SEALY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE

                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.33

                         EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT AMENDMENT

This Employment Agreement Amendment ("Amendment") is entered into as of this
20th day of January, 2000 by and between SEALY CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx (the "Employee").

WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee have previously entered into an Employment
Agreement (the "Agreement") dated August 1, 1997;

WHEREAS, since the date of the Agreement, the Employee has moved from Canada to
the United States and is now paid in U.S. Dollars;

WHEREAS, both the Company and the Employee now desire to amend the Agreement as
set forth below;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Employee hereby agree as follows:

     Subsection 3 (a) of the Agreement is hereby is amended by deleting the
     words "at the initial rate of Two Hundred Forty Thousand Five Hundred
     Canadian Dollars (CDN $249,500.00)" and inserting in their place the
     following words "of at least Two Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars (US
     $200,000.000)".

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Employee have executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first written above.

SEALY CORPORATION                                 EMPLOYEE


By // Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx                           // Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx                           Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President, General Counsel
       & Secretary