Posted on 01/30/2006 7:24:12 AM PST by Fawn
Only when a new Super Walmart opens.....
Dell's "employment policy" only exists because of conscious decisions made on trade policy - which is a legitimate function of government. The same applies to the myriad of US companies offshoring jobs to China.
Because I don't have alot of money. And I couldn't rip people off....you have to be able to do that without blinking your eye.
the state of NJ hired 8000 people over the last 4 years - in a state with zero population growth.
I seem to recall somewhere that Dell Computer founder Michael Dell was a prominent Dem contributor. I wonder what all his union buddies think of this move?
A good friend of mine and her husband are movinfg to India for 3-5 yrears. He will be a manager of a Europena manufacturing facility. Quite frankly the town they are going to is quite glad to have Americans coming to live there. They had a wonderful party for her huisband when he went there for his initial visit. It seems Americans seldom go ther to live and all they have mostly had Europens. They view my friend's husband as a coup.
So Business Owners exist to "rip people off?"
And, why do you choose to work for someone who rips peopleoff?
My wifes's computer (a 3 month old Dell Dimesnion) had a hard-drive crash 2 weeks ago. I had the thing set up with two drives, mirrored. The OS got trashed on the mirror so we had to reinstall, but were able to save the data on the second drive.
Despite having the optional on-site service contract, it took a week to get the replacement drive. Then, as it turned out, the Operating System CD's that shipped with the machine were wrong, so I had to wait for new ones from Dell (theirs had specific USB keyboard drivers needed to get through the install).
I sent a letter to m.dell@dell.com and low and behold, I started getting called left and right. "We understand that you complained to Michael Dell... what can we do to make it right?". They sent us a nice little all-in-one photo printer for our troubles.
YOu missed my point. I said you have to be able to have that kind of heart...or personality.
WOw--what did they do ...build two super walmarts last year?
Businesses exist to make money for their owners.
Bottom line, if one doesn't like it, they can shop or work elsewhere.
Yeah, those stories I hear every week about WalMart employees starving to death are very sad. With over 1 million employees in the US, the carnage is unimaginable. You weren't very good at math in school, were you?
no, just good old fashioned government bloat.
Do you work for Walmart? What do you do there?
After working at my pathetic job for over 5 years.....the government jobs are looking better and better.....I hate unions...but I sure could use a raise every year.
I have a family member who works at a call center. She travels about 40 miles r/t every day to and from the job. It is ridiculous, she is on the phone 100% of the time she is there, she could just as well do the job from home.
I understand a few very smart companies are now going to virtual call centers where the employees work from home. I think it is the wave of the future. We could significantly reduce our gasoline requirements if companies who could-would do this with the many jobs that really don't require on-site attendance.
Well said! Truly, working from home via PC is a most promising solution for many social, familial as well just plain logistic problems facing the the work force. Certainly, reducing commuting and its impact, wear and tear and time, is one very big plus.
Thanks! This is worth repeating:
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