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W.W. Grainger Inc., A Best Place to Work in 2010
Why You Want to Work There: The IT team at this Lake Forest, Ill., company, which distributes maintenance, repair and service equipment, is a busy group. The company’s systems handle an average of 95,000 transactions per day, and IT workers collaborate with the business to deliver projects with bottom-line implications. For example, the IT team […]
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Hobby Lobby bucks trend, gives employees another raise
HOLLAND — In a tough economy that has forced many employers to cut workers’ wages, Hobby Lobby continues to buck a trend. For the second time in a year, the chain of craft and decor stores handed out raises to more than 9,600 of its employees Thursday. The retailer is raising its minimum wage from […]
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More Georgia state employees seeking retirement
By Walter Jones ATLANTA – There’s been more than a 10 percent increase in the number of state workers retiring this year, and about a 20 percent jump in those seeking information about retirement, according to figures from the State Retirement System of Georgia. “I don’t think state government is a pleasant place to work […]
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