James Sinegal
James Sinegal
James D. Sinegal is the co-founder and former CEO of Costco, an international retail chain...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth1 January 1936
CountryUnited States of America
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One of the strengths of our nation has always been a strong middle class who could afford their own homes and send their children to school.
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We would rather have our employees running our business.
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The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor of the store or the factory is insignificant.
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If somehow a proclamation were made that C.E.O.'s could only make a maximum of $300,000 a year, you would not have any shortage of very qualified men and women seeking the jobs.
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It doesn't do Costco any good if nobody can afford to buy anything.
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Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity.
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If you've got to work for the rest of your life, you'd better do something you'll enjoy.
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We want to turn our inventory faster than our people.
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If you hire good people, give them good jobs, and pay them good wages, generally something good is going to happen.
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We always strive to be the best in the wage package.
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Everybody is watching you every minute anyways. If they think the message you're sending out is phony, they're going to say, 'Who does he think he is?' It's again good business. But it is also an obligation.