They Sell For Less Satisfaction...Guaranteed

Wal-Mart Memo Suggests Ways to Cut Employee Benefit Costs - New York Times

By hiring "healthier" employees and terminating senior employees who earn more and are not all that much more productive.

One of the things that amazes me is the fact that all of these Women's-Rights organizations have zilch to say about Wal-Marts hiring and firing practices, which leads me to believe that they MUST be financially supported by Wally World in some way shape, or form.

This "healthier" workers bullswaddle of course means women in particular, women have babies, women aren't as physically strong and become injured more easily, etc. Women are expensive, end of story.

Eventually, they'll have so very many rules about hiring that they'll not be able to find enough people who fit their perfect-hire category. They want young and healthy...but not TOO young because then the child labor laws come into effect and WalMart breaks those laws so often that in most stores they refuse to hire anyone under 18. They want responsible individuals, but not TOO responsible because that means older and older means more prone to illness and/or accident. They want more vigorous employees but that excludes a lot of smaller females and would make the company even MORE top-heavy with males regarding jobs other than cashier work.

They want and they want and what do they have to offer?

And if Wally's place can be moaning about health care costs isn't it about time someone figured out a way to begin lowering these costs? Physicians assistants instead of doctors when applicable, more nurses, more clinics as opposed to hospitals...THAT'S the wave of the future. It's not as if the average person or company can shop around much, as health care is health care and damned expensive.

Why is it so bloody expensive? Medical professionals will tell you that the high cost of insurance is such a burden they MUST constantly raise the rates for their services. Insurance companies will tell you that people sue health care professionals so often that THEY must raise their rates relatively often.

Yep. Lawyers. And laws that allow frivolous lawsuits.

Always does seem to get down to lawyers and politicians, doesn't it?