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Originally posted by astepper55:
Yep, those darn Anderson's, they promised everybody in the Shoals a well-paying job and then reneged. And then, to boot, they make you stay here, work it anyway, and like it! Pleeeze! If you have a job in this environment, you'd better be thankful.
What????? The Anderson brothers never promised anyone anything as far as a fair wage with benefits for the job you work! At least in that respect you can't call them hypocrites. I guess the statement you are trying to make is if during this current economic downturn, a person with a job needs to do everything in their power to keep the employer happy no matter what and take it and like it! Do you work for Whitesell or for one of the Anderson shell companies? But wait, during the boom years of the ninetys, the Anderson brothers started to build on their fathers small business and through some business acumen (I use that term very loosely) took advantage of the Shoals area decline in employment due to NAFTA and the closing of plants like TeeJays to create a much lower pay scale than if they had paid similar wages as other plants of the warehousing and small manufacturing types in the country. They even got tax breaks from the city, county and STATE! And it is STILL going strong!