Victims of Walmart

[pm63]

Welcome to Capitalism.

 

[Alex_B]

in direct comparison to all German supermarket chains, walmart is way way beyond their limits when it comes to exploitation of their employees. In Germany they were the worst, and still could not survive on the market.

 

[tahmail]

I have to ask;

What's your demographic?- Tell us about yourself.

Hi Abraxas. I'm a pasty white, middle aged, pudgy middle class balding male - probably much like yourself. Just the profile that a company like Walmart targets. And you???

 

[tahmail]

Sarah, it is not quite that simple for some folks. I live in a small town about 60 miles outside of Dallas, population about 6,000. Back in 2000, Walmart came to town. A lot of people got very excited. A couple of grocery stores managed to hold on during the onslaught, but a lot of local clothing stores, appliance stores, and so on, bit the dust. Soon, Walmart became the biggest employer in town, paying lousy wages and offering very little full time jobs.

And to top it off, where do you think a lot of their employees shop? Why, at Walmart, of course. When you are just about the only game in town, what little choice do you have? You know, in instances like this, Walmart reminds me very much of the old company stores the coal mines used to run back before the unions got involved. You worked for the mines, you lived in shacks that the mining company owned, and oh yeah, you shopped at the company store that the mining company owned. In some cases, this is exactly what Walmart has become.

But you have the option to move to a larger city where there are more job opportunities in more fields but YOU choose to stay in the small town - probably because you like it there but I'd bet that no one is holding you hostage.

 

[ToddB]

That is a very narrow minded view tahmail.

Not everybody has that choice to move to a larger town. It takes a HUGE commitment to uproot everything and move. I'm not just talking about family here. I'm talking about the money that it costs to move. For many, that is a sacrafice that just can't be made.

Many people in this country are living paycheck to paycheck and can only afford what they have. Setting aside the money that it would cost to make that move (quitting a job and finding a new one, selling the house you live in, buying a new one, paying movers/friends to help you move, etc.) becomes very unreasonable.

I'm fortunate, I love the city that I live in, I have a good job that can't be outsourced overseas and can't be given to an illegal immagrant, I have a wife who loves me and 2 beautiful girls. But that said, if my job were outsourced, I would be in a world of hurt. I don't know that I could afford to move somewhere else to start over.

 

[ir0n_ma1den]

I think everybody should watch the south park episode about walmart. It basically sums up this thread and has a decent moral too.

Heres the episode for anyone who wants to watch it streaming:

http://www.southparkzone.com/episodes/809/Something-Wall-Mart-This-Way-Comes.html




Anyways, about the photo:

I really like it, it fits well with the title and gives you a vivid image of big corporations.

 

[ZackHughesPhotography]

is your signature some kind of hacker thingy?

 

[SCguy]

Mine? No.






Well, maybe! MUHAHAHAHAHA!







J/K I can't see any info except what my ISP is, what browser I'm using, etc.....


LOL

RD

 

[Eastw77]

I am English, explain Walmart.

ASDA is Walmart in the UK.

 

[jols]

ASDA is Walmart in the UK.

but asda are nothing like what i have read walmart is like.

i have family and friends that work for asda


please dont make me revive this thread:x

 

[eterrisinCYQX]

I know lots of people that work for Wal Mart. Most of them hate it. Most of them are also sixteen or so. None of them work there because they have to, they work there because it means extra money.

Everyone I know who's actually finished high school is either in college or working as a professional.

In this province at least, Wal Mart's employees are predominately made up of teenagers looking for extra spending money. They can walk away whenever they want. It's staffed by mostly teenagers here because most of the people from here don't end up having to work crappy minimum wage jobs as adults.

 

[jols]

my friends and family that work dont consider it CRAPPY MINIMUM wage.

they work for for quality of life they dont want high flying jobs where they dont spend much time with their family.

they would rather be with their family than at work.

most of my friends and family have no mortgages as we all bought our houses when we were under 20.

so we dont need mega wages just an easy life

 

[eterrisinCYQX]

my friends and family that work dont consider it CRAPPY MINIMUM wage.

Crappy jobs I suppose can be subjective. It is however minimum wage.

they work for for quality of life they dont want high flying jobs where they dont spend much time with their family.

they would rather be with their family than at work.

Interesting argument but totally stupid. Case in point: both my parents are ATC's. They both work around 30 hours a week. Not crazy high pay but enough to supply our family with whatever we want, basically. There's three cars in my driveway, four motorcycles in the garage, well over twenty thousand dollars worth of musical equipment downstairs, and we live in a two story house plus attic and basement. They're also both taking a week off in about six days to go South, to the Dominican Republic. I can see where they can't be with their families because they don't work for minimum wage

most of my friends and family have no mortgages as we all bought our houses when we were under 20.

so we dont need mega wages just an easy life

I dunno, I think we've got a pretty damned easy life thanks to higher education and well-paying jobs. We certainly couldn't live like we do if my parents worked in a department store.
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[jols]

well its different in england.I AM NOT GOING TO LIST ALL OUR ASSETS.
but they are our assets and not my dads!!!!!
easy to say things about life when daddy pays the bills.

i am not going anywhere with his thread its just a circle

 

[eterrisinCYQX]

I'm sixteen. Daddy can pay the bills a little longer

And I could literally go get a job that paid above minimum wage tomorrow. Only reason I don't is because I'm in school at the moment.

As for MY assets, my musical equipment alone cost me more than I'd make in a year at Wal Mart or any other big box store.
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