![]() I'll throw some more numbers out at you that compare the two companies' overall fiscal philosophy and then I'll share with you some initial reactions I had and some more facts I dug up. If you want to learn more about that, go here. Also, I don't know if the 33% health care number is skewed because many Wal-Mart employees get assistance from states on their health care (yes, from us taxpayers), but that's another post. Now, to be fair, I can't remember the last time I ever set foot in a Wal-Mart or Sam's Club (although it might have been back in my college days), so I can't compare. Besides, when you shop there, the people are friendly, they're smiling and you can tell that they work hard. I have heard that Costco employees get treated really well. Now, when I first looked at these numbers, I wasn't at all surprised. You'll have to trust that I'm not re-copying the facts here falsely.Įmployees pay avg. The paper cites several sources of these figures. OK, now to the two different businesses and their 'philosophies'. I did know it was owned by the evil empire Wal-Mart, but didn't know about it's similarity to Costco in that you need to pay an annual membership fee to shop there. The first thing I learned (I'm ashamed to say) is that I didn't know that Sam's Club was a membership store. ![]() Of course, I'm going to share those nuggets. Put your thinking cap on.Īs I was reading the article about a new Sam's Club (Wal-Mart's membership store) going in next to Costco on East Sprague here in Spokane, several things popped into my head as I became more informed about the 'philosphies' of these two businesses. ![]() Strap yourself in.this is going to be a doozy. ![]()
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