I never knew it caused so many problems. Walmart is pretty evil. Definitely watch this if your interested. http://tv-links.co.uk/listings/9/1296
Theres alot of interesting things in it that make alot of sense, and show that walmart isnt as great a company as you would think. As the title says. The cost of a low price is high.
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 Aug 24 2007, 11:08 pm
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Yeah, that was the most surprising thing actually; the fact that biggest complainers were those that worked for walmart. Some worked for 17+ years, and told about how horrible it was.
As for the pay, are you sure? They show in the documentary that they pretty much encourage going for welfare. They dont pay enough money for you to get the benefits they offer. | |
Legendary Goku 10 wrote:
Yeah, that was the most surprising thing actually; the fact that biggest complainers were those that worked for walmart. Some worked for 17+ years, and told about how horrible it was. Like I said, the best "part-time". It wouldn't be enough if I had to live off it. I'm making $6.90 right now as a Cart Pusher and its the lowest paying job except maybe Door Greeter. | |
You mean they don't pay you minimum wage?
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Dark_Shadow_Ninja wrote:
You mean they don't pay you minimum wage? minimum wage varies between states. | |
Yeah but he clearly stated it's the best paying part time job, and it's sort of surprising that wal*mart is paying more than minimum wage...
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Who has watched the documentary. Lol, my assignment was to confirm some things in it by finding information on the internet. So if you DO have experience with walmart, do tell :)
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Nobody?
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I haven't watched it all the way through (yet), but I want to say some (very controversial) things:
First off, I'm not a "small town America" kind of guy... I don't like Main Street shopping, I don't want to know the guy at the hardware store by name, and I don't want to have to wander into a dozen little shops to buy the stuff I can buy all under one roof at a Wal*Mart... I don't care where any of it comes from, I don't care if it's all "cheap foreign junk" (as the claim goes... though I've never seen any problems from the merchandise I've purchased from Wally World over the years) I don't care how badly they treat their employees (which I know from personal experience, as an ex-associate, is pretty bad), and I frankly don't care that Wal*Mart shuts down local "Ma & Pa" types of businesses... I have no need for them... Modern Life is all about convenience and efficiency, not meandering around uptown and chatting with shop owners... Some think that this switch is a sad loss, but I only see it as trimming the fat... The funny thing, though, is that we've had a Wal*Mart in this town (relatively small at under 20,000 people) for over a decade now, and there's been one less than half an hour away even longer than that, yet our local economy has done just fine... The local businesses (including a small Ace Hardware store!) have done just fine... Hell, I might even go so far as to say that having the Wally World here has helped our local economy... Weird... | |
SSGX:
Meh. I dunno. If society wasn't interconnected I'd agree with you somewhat, but it is. I also think it's short sighted to let one of the engines of our civilization (economics) be driven by the profit principle alone. But, my own few experiences with WM were pretty bad. I hate big box stores (I work at another company's right now). They seem mainly like huge, unkempt bazaars or flea markets where the sellers/owners have all been shot and piled into a back corner. The little numbers on the price tags are the only appealing thing (and I've kinda already voiced my opinion on the price vs. actual cost thing). Then, when you've finished looting what you think you want, suddenly you see actual people at the registers where the checkout experience / customer service reminded me more of a queue at a government bureaucracy. I got no prob with the people there, I just know they're doing shitty work for mostly shitty pay because it's the sometimes the one available. | |
The funny thing is, I work for Wal-Mart and I would agree its not great. The only good thing about working there is that it is the highest paying part-time job in my city.
The managers are evil!