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Is this true? I was just hired and was told 24 hours for PTO...nothing about 401K..let me know!

Posted By: Connie on 2006-07-31
In Reply to: I'm looking right at the policy: 16 hrs a week. - G




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    the day has 24 hours, I work only 6-8 hours, so, lots of time to post...nm
    nm
    They don't have 401K as far as I have seen. nm

    401k
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    nm
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