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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35139. | kannan (jayend_100) | 47.44 | 97.2% | 2023-11-28 |
35140. | Minh (mhn15920) | 47.43 | 93% | 2016-07-28 |
35141. | itsyomainbish (erikalyn) | 47.43 | 94% | 2017-04-23 |
35142. | Pradeep (pradeepsiva) | 47.43 | 91% | 2014-06-23 |
35143. | rap (raprics) | 47.43 | 92% | 2014-09-01 |
35144. | stream (stream_cipher) | 47.42 | 95% | 2023-05-16 |
35145. | Erik (hal_ko) | 47.42 | 96% | 2014-06-07 |
35146. | Harshil (harshilpatel05) | 47.42 | 95% | 2022-03-22 |
35147. | snail (karnenorte) | 47.42 | 96% | 2019-10-15 |
35148. | Sumanthraj (sumanth_raj) | 47.42 | 94.9% | 2023-12-23 |
35149. | Mediocre Soup (mediocre_soup) | 47.41 | 96% | 2024-02-27 |
35150. | bhollas (bhollas) | 47.41 | — | 2011-03-30 |
35151. | bill (bwoodwerk) | 47.41 | 99% | 2012-05-14 |
35152. | Adnan (sir_xtone) | 47.41 | 94% | 2022-03-31 |
35153. | lynette (can2) | 47.40 | 92% | 2011-10-22 |
35154. | andstyll (andstyll) | 47.40 | 93% | 2024-01-13 |
35155. | Vangelis (vangos) | 47.39 | 94% | 2024-03-17 |
35156. | Cole (sapling) | 47.39 | 90% | 2017-02-18 |
35157. | Andrew (andrew530) | 47.39 | 96% | 2021-05-27 |
35158. | Rorensu (rorensu) | 47.39 | 93% | 2011-11-26 |
35159. | Brent (xavie) | 47.38 | — | 2009-12-06 |
35160. | Chen (nyarlathoteppppp) | 47.38 | 96% | 2021-09-08 |
35161. | ali (ali_ny6) | 47.38 | 95.5% | 2024-01-12 |
35162. | Ada-ag (ada_ag) | 47.38 | 96% | 2024-02-08 |
35163. | clemont (clemont) | 47.38 | 93% | 2024-02-19 |
35164. | A (whatilearned1) | 47.38 | 96% | 2024-04-08 |
35165. | tstats[f6rz9d] (f6rz9d) | 47.37 | 92.3% | 2023-12-15 |
35166. | Afeng (anno) | 47.37 | 94% | 2012-02-16 |
35167. | Denis (duke_nuken) | 47.37 | 95% | 2013-05-15 |
35168. | Stepien (stepien) | 47.36 | 97% | 2020-06-21 |
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 |