The truth about Walmart

I believe is walmart didnt provide a living wage that was worth the work noone would work there. I wouldnt personally do it, but the fact is they do provide more than is sometimes given credit for.

I dont like walmart so i dont shop there. Some people savemuch needed money or have a much needed job from wal mart so i dont knock them as much, i just dont support them.

 

When they build in depressed labor areas they have lots of willing employees. Many of whom have never worked anywhere else and don't realize that workers have rights. They are indocrinated into the Walmart spiel that to rat on another employee is the way to get ahead. They don't follow work comp rules, they make up their own. Overtime is not to be reported, it's your priviledge to work for them overtime. And it's expected.

But if you are hungry enough you'll take any job.

 

can you back that up? while i would agree walmart is semi targeting lower income families who need to save as much as possible, i see many walmarts in middle and even middle-upper class neighborhoods.

The same people who work at walmat would work for a kroger, win dixie, target, name chain store here, if it moved in the area. Many of which actually pay lower wages than the average walmart wage.

Im not a walmart fan as i once stated.

also, can you back up the % of employees who have never worked anywhere else. I doubt even a 51% majority would state Walmart as their only job in their lives.

While i wouldnt "rat" on another emoployee because i do not want to be ratted on myself, do you advocate stealing from "the big business no name company?"

 

walmart actually sets its prices to suit the socio-economic standing of the town in which it is located. In other words, If you go to a walmart in the superbs and find something for $5 you may think its a good deal. But the same exact item, in a shitty area, could easily go for $3. comparing prices even between walmarts is interesting. and another reason not to go! Just because its located in a richer place does not mean you need to jip the people out of more savings!

 

But Asda is owned by Walmart.

 

When WalMart wanted to move into our city, the same thing happened. Protesters took every shopping cart from the parking lot, and hung them from huge trees, a hundred+ feet in the air. How they got them up there, I have no idea... but it musta looked funny to the tourists driving into the city.

 

My system for walmart goes something like this. I. Steal. Everything.


I won't steal from a mom and pop type buissness, that would be wrong. But walmart is a whole other story. I've even stolen tires from walmart, never getting caught.

This system not only has the benefit of reducing walmarts profits but it saves my money to spend at more honest and decent retailers.

 

Some magic numbers for Walmart:
http://www.counterpunch.org/cox04202004.html

 

I don't shop at Wal*mart, but I hate small businesses. Most of the owners and employees are a bunch of dicks, and I would love to see them suffer a little. The local resteraunts serve shitty food, the stores overcharge, etc.

As for them being poor, some of them are millionaires. they don't need the money, they're just a bunch of crying, whining pussies. I should know, my family is in business.

Go ahead and get the mom n' pops too. And 12k a year!!! Maybe I oughtta get my ass down to Wal*mart and start carrying home my sacks of cash

 

There's a Walmart near where I live that hasn't even opened yet and keeps claiming that it's going to open soon. I think the "problem" has to do with a traffic light that needs to be built near the store. Personally, I never really liked Walmart and after reading all the information that tells about Walmart I will never shop at a Walmart. It's been almost a year since that Walmart opened! I don't care how inexpensive Walmart is if that's how they treat their employees and with the sweatshops and all. I read an article in a magazine about a clothing company called Forever 21 that sell inexpensive clothes made by foreign women. They, too, have treated their employees poorly and have them working in very bad conditions. It's time to take a stand against these companies with sweatshops. I will not buy from a store that treats it's employees badly and pays them less than what minimum wage is. Make a difference. Peace out!
EarthSong

 

Wal-mart doesn't pay less than minimum wage.

In my hometown, they paid a full dollar more.

 

Wal Mart's wages are pretty much in line with others in their market. I remember a few weeks back John Edwards was doing a bok signing at Barnes and Nobles and doing his usual bashing of wal mart and it turns out wal mart pays its workers on average more than barnes and nobles. both are mutli million dollar chain stores, so to support one and not the other is dumb. i support local business too, but i do pay more for it.

 

In my town, there is currently a huge battle to keep walmart out. they want to put a superwalmart in.

 

Good luck Muffin. My town just fought that same battle, and we already have a warehouse/distribution center and regular retail store, in an area of only 48,000. But the little people lost out. The local County government wanted them in so they've got them. I am sure they extended tax breaks and other breaks as far as permits. Makes one wonder who's getting paid off.

 

how the heck do you manage to steal tires???

 

how exactly does stealing from walmart help the problem at all??

i mean i'll admit i've done it plenty of times, and i didn't feel bad about it because they are so unfair, but people act like it's such a revolutionary thing. it doesnt really mae any difference does it?

true i guess that it leaves me more money to spend on honest business. and i sure as hell don't mind getting stuff for free...

 

Have you ever paid attention to the gas prices in town? Its the same thing. Welcome to the real world where all is not right, just, or fair. Anyone who lead any of you to believe that the world is just, fair, and always right has done you a big disservice.

As for Walmart dictating what the manufacturer is going to get paid for their products, I say once again, welcome to the real world and free market capitalism at its best. If you were a business owner and you were currently making $2 for every widget you sold and Walmart came to you and said they would buy your widgets, but only if you sold them for $1 less. Anyway you slice it, being able to sell a million widgets to Walmart is a million dollars. If you were only selling 25% of that before, you're now making twice as much money.

Oh yeah, Walmart isn't the only one who does that. All the major stores, restaurants, etc do the same thing to their suppliers.

 

That's funny. I don't care who you are.

Stealing from one store so you get to decide what makes an "honest" business. Who are you, Robin Hood?

 

Unfortunately ASDA is part of the WALMART company

 

I don't need to be spoken to in a condescending way. Those two points alone aren't a huge deal and I never made them out to be. I know how businesses work. But if you read all my points and the points everyone else made in this thread, it really starts to add up to a shitty corporation. Never did I say that these two points alone were unfair and unjust on their own. you seemed to have missed my point and taken what I have said out of context.