anyone work for Lowe's or Home Depot?

dh_ld · 2004-04-03T16:44:35+00:00

Hi,I am considering trying to get on a night stocking crew withLowe's or Home Depot. I like working at night and beingoff during the day, and at the moment Lowe's seems bestfor me if the hours really are from 4:00AM-1:00PM. Can anyone tell me about what it pays, how they compare withHome Depot, or anything else you think should be takeninto consideration? Maybe there are places that would bebetter to try to work? Can anyone suggest a better placeto inquire about such things? I know about their websites,but want to learn about the things they don't tell you thereas well as the things they do.Thanks for any info or suggestions!David

Apr 03, 2004 104 Replies

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Brian Henderson 22 years ago

The reason taxpayers don't get the same is because taxpayers have to live in the real world. Businesses can't afford to spend money left and right, they have to make a profit and they have to offer comparable benefits and pay to their competitors. In cases like the bus drivers or the dock workers from the strike last year in California, these are government jobs and the unions see government jobs as bottomless money pits. Unions want their employees to have superior income and benefits (mostly so more people will be come union members).

It just doesn't work that way. Everyone has to compete and a company can only afford to pay what they can pay.

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G.E.R.R.Y. 22 years ago

That's rubbish. There are many industries that get free healthcare benefits.

That's exactly the point that I was making. Society has decided who makes what and that a lot of the pay rates are way out of whack with so-called professionals. You personally seem to think that they are worth almost nothing whereas I think politicians, lawyers, and many other "professions" should be worth a lot less than they are paid. That's my personal opinion.

They're already at the bottom. I also think that education is highly overrated as a criterion for determining pay levels. I am sorry that you seem to see something intrinsically wrong with people who have very little wanting more from a society that rewards some others obscenely.

Corporations, big business executives, and politicians who control society with their bottom-line mentality all have a vested interest in keeping poor people poor. They don't have much buying power or political savvy. Witness the widening gap in North America between the working poor and the wealthy especially in the last thirty years or so.

The people at the bottom end are not your enemy. Don't let TPTB propagandise you into thinking that they are.

Gerry

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Brian Henderson 22 years ago

Really? Name one that provides 100% health coverage for not only the employee but the employees entire family. That means the employee doesn't pay one penny in health co-pay or insurance costs.

We'll wait.

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G.E.R.R.Y. 22 years ago

Sorry, you had some problem with the 100% figure. While I'm sure there are people who do have 100% coverage, I can't name any off the top of my head but there are MANY who come *very* close. So, I guess you *can* piss farther than me.

Some get 80% or 90% paid by the employer and the insured employees pay the difference, but the WHOLE families are also covered. There is usually a $50 or a $75 deductible on the first medical event of the year. Certain levels of dentist, orthodontist, and optical coverage are included. Teachers and civil servants are some that come easily to mind. Auto workers among others have first-rate benefits as well. All of the above also have good retirement benefits packages.

There, you didn't have to wait too long.

Gerry

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