Instead of hiring workers during the peak hog kill in the winter and then laying them off when the work slowed down, Jay had instituted a system of paying workers a steady wage year-round. A 1937 Fortune magazine article about this and other progressive labor policies at Hormel might well shock those familiar only with the company's labor relations in the 1980s.
—from SPAM: A Biography: The Amazing True Story of America's "Miracle Meat!", a book by Carolyn Wyman
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Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
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12813. | Makisa (makisa) | 82.14 | 96% | 2023-11-08 |
12814. | Sisbug4 (sisbug4) | 82.14 | 98% | 2016-02-14 |
12815. | kelp (k3lp_boy) | 82.13 | 96% | 2017-09-27 |
12816. | Daniel (kimster773) | 82.13 | 97% | 2021-02-18 |
12817. | Nattaphoom (attomos) | 82.13 | 94% | 2014-03-30 |
12818. | May (thiyp) | 82.13 | 98.7% | 2023-11-21 |
12819. | Austen (schmollsy9) | 82.12 | 95% | 2023-12-09 |
12820. | Ari (akalisan) | 82.12 | 94% | 2021-04-25 |
12821. | Cal (zielinko) | 82.12 | 93% | 2016-10-04 |
12822. | atirrh (atirrh) | 82.12 | 95% | 2016-11-27 |
12823. | stop1it (_dvorak_) | 82.11 | 97% | 2013-07-08 |
12824. | Francisco (nicipopulous) | 82.11 | 90% | 2014-11-11 |
12825. | John (loki83jcg) | 82.11 | 97% | 2022-04-18 |
12826. | Sara (koviii) | 82.11 | 97% | 2020-06-24 |
12827. | Gruffydd (gruffydd) | 82.11 | 97% | 2018-04-23 |
12828. | Alo (alosarv) | 82.11 | 98% | 2015-12-07 |
12829. | Ali (alialialiali) | 82.10 | 95% | 2015-01-27 |
12830. | Ryan (ninjamuffin) | 82.10 | 94% | 2013-11-12 |
12831. | Praveen (praveenkaul) | 82.10 | 96% | 2012-12-12 |
12832. | Sagar (sagarraskar) | 82.10 | 98% | 2023-05-29 |
12833. | random maldivian (maldivian) | 82.10 | 97% | 2018-06-04 |
12834. | Daniel (stochastictinker) | 82.10 | 95% | 2015-01-19 |
12835. | Thomas (drkazndmon) | 82.10 | 93% | 2013-06-18 |
12836. | Edward (elud10) | 82.10 | 96.4% | 2023-12-20 |
12837. | Drew (biggyboy90) | 82.10 | 99% | 2013-07-31 |
12838. | Jhun Chester (jaycel19) | 82.10 | 97.5% | 2023-12-06 |
12839. | pro typo-ist (mrcynric) | 82.09 | 98% | 2022-07-06 |
12840. | Jard (dogspa) | 82.09 | 96.9% | 2021-02-07 |
12841. | Mack (mvpok) | 82.09 | 96% | 2023-04-18 |
12842. | Coasterface (coasterface) | 82.09 | 98% | 2013-09-21 |
Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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Default (English) | 87,957 | 76.95 | August 20, 2009 |
Long Texts | 108 | 73.53 | December 30, 2016 |
Instant Death Mode | 86 | 79.76 | April 2, 2010 |
Riverside Middle School | 3 | 72.81 | January 25, 2011 |
##typeracer | 2 | 55.97 | January 27, 2021 |