The end of the Walmart Era

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Sraaz
I used to work for Walmart. The way they treat their employees makes me sick.

Well, it is Wal-mart... it's a job, not a career. It's the type of job that would typically be held by a teenager, not someone who is trying to support a family - although I have noticed that Wal-mart appears to have a higher average employee age than other retail stores (in my experience, which may not be representative of Wal-mart as a whole). Wal-mart is about low prices. Always low prices - always. They can't afford to pay their employees more and give them better benefits and keep their prices as low as they are. Their profit is only ~$3 per employee hour, and that's after they have wrung every last bit of inefficiency out of their operation.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Sraaz
I used to work for Walmart. The way they treat their employees makes me sick.

Well, it is Wal-mart... it's a job, not a career. It's the type of job that would typically be held by a teenager, not someone who is trying to support a family - although I have noticed that Wal-mart appears to have a higher average employee age than other retail stores (in my experience, which may not be representative of Wal-mart as a whole). Wal-mart is about low prices. Always low prices - always. They can't afford to pay their employees more and give them better benefits and keep their prices as low as they are. Their profit is only ~$3 per employee hour, and that's after they have wrung every last bit of inefficiency out of their operation.

usually i see either high school/college kids or retired people working at walmart.

sure there are a few that keep the job because they have no other skills. but not many.

 

[x26]

When Walmart comes Tumbleling Down...
It will be the Happiest Moment of my life...

Walmart has Found the NEW Bottom in a Lack of Corporate Responsibliy...

It is a Mega-Corporation run exclusively on the "Sweatshop Principle"...

 

[deejayshakur]

obligatory baby got back in walmart

proceed.