Can you smell the sulfur?

The Times has a decent article on an internal Wal*Mart memo that reveals some pretty crazy stuff:

Among the recommendations are hiring more part-time workers and discouraging unhealthy people from working at Wal-Mart.

... The memo voices concern that workers with seven years' seniority earn more than workers with one year's seniority, but are no more productive.

... Ms. Chambers acknowledged that 46 percent of the children of Wal-Mart's 1.33 million United States employees were uninsured or on Medicaid.

... Ms. Chambers proposed that employees pay more for their spouses' health insurance. She called for cutting 401(k) contributions to 3 percent of wages from 4 percent and cutting company-paid life insurance policies to $12,000 from the current level, equal to an employee's annual earnings.

So that's all pretty bad, if you ask me. Doesn't sound like a place watching out for the best interests of its employees. After all, the average, full time Wal*Mart employee only makes $17,500 a year. When you're paid that poorly, you're not about to buy your own health insurance. And that's for full time.