I agree with you Motor Man. I know too many people around here who have worked for Walmart and they are barely getting by. Most of them have told me they are not able to afford the health insurance offered by Walmart. So much for Walmart's 'benefits'. JT says if the employees don't like the pay, they can go someplace else? Does he even have a clue that for most of the people who work there, for various reasons, they don't have a big choice in jobs available to them? They keep that job with Walmart because they have to....
Walmart has a base rate that they start you out with then add an amount for each year of prior continual employment. If you apply yourself and show your managers you are a good worker, you will get your raises. I shot up to $10.78/hour in a little over 8 months. There are some department managers (merchandise supervisors) who have been there 10, 15, 20 years and they are around the $19/hour range right now. I go into walmart and see the employees on their cell phones yapping away while they are on the floor and supposed to be working....
I guess Uncle Sammy Walton is turning over in his grave. I'm not sure how much of the "made in @#@#" merchandise was happening during his tenure. Maybe communities need to come together and set up shop having food coop's in fire dept's and church's. I'm not sure bout other merchandise coop's (co-op's ) though. What do you think Diane?...
I tried to link it for the proof wanters, but the information is easily found online. WalMart is subsidized by the taxpayer to the tune of 1.5 BILLION dollars a year to make up for their low wage jobs. Google: SumOfUS + WalMart at 50 You are an idiot to shop there and a bigger idiot to actually defend that company. Like everything else, it won't be until its too late that people actually pay attention....
Pros and Cons on issues are always prevalent. Employees deserve to be paid a wage commensurate to their value as a consciencious, knowledgeable employee and their contribution to the success of their employer. Walmart could afford to pay their employees more. The price of products would take a huge hit. Some Walmart employees are there because that's all they could find. For some, they simply couldn't qualify for anything that required more education or experience. For others drug-screening is a problem. Not in every case but certainly in a high percentage of cases the products our retailers sell come from...
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