In the second time in as many months, two different Walmart stores have offered me employment. "Great! Congratulations!", you say? Well, not so great. The first one was a third shift stocker for $9.65/hr (including shift premium). The second was today as an Asset Protection Assistant for $8.95/hr. How do families make ends meet with wages like these? Even rents are in the high $500 to low $600 for decent apartments. Throw in kids and car payments and - voila - working poor. It's not Walmart's fault. It's their business model. I make more with unemployment compensation than the pretax take-home from either of these. AND, if I lost one of these jobs, the unemployment would be less than minimum wage, I fear. I've even just finished applying to four factory jobs, all paying in excess of $11.00/hr and within easy driving distance, or even local. I know I won't get any of these, but one can dream.
God has quite a sense of humor, or the devil is quite the tempter.
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