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Re:Why Wal-Mart Will Never Pay Like Costco by hearty779 on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @10:04PM (#6293848)
Large tech companies earn much higher margins than Walmart. Why aren't telling them to pay their janitors more?
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Re:Why Wal-Mart Will Never Pay Like Costco by mvid on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @10:29PM (#6293910)
The market does that. Their janitors get paid a lot.
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Re:Why Wal-Mart Will Never Pay Like Costco by twoodfin on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @11:14PM (#6294046)
No, like Costco's sample hawkers, most janitors at tech companies are contractors, and probably not paid all that well.
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