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

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[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.

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[quote=Trojan4Life]I think if Walmart’s 1.5 million US associates were affected by the 12% unemployment rate, we’d be in even a worse mess. I have 500-600 people apply for every vacant job we post. We are not the problem, Captcha…[/quote]

Not sure I would agree with that – isn’t it true that businesses and communities are really negatively impacted in the area around Wal Mart’s?

Also, $11/hour (or slightly more) is not even a living wage IMO.

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[quote=Trojan4Life]I think if Walmart’s 1.5 million US associates were affected by the 12% unemployment rate, we’d be in even a worse mess. I have 500-600 people apply for every vacant job we post. We are not the problem, Captcha…[/quote]

Not sure I would agree with that – isn’t it true that businesses and communities are really negatively impacted in the area around Wal Mart’s?

Also, $11/hour (or slightly more) is not even a living wage IMO.

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[quote=Trojan4Life]I think if Walmart’s 1.5 million US associates were affected by the 12% unemployment rate, we’d be in even a worse mess. I have 500-600 people apply for every vacant job we post. We are not the problem, Captcha…[/quote]

Not sure I would agree with that – isn’t it true that businesses and communities are really negatively impacted in the area around Wal Mart’s?

Also, $11/hour (or slightly more) is not even a living wage IMO.

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[quote=Trojan4Life]I think if Walmart’s 1.5 million US associates were affected by the 12% unemployment rate, we’d be in even a worse mess. I have 500-600 people apply for every vacant job we post. We are not the problem, Captcha…[/quote]

Not sure I would agree with that – isn’t it true that businesses and communities are really negatively impacted in the area around Wal Mart’s?

Also, $11/hour (or slightly more) is not even a living wage IMO.

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[quote=Trojan4Life]I think if Walmart’s 1.5 million US associates were affected by the 12% unemployment rate, we’d be in even a worse mess. I have 500-600 people apply for every vacant job we post. We are not the problem, Captcha…[/quote]

Not sure I would agree with that – isn’t it true that businesses and communities are really negatively impacted in the area around Wal Mart’s?

Also, $11/hour (or slightly more) is not even a living wage IMO.

[blahblahblah]

Some of us remember living in a world before Wal-Mart. Some of us remember living in a world where the average Joe had a good job and got by just fine. Many of the houses in San Diego were owned by average Joes at one time, they fed their families, sent their kids to college, paid off their houses, and took vacations to Yosemite and Las Vegas. That world is long gone. Is Wal-Mart to blame? I don’t think so, I think Wal-Mart is a symptom of the disease. The disease is (pick your term): globalization, privatization, neo-feudalism, NWO, etc… They all basically mean the same thing. Less for us and more for the guys at the top, who grow fewer in number and more powerful day by day.

Back to work, slaves!

[blahblahblah]

Some of us remember living in a world before Wal-Mart. Some of us remember living in a world where the average Joe had a good job and got by just fine. Many of the houses in San Diego were owned by average Joes at one time, they fed their families, sent their kids to college, paid off their houses, and took vacations to Yosemite and Las Vegas. That world is long gone. Is Wal-Mart to blame? I don’t think so, I think Wal-Mart is a symptom of the disease. The disease is (pick your term): globalization, privatization, neo-feudalism, NWO, etc… They all basically mean the same thing. Less for us and more for the guys at the top, who grow fewer in number and more powerful day by day.

Back to work, slaves!

[blahblahblah]

Some of us remember living in a world before Wal-Mart. Some of us remember living in a world where the average Joe had a good job and got by just fine. Many of the houses in San Diego were owned by average Joes at one time, they fed their families, sent their kids to college, paid off their houses, and took vacations to Yosemite and Las Vegas. That world is long gone. Is Wal-Mart to blame? I don’t think so, I think Wal-Mart is a symptom of the disease. The disease is (pick your term): globalization, privatization, neo-feudalism, NWO, etc… They all basically mean the same thing. Less for us and more for the guys at the top, who grow fewer in number and more powerful day by day.

