And now...

[Wolferz]

Something completely lower than whale excrement...
http://money.msn.com/investing/post-...-own-employees

Wal-Mart sinks even lower than pond scum and taps customers to feed their employees. WTF!!!???

Poor Sam is probably doing somersaults in his grave.

The company has been reporting less than desirable profits in the past few quarters and blamed it on Obamacare among other reasons. Now they pull this boner out of their hat. As soon as the public gets wind of this low blow, I see their profits sinking faster than a lead Zeppelin.

Some rich peoples' kids! Sheesh!

And here I thought I had seen it all in the audacity department.

Time to ship the chopper down to Bentonville, Arkansas for the Marie Antoinette party.

^ my Wally World Card

[Stealhead]

15.7 billion dollars in profit is a bad return are you sure they have been doing poorly the last few years? Maybe you mean that they did not meet projections which is not always one in the same as making a good profit.

Not saying that I agree with Wal-Mart.Many organizations have similar programs for example each branch of the armed forces has an aid society one of the things they do is give food and other aid to active military members who need help(cant afford it).


Why would Sam Walton be upset? They follow his ways to the "T" he ran many places out of business while he was alive there is no such thing as a "nice" businessman some are just much more open than others.

I know a few people that work at Wal-Mart all low end or higher end floor jobs(not managers) from what I gather it seems just about as crappy as any other job and I can easily think of employers much worse than Wally World.

[GoldenRivet]

Meh...

I recall not too long ago... perhaps 6-7 years ago. In response to the low pay of its staff, Northwest airlines released a pamphlet with ways to save money and be more economical at home.

among the suggestions; dig through the garbage for items you might need.

that's right, dumpster diving was one of corporate's suggestions for dealing with low wages.

around that time i discovered that the CEO's Christmas bonus in one sitting was more cash than i would earn (let alone save) in 25 years of uninterrupted employment with the company. My bonus? $48

Thats round the time i decided to hell with the airline business... there was just no way i was going to be able to wait 10 years to upgrade to a captain seat at a "salary cap" of $350 a week.

[Bubblehead1980]

I have not stepped foot in a wal mart in many years, never will again if I can help it.I despise that company for many reasons.

[HW3]

Wal-Mart sinks even lower than pond scum and taps customers to feed their employees. WTF!!!???

A article I read said the bins were in an employee only area in the warehouse part of the store by a employee entrance, not in the public part of the store. This is nothing new, several companies I have worked for in the past did something like this too.

[Stealhead]

The reality is that there are few places to work for these days that are half way decent.One of my favorites is the whole "personal day" employers have nowadays.You know where you get two days per fiscal year where you can just take the day "off". To keep you from needing to go to AA.

Only thing is in many cases you get no actual sick days and even if you are sick they make you use the "personal days" and if you used up your personal days and then get sick they ding you for that.

The general rule has always been to pay the least amount of money for the most work.I honestly think that many companies if they could they would find a way to set it up so that the employees are paying them...oh wait they did do that here in the US for many years silly me with the "company store and pay chits.I think those days are coming back.

Some places are not bad I understand that Costco (a warehouse style box store) they pay as the starting wage $11.00 per hour not bad seeing at most box stores the starting wage is usually minimum wage or just above.$11.00 per hour is above the living wage requirement depending on the region.

I think that a company that treats it employees half way decent actually does better because the employees are much more likely to feel like their efforts are paying off and being rewarded which in the end means that they perform better at work and actually enjoy their job(sort of lets face no one would work if they did not half to).

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickunga...t-you-pay-for/

[Wolferz]

I misread the article. Just one store asking their own employees to help their brethren. The stores' management stated that it was for associates that had met some type of hardship?

15 billion in profits and the home office can't find it in their hearts to assist an employee or two who is having a rough go of it? Puhlease! Nearly all of their hourly workers are having a rough go of it.
I'd wager that the management in that store are the guys reaping the donations from their underlings who have to go on food stamps because their wages are below the poverty line. Slick way for the higher ups to get some of that government action.

Why should I be surprised? It's in Cleveland after all.

[Wolferz]

15.7 billion dollars in profit is a bad return are you sure they have been doing poorly the last few years? Maybe you mean that they did not meet projections which is not always one in the same as making a good profit

I said quarters, not years. Three quarters is less than a year.

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

I said quarters, not years. Three quarters is less than a year.

Actually you said "few" not three in you OP.

At any rate to me a 15 billion dollar profit sounds like a lot.Of course look at how massive the operation is all the properties all the costs in shipping all of that it must be pretty expensive even on their scale.

The way I see it Wal-Mart will either bring itself down or change for the better(likely not but you never know). Funny thing is Target also has not performed well as of late either and they are just about as "wonderful" as Wal-Mart.

My guess is that fewer people are doing all of their shopping at Wal-Mart or Target.They must be going to a regular grocery store more often(it would explain Wal-Marts vigorous add campaigns as of late). Also I bet people are buying electronics either at other stores or online.Of course the thing is many of Wal-Marts competitors treat their employees just about as well as Wally World does so in the grand scheme of things it likely is not improving the lives of most people that work in retail.

[Wolferz]

Walmart the retail giant...
You will not find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.


I ceased shopping there for the following reasons..
1. Too many illegal immigrants clogging the aisles.
2. They don't stock batteries for my light saber.
3. The constant stream of propaganda aimed at their employees.
4. The products are cheap, overpriced crap.
5. The obvious mind tricks used to get the weak minded to buy the crap.

[swamprat69er]

Walmart banned my son many years ago for something that he was supposed to have said, which by the way he states he didn't say.....end result = neither I nor my sons' shadows darken their doorstep.

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by swamprat69er

Walmart banned my son many years ago for something that he was supposed to have said, which by the way he states he didn't say.....end result = neither I nor my sons' shadows darken their doorstep.

Now I'm curious.
What was his alleged verbal transgression against such a pillar of the business community?
"Workers of the world unite"?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

Now I'm curious.
What was his alleged verbal transgression against such a pillar of the business community?
"Workers of the world unite"?

"Please sir, I want some more."

[swamprat69er]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

Now I'm curious.
What was his alleged verbal transgression against such a pillar of the business community?
"Workers of the world unite"?

This is a 'family' forum.
What they accused him of saying is not printable here.

[Wolferz]

Actually you said "few" not three in you OP.

I believe those terms are synonymous.