That's funny, Inglorious. My BF can't buy clothes at Wal Mart for the opposite reason. The ones by us only have tiny clothes and he's in a 3XL.
Do you buy your clothes at Wal Mart?
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I don't get all the Walmart hating. I love Walmart. They're not all the same. Depends on where you live. I've been to some where I feel I'll get herpes if I slip on the floor. And I've been to others where there's 'normal' people that live higher up in the gene pool. It's all about demographics.
Don't like the working conditions and how they treat employees? Don't work there. Don't like the cheap quality. Spend more and shop somewhere else. I like Walmart because they have what I need and the price is right. We use it for basic household items, misc grocery items, garden, hunting/camping stuff, etc. Clothes, not so much. It seems like all they sell is 49ers and Raiders gear, not my style.
If I want something a little nicer for the home, I'll go to Target. Otherwise most of my money is spent on Amazon.
Don't like the working conditions and how they treat employees? Don't work there. Don't like the cheap quality. Spend more and shop somewhere else. I like Walmart because they have what I need and the price is right. We use it for basic household items, misc grocery items, garden, hunting/camping stuff, etc. Clothes, not so much. It seems like all they sell is 49ers and Raiders gear, not my style.
If I want something a little nicer for the home, I'll go to Target. Otherwise most of my money is spent on Amazon.
I get stuff at Walmart just not clothes. All we have is camo and NASCAR shirt. I'd trade Jose for his raiders and niners stuff
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Camo and NASCAR.... Do you live in Kentucky or tennessee? LOL
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Easier said than done, especially in this economy, for people to just go get another job, especially for working-class people.
As shoddy as the benefits are at Wal-Mart, they're the ONLY health coverage that many families have.
Remember that Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the US with over 1.1 million employees.
Wal-Mart takes advantage of hard-working employees (steals overtime from them, has them work off the clock, etc.). They discriminate against loyal employees. They tolerate unsafe working conditions. And lots of other illegal or at least unethical behavior.
This stuff isn't anecdotal or isolated: A recent class action lawsuit included 1.6 million current and former Wal-Mart employees.
For me, it's a value judgement: I won't (and don't) support Wal-Mart with my hard-earned money. Will they go out of business because I don't shop there? Nope. But I hope that other folks realize that by buying from Wal-Mart, you're supporting the way that they do business.
Matt
As shoddy as the benefits are at Wal-Mart, they're the ONLY health coverage that many families have.
Remember that Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the US with over 1.1 million employees.
Wal-Mart takes advantage of hard-working employees (steals overtime from them, has them work off the clock, etc.). They discriminate against loyal employees. They tolerate unsafe working conditions. And lots of other illegal or at least unethical behavior.
This stuff isn't anecdotal or isolated: A recent class action lawsuit included 1.6 million current and former Wal-Mart employees.
For me, it's a value judgement: I won't (and don't) support Wal-Mart with my hard-earned money. Will they go out of business because I don't shop there? Nope. But I hope that other folks realize that by buying from Wal-Mart, you're supporting the way that they do business.
Matt
Yeah, but how is it MY fault that certain people don't have the skills or education to get a better job? You only hear these horror stories about Walmart because they're so big and employ so many people. I worked plenty of terrible jobs during high school/college. And I'm sure they were worse than Walmart. They fly below the radar because they're tiny mom-n-pop businesses and the stories never get out. Walmart on the other hand is everywhere, so it's no wonder they have such a bad rep. If some places I worked at were giant chain stores, it would be the same issue.
And you said it yourself "As shoddy as the benefits are at Wal-Mart, they're the ONLY health coverage that many families have". How many businesses out there provide NO benefits to employees? At least Walmart is providing something.
Also, what do you mean by 'largest private employer'? They're not a private entity. They're publicly owned and traded on the NYSE.
Private meaning that they're not the government (federal, state or local).
I didn't say that it's your fault that other people don't have the eduction or skills to not work at Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, all of us aren't in a position to go to college and pick and choose an ideal, career-path job.
It's a sad reflection of our society that our nation's largest employer and corporation (by revenue) is also such a bad place to work (and shop, in my opinion...not that I've been there in years). It's also sad that so much of what they sell is produced in China and other countries with records of human rights abuse, lax environmental protections, child labor, etc.
It's a sad reflection that so many people in this country don't have health coverage. Those of us who do have health insurance pay more because of employers like Wal-mart and because of employers who offer limited or no coverage (Wal-Mart had a strategy to encourage associates to sign up for Medicaid instead of its health insurance plan, shifting costs onto the taxpayer vs. them). It's called "cost sharing"...
I have no doubt that there are worse employers in this country than Wal-Mart. That doesn't make being giant and slightly better than the worst acceptable, though.
That's why I take my business elsewhere (and have for years).
Matt
I didn't say that it's your fault that other people don't have the eduction or skills to not work at Wal-Mart. Unfortunately, all of us aren't in a position to go to college and pick and choose an ideal, career-path job.
It's a sad reflection of our society that our nation's largest employer and corporation (by revenue) is also such a bad place to work (and shop, in my opinion...not that I've been there in years). It's also sad that so much of what they sell is produced in China and other countries with records of human rights abuse, lax environmental protections, child labor, etc.
It's a sad reflection that so many people in this country don't have health coverage. Those of us who do have health insurance pay more because of employers like Wal-mart and because of employers who offer limited or no coverage (Wal-Mart had a strategy to encourage associates to sign up for Medicaid instead of its health insurance plan, shifting costs onto the taxpayer vs. them). It's called "cost sharing"...
I have no doubt that there are worse employers in this country than Wal-Mart. That doesn't make being giant and slightly better than the worst acceptable, though.
That's why I take my business elsewhere (and have for years).
Matt
just watched this 2 hour wal mart documentary on Current...wow....what a morally corrupt company if all these stories are true. i'd heard alot of complaints and accusations over the years but this documentary full of former or current employees, lawyers, attorneys, environmentalists etc etc really laid it out.
def is making me rethink of shopping there
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def is making me rethink of shopping there
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i love documentaries. hope its like food inc. im still going to shop at walmart and eat junk food. its because it doesnt matter.
