[quote=Trojan4Life]I think the quote by Lee Scott, former CEO of Walmart spoke best to this when he said “Out of 4,000 stores there are some knuckle-headed store managers who do things the wrong way. When we find out about it, we fix it” (paraphrased).

I think Walmart has changed with the times and certainly is not practicing the same archaic personnel policies that got them a bad reputation. I think that a large part of that was how store manager’s bonus pay was calculated, it encouraged them to cheat people. It has been altered now to include other factors. I think overall there’s just a better breed of manager coming into the company, we now have pick of the best with the recession going on.

FYI our average hourly wage in CA is north of $11 and MANY hourly associates in our stores earn much more than that. We also have many associates who are 10,15,20-35 years with the company. Walmart has made many of those “lower” paid associates MILLIONAIRES with the company’s stock purchase plan. They have always shared their success with the associates.

I think if you go into a newly remodeled Walmart store you would probably change your opinion about the company.[/quote]

Got it. A company with celebrated, almost legendary intelligence gathering (did not help much in Germany, IIRC), one that can calculate suppliers’ margins better than the suppliers themselves failed to recognize the systemic abuse of the employees by the management. Totally believable.

Your numbers are meaningless. How many is “MANY”? What is the structure (position, years of experience, hours worked/week, benefits) of your hourly employees? How do you calculate the average? How many is ‘many’ (in case of employees with 35 years and in case of MILLIONAIRES)?

The fact that you (personally?) have 500-600 applicants for a minimum wage position witnesses the sad state of the society.