Originally Posted by
maximaman
Many jobs in the retail business have gone backwards in pay. I used to work at a grocery store and watched as the pay got cut when are contract was renewed. My boss used to make around 75,000 back in the 80's now the most you can make is about 38,000. The department managers at the store I worked at only get 25 cents more an hour than the regular guys. Thats what happens when your forced to compete with companies like walmart or skybus.
I never worked in a grocery store but I do remember that they were highly unionised. I suppose that Walmart came in and did the job better for less using non-union employees. The same thing is happening to the airlines. Pay will sink to the lowest common denominator.
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