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I agree that American workers should be getting the money, but I think that is more of how "we run our" government than where we spend. You can spend $50 at the local store but how much goes to the government to be "redistributed", then there is the store cut for overhead, and then the profit margin. Employees are at the bottom end of the totem pole. We get paid, but not usually for the work we give. A sloucher can earn the same pay as a hard worker.
I work for Randall's as a produce clerk. Here are my responsibilities
-Unload pallets lifting 50+lbs
-Stock the department which includes
--Stacking all the fruit in an appealing manner
--rotating all our stock
--rebuilding displays.
-Empty trash
-Cut pineapple, watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew and package it.
-Clean out both coolers
-Wash all the greens that come in each day
-Check cooler temperatures
-Use a scan gun and hang tags for the whole department
-Doing a closing task list
-Role plays for customer service
-Customer service, which includes (ALL are graded and looked for by our managers, corporate busybodies, and secret shoppers to determine if your department is good enough)
--Greeting the customer
--Anticipating needs
--Engaging in a selling conversation
--Offering a sample
--Closing the sale
--Giving a parting comment
Other things I have done for the same store that were not my job
--Grabbing carts
--Sacking
--Carry out
--Laying concreted for a broken floor
--Fixing a roll up delivery door
--Jump starting customers car batteries
And what is the grand total for all this? $8.49 an hour.
Now that's just me and this is no mom and pop shop. There are lots of good hard working people that do twice or three times this list and get less than I do.
Sorry for the uber long post. Last time I will discuss this in this thread. Sorry OP.
I work for Randall's as a produce clerk. Here are my responsibilities
-Unload pallets lifting 50+lbs
-Stock the department which includes
--Stacking all the fruit in an appealing manner
--rotating all our stock
--rebuilding displays.
-Empty trash
-Cut pineapple, watermelon, cantaloupe, and honeydew and package it.
-Clean out both coolers
-Wash all the greens that come in each day
-Check cooler temperatures
-Use a scan gun and hang tags for the whole department
-Doing a closing task list
-Role plays for customer service
-Customer service, which includes (ALL are graded and looked for by our managers, corporate busybodies, and secret shoppers to determine if your department is good enough)
--Greeting the customer
--Anticipating needs
--Engaging in a selling conversation
--Offering a sample
--Closing the sale
--Giving a parting comment
Other things I have done for the same store that were not my job
--Grabbing carts
--Sacking
--Carry out
--Laying concreted for a broken floor
--Fixing a roll up delivery door
--Jump starting customers car batteries
And what is the grand total for all this? $8.49 an hour.
Now that's just me and this is no mom and pop shop. There are lots of good hard working people that do twice or three times this list and get less than I do.
Sorry for the uber long post. Last time I will discuss this in this thread. Sorry OP.