..... use part-time employment to dodge having to pay benefits....
And some employees use the part-time employment to fit into their chosen lifestyle i.e. taking care of children or parents, lower stress, etc. Making choices!
Ah, but they usually have a spouse or partner who works for a company who hasn't been driven overseas yet who supply the bulk of the family income.
If that were not so, they would be forced to choose whatever full-time work they can find and add another part-time job onto that to make ends meet.
oh c'mon!...you can't be seriously this narrow!...how many of the employees are there part-time just to fill in the few hours their children are in school (and for that matter, does Wal-Mart actually allow these "come and go" caretakers to "come and go" as they please?). I personally know of no such cases, and I have quite a few friends that work at Wally World.
Lower stress?...you've got to be kidding! these low-level jobs only increase the stress when all you make is $6.25 an hour and you need to feed your kids, parents, etc.! (Some places in the country, this is the only place to work.)
I cannot believe how narrow minded you seem!
My apologies to your children and parents!