Olive Garden & Red Lobster making workers part-time to avoid providing health insurance

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50. +1000

My daughter had worked in a Piggly Wiggly for over 2 years and with cost of fuel and lack of full time yet working 5 days a week......actually she was losing money when vehicle insurance, tires, upkeep and GAS were figured in. No benefits....one raise in 2 years yet she brought the store up to a 100% rating with the 'company'...it had not achieved this rating in over 5 years. She regretfully had to resign her position when vehicle repairs totally depleted her funds....to the point I was buying gas for her. With no insurance either, she also had/has medical expense every month for High BP and POCS(?). She haas applied for job after job after job locally with no luck and no call backs. We live in a small southern town so it isn't what you know but who you know that counts when looking for work. I keep encouraging and helping any way I can...even let her move ba ck home with me. This economy sucks.....the job market sucks...wages have dropped in most jobs. When I retired in 2001, my pay scale was over 27 dollars an hour.....they now only pay 17 dollars an hour for the same position and with far less benefits than I had. The reduced pay scales and rising costs of everything necessary to life, it is getting harder and harder for many to simply survive.