Top Companies to work for: Big Pay

[AuburnAlumni]

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...nies/2009/pay/


Some of these really surprised me on the top salaried positions list.

A "Professional" at Mens Wearhouse makes over 80k.

A T-Mobile manager makes 120k.

A Nugget Market Store manager makes over 116k.

A Publix Store Manager makes almost 110k.

Interesting.


On a side note about Publix...I had no idea what a great company they apparently are to work for until one of my best friends told me. He lives down the street from me in my neighborhood and is a Produce manager for them. He made 81,000 last year....no college degree, and is only a department manager. I never would have guessed. He's my age (31) and he's been working at Publix since he was 19. Says he loves the company and has over 200k in his retirement fund because of the excellent benefits. He also told me that all full time positions, even the hourly wage employees, get health coverage which is pretty big.

His fiancee is a pharmacist at the same store and makes over 120k there. In Birmingham, that's very good money because of the low cost of living.

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by AuburnAlumni

A "Professional" at Mens Wearhouse makes over 80k.

Didn't know they let prostitutes work there, I always wondered why their changing rooms were so big.

[MassNole]

Wow, what I see is a bunch of people being overpaid for their jobs, thus forcing lower paying jobs to leave.

[KG]

Interesting read.

My company is all over the list which is a good thing. I wish the list was relative to work experience and all positions were comparable.

[mannyblue2008]

mcdonalds pays the most as long as you dont mind flippin burgers hahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahhaa

[matt8204]

Quote: Originally Posted by MassNole

Wow, what I see is a bunch of people being overpaid for their jobs, thus forcing lower paying jobs to leave.

Well, if you can get the work for that kind of money (as in the original poster's Publix example) more power to them, I guess. My gut also tells me that they're probably overpaid, but if the company is willing to fork over the money, that's their business, right?

[MassNole]

Is it their business though? Because they are paying (at least what I would deem) an overinflated salary the cost of goods must go up to cover their expenses. As such the goods go up, pricing them out of the range for consumers, especially in the worst financial crisis since 1929. Companies want to complain about losing business, start by cutting costs of the managers whom you overpay.

As for the Men's Wear House, well they work on commission, so more power to them.

[Trevytrev11]

Quote: Originally Posted by AuburnAlumni

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortu...nies/2009/pay/ A "Professional" at Mens Wearhouse makes over 80k.

Guess it depends on what their definition of professional is, though. I was thinking more along the lines of corporate employee's and not so much of store employee's.

You are right though, many of the store jobs (not all) are commission based and some of the top sales people in some of the top markets can do quite well for any company. And if its commissions, then who cares as it's a win win situation for both the employee and the store.