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Wal-Mart: West Virginia's Number One Employer Again

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Posted: 9:46 AM Sep 20, 2008
Last Updated: 9:46 AM Sep 20, 2008
Reporter: The Associated Press
Email Address: news@wsaz.com

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Wal-Mart continues to rank as West
Virginia's largest private employer.

Workforce West Virginia says the Bentonville, Ark.-based retail
giant has maintained the top spot since 1998.

West Virginia University Hospitals, Charleston Area Medical
Center, Cincinnati-based Kroger and railroad CSX Corp. and its
swank resort The Greenbrier round out the top five in the rankings
released by the agency Friday.

Workforce West Virginia says Pittsburgh-based coal mine operator
Consol Energy returned to the top 10.

The agency says those 10 companies added more than 1,600
employees over the past year.

A complete list of the top 100 West Virginia employers is
available on Workforce West Virginia's web site at
www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi.

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Posted by: booger on Sep 22, 2008 at 02:22 PM
WVU grads need somewhere to work...

Posted by: 13,277 on Sep 22, 2008 at 01:07 AM
As of August 2008, the total number of Wal-Mart associates in West Virginia is 13,277, but it doesn't say how many are full time or part time. You can go to Walmart.com and scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Wal-Mart Facts then click on State by State and it has the info on just about anything people want to know about them.

Posted by: J on Sep 21, 2008 at 10:03 PM
You all are just mad that Walmart actually called you to work and you can't collect welfare any more. Never worked for Walmart, never had to. Get an education and stop depending on the Gov't to supply your every need.

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 21, 2008 at 07:03 PM
buy made in the usa

Posted by: Who cares? on Sep 21, 2008 at 06:41 PM
A job is a job, atleast they're working.

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 21, 2008 at 03:35 PM
Someone tell us how many full time people does Wal Mart have in the state?

Posted by: Lisa on Sep 21, 2008 at 03:19 PM
It is so sad that Wal-Mart is #1 employer in WV. But at least people are attempting to hold down a job and take care of themselves. So a job is a job. Even if its working for Wal-mart.

Posted by: Union on Sep 21, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Walmart should be unionized....but of course they will fire you on the spot if you think about union. Remember when we pushed for Made in America??? We need to get back to that, but the sad part of it all, is that Americans can only afford the cheap sweat shop made products the Chineese import do to the fact that the wages we make are not where they should be. And plus, there are no more jobs in America that make these goods due to outsourcing...... What a shame.... I say ban walmart!!! Shop Krogers, they are union, any place but Walmart!!!!!

Posted by: Melinda on Sep 21, 2008 at 10:53 AM
DO ALL YOU PEOPLE WORK AT KROGERS? YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO AROUND BASHING ABOUT BUSINESSES OR VENTING ABOUT THEM, I DID THAT AND THEY TRIED TO FIRE ME FOR IT. THIS ISN'T A COUNTRY OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH ANYMORE.

Posted by: Teacher on Sep 21, 2008 at 09:40 AM
Does anyone else find this as sad as I do? Come on get educated and don't work or shop there.

Posted by: Pift on Sep 21, 2008 at 04:50 AM
I READ AN ARTICLE ON FOX NEWS THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THE TOP 10 RICHEST PEOPLE IN AMERICA. BILL GATES WAS #1 BUT THE #4, #5 ,#6 , AND #7 WERE WALTONS.(WITH THERE WEALTH COMING FROM WALMART) THINK ABOUT THAT, THOSE UNION HATEN, CHINA BUYING SNOBS.

Posted by: hillbillyhell on Sep 21, 2008 at 01:02 AM
and here i thought the top employer in wv was the illegal drug trade....seems like everyone in the state is involved in all aspects of the drug trade, from making it, selling it, and taking the drugs

Posted by: shawn on Sep 21, 2008 at 12:49 AM
Very sad and telling that chinamart is a career choice for Appalachia. Other parts of the country it's Honeywell,Raytheon,Casinos,Boeing,The Shipping Industry,Oil platforms,Mayo Clinic.....I think you get the point.

Posted by: annoyed on Sep 20, 2008 at 08:18 PM
i work for walmart been their 10 years i used to like it now i hate they do people very wrong any body thinking about going to walmart to work dont do it

Posted by: anon-1 on Sep 20, 2008 at 08:16 PM
Reply to YearRight: I believe you. I had a relative who worked at Wal-Mart and employees would always gossip and talk bad about another employee.

Posted by: larry on Sep 20, 2008 at 05:58 PM
Lets all stop going to wal-mart!

Posted by: Taking Over on Sep 20, 2008 at 05:51 PM
They are probably the #1 employer in all states because they are popping up in every place imagineable and taking over all of the retail businesses. They show up in a small town and take over causing the mom & pop stores to close because they can't compete with their LOW PRICES?, then the small towns have to depend on them because there is no place else to shop. I only shop there (and I hate it) when I can't find an item anywhere else, like the dollar stores or Krogers, the other stores have closed because they can't compete. I would like to see some other retail store the doesn't sell expensive imported junk like Walmart does to come in and take them down.

Posted by: YEARIGHT2 on Sep 20, 2008 at 05:18 PM
I agree with yeah right. I would rather get cans along the highway than go to any wal-mart again. I was was there for over 5 years and then they want to find something wrong to get rid of you and bring another person that will go back down to minimum wage and start again. If you dont get into the click of the managers then you better be prepared to get ready because your going to pay. And yes this is in NITRO!

Posted by: YeahRight on Sep 20, 2008 at 03:56 PM
I would never work for Wal-Mart again. It is like one big soap opera there. I worked there for 7 months. I kept to myself and seems people were always be talking bad about other employees they didnt like or gossiping all the time. This was Ashland Wal-Mart...

Posted by: nunya on Sep 20, 2008 at 01:35 PM
Woooo hooooo! Lets hear it for minimum wage part time jobs!!! We West Virginians are so lucky to have you. pffffft

Posted by: ANTIWALMART on Sep 20, 2008 at 01:18 PM
You have got to be kidding me...... Which it does make sense....All the good jobs have been outsourced for the big tax breaks the current administration gives them. Walmart will probably be the only employer left in the us unless things CHANGE!

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