Who’s been to a Wal-Mart Super Center?

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[quote=Trojan4Life]Captcha,

Not sure how illegal immigration affects Walmart, you’re wrong if you’re ascerting Walmart hires illegal immigrants. Walmart requires all associates to provide required I-9 documents proving they have a legal right to work in the US within 72 of being hired or else they are terminated. Walmart associates are also eligible for benefits after a period of time as well, and like most of us they have to pay into that program in order to get them. There are some terrifically affordable plans out there now for Walmart associates.

I know, I work for Walmart…and the Oceanside Supercenter is the future of Walmart in California. Whether you shop there or not, whether you like Walmart or not, you save money because of Walmart’s enormous impact on the retail competitive market.[/quote]

Trojan,

I am sure the corporate attorneys would be able to defend the corporation in the court of law. Tyson Foods attorneys did and Walmart for sure can purchase better protection than Tyson Foods.

Walmart is just one of the beneficiaries of the culture in which big businesses are being subsidized big. I am not interested in talking points explaining how ‘by the people, for the people’ equals unhealthy food and poisonous plastic for some, $8/h for others and campaign contributions and billions in profit for others.

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I more or less loathe shopping at Walmart. No fun for me, except the time I got the last HD-DVD player in a special section of the store when the price was cut to $99. It’s generally really crowded, cluttered and loud. I find the atmosphere at Walmart simply drab; to me, it’s a drag to go there, yet I still do from time to time, and I don’t outright try to forbid my wife from shopping there. Maybe it’s improved over the years, but clothes off the rack, merch on the aisles. They’re generally in massive shopping centers with bottleneck traffic areas.

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I more or less loathe shopping at Walmart. No fun for me, except the time I got the last HD-DVD player in a special section of the store when the price was cut to $99. It’s generally really crowded, cluttered and loud. I find the atmosphere at Walmart simply drab; to me, it’s a drag to go there, yet I still do from time to time, and I don’t outright try to forbid my wife from shopping there. Maybe it’s improved over the years, but clothes off the rack, merch on the aisles. They’re generally in massive shopping centers with bottleneck traffic areas.

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I more or less loathe shopping at Walmart. No fun for me, except the time I got the last HD-DVD player in a special section of the store when the price was cut to $99. It’s generally really crowded, cluttered and loud. I find the atmosphere at Walmart simply drab; to me, it’s a drag to go there, yet I still do from time to time, and I don’t outright try to forbid my wife from shopping there. Maybe it’s improved over the years, but clothes off the rack, merch on the aisles. They’re generally in massive shopping centers with bottleneck traffic areas.

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I more or less loathe shopping at Walmart. No fun for me, except the time I got the last HD-DVD player in a special section of the store when the price was cut to $99. It’s generally really crowded, cluttered and loud. I find the atmosphere at Walmart simply drab; to me, it’s a drag to go there, yet I still do from time to time, and I don’t outright try to forbid my wife from shopping there. Maybe it’s improved over the years, but clothes off the rack, merch on the aisles. They’re generally in massive shopping centers with bottleneck traffic areas.

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I more or less loathe shopping at Walmart. No fun for me, except the time I got the last HD-DVD player in a special section of the store when the price was cut to $99. It’s generally really crowded, cluttered and loud. I find the atmosphere at Walmart simply drab; to me, it’s a drag to go there, yet I still do from time to time, and I don’t outright try to forbid my wife from shopping there. Maybe it’s improved over the years, but clothes off the rack, merch on the aisles. They’re generally in massive shopping centers with bottleneck traffic areas.

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The Wally World Supercenter recently opened up in Temecula. No doubt it is hurting the local Albertson’s, Ralph’s etc…which in so many ways are nicer stores.

Going to the Wal Mart Supercenter is a trip I usually plan for; I rarely go for the little things – sort of like Costco.

But I do shop primarily at our Wal Mart Supercenter and the prices are generally much lower than Albertson’s even though I like Albertson’s upscale selections.

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The Wally World Supercenter recently opened up in Temecula. No doubt it is hurting the local Albertson’s, Ralph’s etc…which in so many ways are nicer stores.

Going to the Wal Mart Supercenter is a trip I usually plan for; I rarely go for the little things – sort of like Costco.

But I do shop primarily at our Wal Mart Supercenter and the prices are generally much lower than Albertson’s even though I like Albertson’s upscale selections.

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The Wally World Supercenter recently opened up in Temecula. No doubt it is hurting the local Albertson’s, Ralph’s etc…which in so many ways are nicer stores.

Going to the Wal Mart Supercenter is a trip I usually plan for; I rarely go for the little things – sort of like Costco.

But I do shop primarily at our Wal Mart Supercenter and the prices are generally much lower than Albertson’s even though I like Albertson’s upscale selections.

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The Wally World Supercenter recently opened up in Temecula. No doubt it is hurting the local Albertson’s, Ralph’s etc…which in so many ways are nicer stores.

Going to the Wal Mart Supercenter is a trip I usually plan for; I rarely go for the little things – sort of like Costco.

But I do shop primarily at our Wal Mart Supercenter and the prices are generally much lower than Albertson’s even though I like Albertson’s upscale selections.

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The Wally World Supercenter recently opened up in Temecula. No doubt it is hurting the local Albertson’s, Ralph’s etc…which in so many ways are nicer stores.

Going to the Wal Mart Supercenter is a trip I usually plan for; I rarely go for the little things – sort of like Costco.

But I do shop primarily at our Wal Mart Supercenter and the prices are generally much lower than Albertson’s even though I like Albertson’s upscale selections.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

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