Black Woman, Detroiter And Cass Tech Grad Named CEO of Sam's Club

**313WX** · January-24-12, 08:55 AM

That much has pretty much persuaded me to sign up for a Sam's Club membership.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1219076.html

**jtf1972** · January-24-12, 10:33 AM

Good for her! Hopefully she remembers where she came from...

**Johnnny5** · January-24-12, 10:34 AM

What a fantastic role model for young Detroiters, especially those graduating from Cass Tech. It would be great if stories like this ran on the front page every day!

Her accomplishments aside, I would choose Costco over Sam's Club any day of the week. They pay their employees on average 40% more than Sam's and 85% of their employees have company sponsored health insurance [[Compare that to less than 50% for Walmart/Sam's Club workers.)

**jolla** · January-24-12, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by Johnnny5

Her accomplishments aside, I would choose Costco over Sam's Club any day of the week. They pay their employees on average 40% more than Sam's and 85% of their employees have company sponsored health insurance [[Compare that to less than 50% for Walmart/Sam's Club workers.)

Do you have a cite for that?

**Johnnny5** · January-24-12, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by jolla

Do you have a cite for that?

My apologies for not posting a link earlier, but here's an article describing Costco's average wages and the percentage of employees covered by their health insurance.

http://www.moneyandbusiness.com/care...alaries-costco

I'm looking for the article I found that mentioned the numbers for Sam's Club and Walmart and will post it shortly.

Occurrence · January-24-12, 11:22 AM

Shopping at Sam's Club is just as evil as shopping at Walmart. Have some class and at the very least support Costco instead.

**Scottathew** · January-24-12, 11:35 AM

I worked for Walmart and with one exception, I was treated very well. I was also paid very well too.

However, I am a white male, which allegedly is what you would want to be if you work there.

I don't shop at Walmart anymore because Meijer is closer to my house than the 14/Van Dyke Walmart. Walmart has terrible returns service. Walmart also abuses its suppliers.

Occurrence · January-24-12, 11:42 AM

Always remember, if you have cancer and use marijuana legally to combat nausea brought upon by chemo radiation, Walmart will fire you.

**313WX** · January-24-12, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by Occurrence

Shopping at Sam's Club is just as evil as shopping at Walmart. Have some class and at the very least support Costco instead.

For the record, I already have a Costco membership.

**Hypestyles** · January-24-12, 02:08 PM

so what's a sam's club card cost.. and what's a costco card cost? And do you have to renew it every year?

relatively speaking, what's the main attraction to shopping at these places? I don't need a 1/2 dozen jars of peanut butter at a whop..

bartock · January-24-12, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by Hypestyles

so what's a sam's club card cost.. and what's a costco card cost? And do you have to renew it every year?

relatively speaking, what's the main attraction to shopping at these places? I don't need a 1/2 dozen jars of peanut butter at a whop..

The experience and knee-jerk confusion that comes from buying gum, paper towels, juice, a big-ass jar of pretzels, toothpaste, and a few snacks and spending like $125.00.

**dookie joe** · January-24-12, 02:36 PM

Why should I care whether this woman is black, white or Chinese?

A black woman was named CEO of Sam's Club....so what? What's her zodiac sign?

Aren't we past all this line-drawing? It's not exactly like it's a milestone any more when a black person does something of note. In fact, I think I read somewhere that the US has a black president.

**Locke09** · January-24-12, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by dookie joe

Why should I care whether this woman is black, white or Chinese?

A black woman was named CEO of Sam's Club....so what? What's her zodiac sign?

Aren't we past all this line-drawing? It's not exactly like it's a milestone any more when a black person does something of note. In fact, I think I read somewhere that the US has a black president.

She is the first African-American female CEO of a chain owned by a company often in the news fighting allegations of sexism/racism in its hiring and promotion practices. She is from Detroit and DPS which are often in the news for failure to produce educated/qualified workers.

It’s news. Kudos to her. Kudos to Sam’s Club/Walmart temporarily if this is a sign of changing philosophies.

**guito13** · January-24-12, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by Locke09

She is the first African-American female CEO of a chain owned by a company often in the news fighting allegations of sexism/racism in its hiring and promotion practices. She is from Detroit and DPS which are often in the news for failure to produce educated/qualified workers.

It’s news. Kudos to her. Kudos to Sam’s Club/Walmart temporarily if this is a sign of changing philosophies.

Hopefully their philosophies have been the same for years; Hire the most qualified person.

**Islandman** · January-24-12, 04:18 PM

That has hardly been the case with most of the people I've seen hired at most of the places I've worked.

With executive positions being much more political, I'm sure it's worse.

**Blueidone** · January-24-12, 06:04 PM

Congrats to the new CEO. Achieving that status, is laudatory. I will keep my opinion of Sam's Club and other big box stores out of this. It is just good to hear that a Detroiter has made it to the top position in a major corporation. The fact that it is a female...or that she is black is just icing on the cake. Best of luck to her.

Buy American · January-24-12, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by Locke09

She is the first African-American female CEO of a chain owned by a company often in the news fighting allegations of sexism/racism in its hiring and promotion practices. She is from Detroit and DPS which are often in the news for failure to produce educated/qualified workers.

It’s news. Kudos to her. Kudos to Sam’s Club/Walmart temporarily if this is a sign of changing philosophies.

It just shows you what a person can do if they 1) Attend school every day 2) pay attention to teachers 3) have parental participation 4) study hard 5) graduate from school. Any one of us who attended DPS at one time or another in the last 50 years knows that they got a good education if they followed those rules. If you don't attend school, think of it as a joke or waste of time, if your parents don't participate, there is no future for you anywhere. The next step is the streets and crime.

**vetalalumni** · January-24-12, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by guito13

Hopefully their philosophies have been the same for years; Hire the most qualified person.

Your eyes are closed.

Qualifying who is the most qualified is itself qualified by who is making the qualification[[s).

**vetalalumni** · January-24-12, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by Johnnny5

What a fantastic role model for young Detroiters, especially those graduating from Cass Tech. It would be great if stories like this ran on the front page every day!

Her accomplishments aside, I would choose Costco over Sam's Club any day of the week. They pay their employees on average 40% more than Sam's and 85% of their employees have company sponsored health insurance [[Compare that to less than 50% for Walmart/Sam's Club workers.)

What a fantastic role model period!

**firstandten** · January-24-12, 08:52 PM

This shouldn't be a surprise. CT is known for producing high achievers in just about any field you can imagine.

**Cincinnati_Kid** · January-25-12, 03:01 AM

Originally Posted by firstandten

This shouldn't be a surprise. CT is known for producing high achievers in just about any field you can imagine.

Yeah, like our former mayor. He was a high achiever.

**guito13** · January-25-12, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by vetalalumni

Your eyes are closed.

Qualifying who is the most qualified is itself qualified by who is making the qualification[[s).

Sigh, my eyes are wide open. My comment simply meant that I hope that they hired the new CEO using the same set of criteria they have been using for years.