Truth or Lies? Jobs in store at Masters?

It is reported on a newspaper that the Masters store in Williams Landing had created 120 jobs for residents in Wyndham.

It stated:

The home improvement store. opening next week has created 120 jobs for residents in Williams Landing and surrounding suburbs, including Truganina, Tarneit and Point Cook.

However, local residents reported that they did not see any job had been posted on their website:

I have never seen a single job ever been posted on their website for this Williams Landing store.

We're in doubt that if Masters really created that much jobs in Williams Landing and surrounding suburbs. And we're wondering where the figure 120 came from.

Do you know anyone who live in Williams Landing and surrounding suburbs works for Masters?

Put your comments here. Or join the forum discussion at: http://www.wl3027.com/forums/truth-or-lies-jobs-store-masters

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Comments

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JMP

Fri, 17/01/2014 - 15:02

When they say that there are 120 jobs generated for Williams Landing, it doesnt mean that 120 jobs are given to residents of Williams Landing. It means that there are 120 opportunities for people to work in Williams Landing - and anyone should be able to work here. I think this is much more important than how many Masters staff live within Williams Landing - how do you know that a lot of them aren't from Point Cook, Werribee etc.? The claim that there are 120 jobs in our suburb is fantastic. In my opinion you are missing the point of having such a great start to job opportunities. I think they are doing a great job, and I think that your accusation of Lying about jobs is unfair, and an excuse to write an article.
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wl3027

Sat, 18/01/2014 - 18:27

Hi JMP, yes, we agree with you and we didn't exclude surrounding suburbs. We did not say truth or lie. We just tried to start a topic and let people like you to find it out. In the article we stated: "We're in doubt that if Masters really created that much jobs in Williams Landing and surrounding suburbs. " We're just trying to start a discussion and try to make sure newspapers report responsibly. No one wants to be fooled. We originally created a forum discussion on this topic (http://www.wl3027.com/forums/truth-or-lies-jobs-store-masters) and we still prefer readers to participate in the forum. And this news article was originally intended to point readers to the forum. I think you have misunderstood us. If you know there are people employed from surrounding suburbs, please let us know, don't have to be exactly who, we appreciate even just for a rough estimate.