Back to work, slaves!

[blahblahblah]

Some of us remember living in a world before Wal-Mart. Some of us remember living in a world where the average Joe had a good job and got by just fine. Many of the houses in San Diego were owned by average Joes at one time, they fed their families, sent their kids to college, paid off their houses, and took vacations to Yosemite and Las Vegas. That world is long gone. Is Wal-Mart to blame? I don’t think so, I think Wal-Mart is a symptom of the disease. The disease is (pick your term): globalization, privatization, neo-feudalism, NWO, etc… They all basically mean the same thing. Less for us and more for the guys at the top, who grow fewer in number and more powerful day by day.

Back to work, slaves!

[blahblahblah]

Some of us remember living in a world before Wal-Mart. Some of us remember living in a world where the average Joe had a good job and got by just fine. Many of the houses in San Diego were owned by average Joes at one time, they fed their families, sent their kids to college, paid off their houses, and took vacations to Yosemite and Las Vegas. That world is long gone. Is Wal-Mart to blame? I don’t think so, I think Wal-Mart is a symptom of the disease. The disease is (pick your term): globalization, privatization, neo-feudalism, NWO, etc… They all basically mean the same thing. Less for us and more for the guys at the top, who grow fewer in number and more powerful day by day.

Back to work, slaves!

[jimmyle]

I never shop Vons and Ralphs again. I either shop at Asian Supermarkets, Costco or Walmart. I usually save about 20 to 25% ($150/month) by not shopping at Vons and Ralphs.

Why should I spend $150 extra monthly to help unionized workers at Vons and Ralphs to bag grocery, stock the shelves or clean the floor when they can hire people to do the same things for half the cost? The same thing is happening at unionized GM and Chrysler, why should tax payers giving the two companies more than $50 bil so uneducated workers can make $30/hour in wages + $35/hour in benefits? Can you believe benefits cost more than the salary? Mine is about 35% of my salary and I am happy.

[jimmyle]

I never shop Vons and Ralphs again. I either shop at Asian Supermarkets, Costco or Walmart. I usually save about 20 to 25% ($150/month) by not shopping at Vons and Ralphs.

Why should I spend $150 extra monthly to help unionized workers at Vons and Ralphs to bag grocery, stock the shelves or clean the floor when they can hire people to do the same things for half the cost? The same thing is happening at unionized GM and Chrysler, why should tax payers giving the two companies more than $50 bil so uneducated workers can make $30/hour in wages + $35/hour in benefits? Can you believe benefits cost more than the salary? Mine is about 35% of my salary and I am happy.

[jimmyle]

I never shop Vons and Ralphs again. I either shop at Asian Supermarkets, Costco or Walmart. I usually save about 20 to 25% ($150/month) by not shopping at Vons and Ralphs.

Why should I spend $150 extra monthly to help unionized workers at Vons and Ralphs to bag grocery, stock the shelves or clean the floor when they can hire people to do the same things for half the cost? The same thing is happening at unionized GM and Chrysler, why should tax payers giving the two companies more than $50 bil so uneducated workers can make $30/hour in wages + $35/hour in benefits? Can you believe benefits cost more than the salary? Mine is about 35% of my salary and I am happy.

[jimmyle]

I never shop Vons and Ralphs again. I either shop at Asian Supermarkets, Costco or Walmart. I usually save about 20 to 25% ($150/month) by not shopping at Vons and Ralphs.

Why should I spend $150 extra monthly to help unionized workers at Vons and Ralphs to bag grocery, stock the shelves or clean the floor when they can hire people to do the same things for half the cost? The same thing is happening at unionized GM and Chrysler, why should tax payers giving the two companies more than $50 bil so uneducated workers can make $30/hour in wages + $35/hour in benefits? Can you believe benefits cost more than the salary? Mine is about 35% of my salary and I am happy.

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