REL 0811 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: International Brotherhood Of Teamsters, Whole Foods Market, Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
22 Oct 2017
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Costco ceo craig jelinek leads the cheapest, happiest company in the world. Costco"s ceo furnishes his boardroom with faux-wood tables, has no pr staff, and doesn"t offer customers shopping bags but he does pay employees a fair wage. Now that his formula is pleasing wall street, will other companies follow? by brad stone. The 59-year-old has an annual salary of ,700, gets five weeks of vacation a year, and is looking forward to retiring on the sizable nest egg in his 401(k), which his employer augments with matching funds. After 26 years at his company, he"s not worried about layoffs. In 2009, as the recession deepened, his bosses handed out raises. I"m just grateful to come here to work every day, he says. This wouldn"t be remarkable except that carcello works in retail, one of the stingiest industries in america, with some of the most dissatisfied workers.
