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Originally Posted by DrPhil
I hate Wal-Mart but it is capitalism at its finest (minus the fair employment model that smart capitalists would use).
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Just curious what you mean about "fair employment model"...if you're talking about the legal problems the individual stores get themselves in (hiring illegals, racial/sexual discrimination suits, etc) fair enough...but if you're talking wages/benefits, when I worked there in high school, starting wages for my department -shoes (which was actually one of the lower paying departments, because we never had to mess with the register) was about $1 above minimum wage. Cashiers started at $2-3 above minimum wage. True, that's not great money, but it's also not rocket science. I personally don't see a problem with jobs that require very little education/experience paying much lower wages than jobs that require more qualifications. Also, they actually do have pretty good benefits.