - I was sure there was a lot more to the story. |
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