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Cappy
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 Posted: 10/20/02 - 08:29 Post subject: Wal-Mart Biggest Private Employer in PA
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TriBob
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Posted: 10/20/02 - 11:49 Post subject:
I read that this morning also, I'm about 2-3 miles from the new one in Exton.
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copteacher
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Posted: 10/20/02 - 11:58 Post subject:
biggest company employer
i am sure the state and u.s. government employ more than that
that is pretty sad, no "real companies" on the list like boeing, etc
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Sahara
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Posted: 10/20/02 - 17:36 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | biggest company employer
i am sure the state and u.s. government employ more than that
that is pretty sad, no "real companies" on the list like boeing, etc |
By real companies you mean manufacturing? Seems as though the economy has opportunities only in the service industries. Manufacturing has moved to other countries.
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copteacher
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Posted: 10/21/02 - 06:16 Post subject:
| Sahara wrote: | | rtpd113 wrote: | biggest company employer
i am sure the state and u.s. government employ more than that
that is pretty sad, no "real companies" on the list like boeing, etc |
By real companies you mean manufacturing? Seems as though the economy has opportunities only in the service industries. Manufacturing has moved to other countries. |
that is correct
it is probably a combination of a changing economy, higher wages and cheaper foreign labor
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 10/21/02 - 11:38 Post subject:
I used to work at Penn. It felt like its own city. 25,000 people.
I'm pretty opposed to Wal-Mart for a few reasons. The main one is that when they learned that employees were sleeping in their cars b/c they didn't earn a wage large enough to pay for housing, Wal-Mart chose to open their parking lots at night so their employees wouldn't have to worry about where to park their car/houses. They could have chosen to raise the pay but didn't.
I shop at Target instead.
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pokychick
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Posted: 10/21/02 - 14:00 Post subject:
I can't say to much against Walmart. I work for a small to
medium size manufacturing company and Walmart is a large
percentage of our business. In other words they say jump
and we ask how high.
pc
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