Grocery stores are labor-intensive activities.

Lessee, penciling some numbers on a napkin here, and based off of public information/union contacts available to search online ...

Average grocery store employees ~40. Blue state shithole, less motivated/efficient, +10. Gov't bureaucracy +10. Blue state shithole city, security personnel +8. Store managers +1. Asst store managers +6. Gov't political donor 'plum' (no-show) jobs +5. Public Food Director +1. Public Food Dep Director +2.

Annual Wages

• Gov't: (8)... $1,411k
• Mgmt (7)....$...654k
• Staff: (68).. $3,740k
• Total:..........$5.8 million

$5.8 million. $5.8 MILLION ... and that doesn't include the additional 6-8% for overtime, holiday pay, night pay, weekend pay, union training day pay, etc. Just to 'provide' a grocery store to 200-300 local residents who appreciated the last one SO much, they stole it blind and/or burned it down.

Open question to Chicongo taxpayers (the ones who haven't left yet):

Is this how you wanted (or expected) your tax dollars to be used?

Napkin Notes:

• 8 = 1 + 2 + 5 (Dir/DD/no shows)
• 7 = 1 + 6 (mgt/asst mgr)
• 68 = 40 + 10 +10 + 8 (emp/less eff/bureaucracy/security)
• 83 direct charge store employees
• Gov't Dir $135k +68% gov't benefit pkg $227k annual.
• Gov't DDir $102k +68% gov't benefit pkg $172k annual.
• "Plum' jobs $100k +68% gov't benefit pkg $168k annual.
• Store manager $101k +68% gov't benefit pkg $170k annual.
• Asst manager wages $48k + 68% gov't benefit pkg $81k annual.
• Store employee wages (union-average) $16. + 68% gov't benefit pkg $27/hr. x2000hr/annual = 55k (rounded up)