Bad Move Lowes!!!!

[the old grind]

For anyone else curious, it's a French patisserie treat AKA 'sux donut'.

I guess many Lowe's workers will be getting sux donuts as a bonus for 'staying with their jobs'.

 

[RickB]

What they're doing is a shell game, or 3 Card Monty. Watch closely, keep your eye on the workers, don't be distracted by the shuffle ... workers, workers, where are the workers? Oh, look they're still here, doing the same job, but now employed by a third party at lower pay, less benefits and no seniority.

Pretty much the point of my responses to this thread. Too many folks working for less than a living wage.
Of course if it does not directly affect someone, it is all good.
School districts are a good example. Tens of thousands of dollars per student per year of budget and the bus drivers and other support staff work for peanuts, often at part time permanent status.

 

[MossRoad]

Our school bus drivers start around $19 per hour and they can't fill the positions.

 

[MossRoad]

In high school we had a German language teacher from Oklahoma...

Sprechen Sie Deutsch y'all?

 

[the old grind]

Our school bus drivers start around $19 per hour and they can't fill the positions.

What with Michigan's recent herbal entertainment statutes, many can pass the driving test, but can't pi__ the 'other' test.

Where are the self driving schoolbuses!!

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Meanwhile, go search for all the posters on this and so many other sites wanting to support Chinese companies instead of US ones. They want cheap prices no matter what. Their co-workers, neighbors, and even family are second fiddle to their wallets.

One hand does not wash the other anymore in this land. But wait, I can hear the screams when THEY loose their jobs because of overseas competition. Maybe they can find a job as an Amazon reseller ! Instead of buying directly from a local company, you pay someone to buy it for you from Amazon and then they ship it to you to hide the connection.

Glad my future will be absent from all the rats trying to hang onto the handrail as the ship sinks.

I said this in the early 80's when wallyworld popped up all over the country. The same people who complain about losing jobs trip over each other getting into walmart to by the cheapest junk they can find.

 

[TractorGuy]

Had a friend that worked for HD years ago when they made everyone re-apply for their jobs. He was offered his same position at his current pay but resigned on general principals. I think the story was one of the employees under him that was NOT allowed to keep his job was a good worker but had a disability.

The American business model becomes more UN-American every day. I can't believe the number of people that accept and applaud companies that screw over their fellow Americans.

 

[Diggin It]

Our school bus drivers start around $19 per hour and they can't fill the positions.

I wouldn't want to be anywhere near a school aged kid these days. All they have to do is claim you did something and your life is turned upside down. I wouldn't drive a school bus for $190/hour with two other adult witnesses on board.

 

[Diggin It]

The American business model becomes more UN-American every day. I can't believe the number of people that accept and applaud companies that screw over their fellow Americans.

I'm not a fan of unions in non-hazardous fields, but this is how retail unions get started.

 

[shooterdon]

There is an entitlement attitude with many. But you are not entitled to keep your job if it can be done either better, or less expensively by someone else. If someone has marketable skills, they find another job. If not, reality can be cruel.

Socialism is coming and when it gets here it will not be pretty.