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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12141. | (Sathesh) (sathesh@ymail.com) | 83.57 | 95% | 2012-10-26 |
12142. | Rajesh (raj_rock) | 83.56 | 96% | 2012-06-13 |
12143. | Adam (nucleardog) | 83.56 | — | 2010-09-13 |
12144. | David (shadow154) | 83.55 | 96.9% | 2021-02-27 |
12145. | Johnny (torpehdojowhny) | 83.55 | 97% | 2022-03-29 |
12146. | Makayla Pettriess (mgpettri... | 83.54 | 96% | 2023-11-12 |
12147. | Arvid (chilikorven) | 83.54 | 96% | 2016-08-18 |
12148. | d (bakedtofu) | 83.54 | 96% | 2024-03-14 |
12149. | mercy (mercy_13) | 83.53 | 97.9% | 2024-05-01 |
12150. | dixon (dixonticonderoga) | 83.53 | 94% | 2024-02-08 |
12151. | Blake (bigboya) | 83.53 | 98% | 2014-10-01 |
12152. | Mia (miam1717) | 83.53 | 97% | 2018-10-08 |
12153. | Year (yearthree) | 83.52 | 96% | 2024-05-03 |
12154. | Seth (alkanite) | 83.52 | 78% | 2012-06-22 |
12155. | Christian (xxxcleverchrisxxx) | 83.52 | 96% | 2024-05-20 |
12156. | Niklas (nicksssor) | 83.52 | 97% | 2013-04-25 |
12157. | burn (burnpalada) | 83.51 | 97% | 2013-07-09 |
12158. | Alex (evoamac) | 83.51 | 97% | 2011-08-21 |
12159. | Crashie (exploiter911) | 83.51 | 95% | 2018-12-19 |
12160. | mark (mark9406) | 83.51 | 94% | 2011-08-24 |
12161. | tstats[hayk2] (hayk2) | 83.51 | 96% | 2021-09-12 |
12162. | Geese (geese955) | 83.51 | 97% | 2024-03-25 |
12163. | Maikel (xessi) | 83.51 | 90% | 2013-02-16 |
12164. | Daniel (mizaar) | 83.51 | 94% | 2012-10-08 |
12165. | Jess (jessmware) | 83.50 | — | 2009-09-22 |
12166. | arno (boxhill) | 83.50 | 96% | 2020-10-21 |
12167. | Korn (themageduck) | 83.50 | 91% | 2016-01-22 |
12168. | Zehll (lightningcloud) | 83.50 | 97% | 2015-03-01 |
12169. | central_ba (central_ba) | 83.50 | 97% | 2021-03-16 |
12170. | Ghassan (lightbeam) | 83.50 | 95% | 2013-07-13 |
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 |