The 10 Companies Hiring The Most American Workers (top 2 spots, Home Depot & McDonald's)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

The 10 Companies Hiring The Most American Workers (HuffPo headline, links to story below)

The US Companies Adding The Most Employees



http://247wallst.com/2011/04/07/the-big-us-companies-adding-employees/

1. Home Depot
2. McDonald’s
3. Lowe’s
4. Ford
5. Google
6. Intel
7. Quintiles
8. Amazon.com
9. YRC Worldwide
10. Wells Fargo

[AlabamaLibrul]

1. Where's walmart n/t

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. Not in the top 10, apparently. n/t

[theaocp]

4. Still expanding into China?

When 'Murkans are cheap enough and dumb enough, they can work in our own planta, er, I mean sweatsh, er, oh, fuck it.

[Skip_In_Boulder]

3. Some years back when I worked in restaurants

One of the real advantages was that I got to eat all I wanted so my food cost went to zero.

I guess it should be comforting to know that in modern day America at least we won't starve to death.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Remember Supersize Me?

You can die of a heart attack from eating all the McDonald's, apparently.

[Skip_In_Boulder]

11. I worked for Burger Chef

At least they flame broiled them. :toast:

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. Oh, well, in that case...."Never mind"

[Ilsa]

19. It would be great if they could eat salads on breaks. nt

[Jefferson23]

5. See, everything is Ok now..no worries folks. n/t

[jody]

6. Top 3 added min wage jobs probably wo benefits. Most mfg jobs gone forever. nt

[sufrommich]

7. I'm surprised to see Ford as #4. They must not have anybody

left to call back from layoff.

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. 5 and 6 are google and intel, not too shabby

[sufrommich]

9. Neither is Ford. Good pay with benefits. nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. yep

[JI7]

13. home depot should teach their employees about their products

i remember when i was a kid and went a few times with my dad the people working there always seemed to understand what you were talking about and were able to help.

but these days many don't seem to know. i'm not saying they have to be professionals but at least enough where they can even refer to someone else working there if they can't do it themselves.

in fact i find those who are more helpful tend to be other customers there .

[jody]

15. What do you expect from min wage workers with no benefits? nt

[JI7]

16. couldn't they sell more with informed employees ?

start them off minimum with jobs like cashier , stocking etc and as they learn more and can help more and increase sales as a result promote them with higher pay.

[DBoon]

17. They won't

Why train your workers when all they will do is take that training and work for someone else that pays better?

[Incitatus]

29. So those workers can help increase customers and sales

and they will be able to pay them a competitive wage so they will have no reason to leave for a similar job. The HDs near my house have great customer service and from what I hear they do pay a decent wage compared to other retail jobs.

[blondeatlast]

23. The HD near me has very, very helpful and knowledgeable employees.

Management often makes all the difference.

[Incitatus]

28. The HDs near me are the same. nt

[haikugal]

18. Is it Collapse yet??

We've been sold out.

[xchrom]

20. Moderates must be feeling uncomfortable: lots of unrecs. Nt

[MadHound]

21. Only one company from the manufacturing sector,

What a telling, and sad, statement that is. The rest are service sector jobs, which pay far less than those in the manufacturing sector. Which goes a long way to explaining why our society is sliding downhill.

[Rochester]

22. I'll take the presence of HD and Lowe's as a good sign for me.

I work in construction and it's been a brutal recession. If demand for lumber and hardware and drywall and crap has picked up enough that those guys are ready to start hiring, maybe we're at long last about to turn the corner.

[Contrary1]

24. I think it probably has more to do with the arrival of Spring...

Do-it-yourselfers, gardeners, paint, outdoor furniture, etc...

[Kat45]

30. Exactly. Home Depot just hired lots of seasonal workers,

ie not permanent, for just that reason.

[Terra Alta]

25. Wanna bet most jobs in the top three

are part-time(20 hours a week or less) and virtually no benefits. That's all companies are hiring these days. McDonald's is getting ready to go on a hiring spree on April 19; 50,000 new minimum wage, part-time workers. So much for making a decent living in this country.

[Shagbark Hickory]

26. OH Me oh My. Where are the Oil & Natural Gas companies?! They're supposed to provide so many jobs.

:sarcasm:

[SheilaT]

27. Given how huge WalMart is, and how

amazing their turnover is (sometimes as much as 300% in a year), it is not possible to believe that they are not in the top ten. I rather expect they really are number one, but refused to participate in the survey.

Unless, the weasel word is Adding the most employees. WalMart's total number of employees may well be fairly static, despite the amazing turnover they have.

I work in a hospital, currently part time on their information desk, and I am totally astonished at the turnover here. My department, which is mainly people who register patients, has had about 80% turnover in about 20 months, since I first started. The number of employees has remained the same in that time, so in theory there are no additional employees. But there have been a lot of new hires.

[SalviaBlue]

31. Lowes is hiring part time

firing full time. Fighting uninsurance claims of fired full time workers.