The Good, Bad, And The Ugly . . . .  WALMART?
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Good- MAJOR employer, good wages, good diversity hiring policy for minorities, American success story, great low prices, open 24 hrs, one stop shopping. Very respectable employee discount.\n\nBad- recently sued by ppl trying to keep them from gobbling up and destroying their neighborhoods by their saturation scheme of "wal-marts everywhere". Recently sued by women as a class-action suit for their "glass ceiling" of limited advancement and lower wages compared to males in exact same jobs. \nThey throw away books, by tearing off the covers, turning the covers in as "remainders" for credit from the publishers, and just throwing away the bodies of the books.\nThe throw away more in a single day than most people could eat or use in a lifetime. \nTheir price "rollbacks" are hiding the costs by moving them around- raising prices on some items to reduce them on others.\nThey micromanage- having too many assistant managers, dept managers, etc. In some cases 2 different managers will tell you to do opposite things. "manager" is a title thrown around that has little meaning, it's purpose is to get employees to care about their job, but they don't really have any voice or say in it.\nPromised bonus of $200 for making an inventory goal was reduced to $93.15 by the time it reached employee hands.\n\nUGLY- the Waltons (owners) are among the top 20 richest people in the United States, making the Forbes Richie list every year. And they've left Sam Walton's dream far behind.\n\nThey are now using their own TV channel for advertising, to bombard shoppers WHO ARE ALREADY IN THE STORE with constant ads. \nWal-Mart has gone corporate in the worst way, and moved from caring about the American Worker to exploiting the American consumer. They say "no one puts a gun to your head and forces you to shop there." But what would you call it if a major chain like Wal-Mart can move into an area and run all the mom-&-pop operations out of business because they can't compete with the juggernaut?\n\nWalmart is the American Dream turned dark, ugly, and sour.
377434
Yeah! I was hired for eight dollars an hour. I quit the same day! My friend works in the bakery there and she loves it!I feel that I have too much education to only make eight dollars. However, I love shopping there! I just finished a 14 page research paper on Wal-Mart and its contribution to poverty among employees, and community. I hope its not a career your looking for, there was bad news! See for yourself, go to www.wakeupwalmart.com, or www.walmartsucks.com  Good Luck!
877024
Well, it's all relative.  If you've been picking beans for pennies a day your entire life, working for Walmart doesn't look so bad.  And most retail outlets will require employees to work at least one weekend day... so long as the store is actually open on the weekends.  \n\nI worked for Walmart for a while.  The pay sucked, I had to work crappy shifts and I didn't get many benefits or time-off.  But as a high-school kid with barely any work experience, I also had yet to do anything to deserve better.
200388
Not much. I live within 30 miles of the Wal-Mart HQ. Wal-Mart pretty much controls the companies, not the other way around.
127938
I don't shop at Walmart. They pay low wages, treat their employees poorly in America and in their factories in China. Also most of their products are made overseas which means outsourcing of American jobs. Walmart is bad news for the American Economy. Yeah you get low prices because employees get low wages, poor or no health care, Chinese labors get a scant wage. The phrase "Walmartization of America" or "Walmartizing America" is being used to tell of the negative effects Walmart is having on our economy. Check out the internet. This is one bad company.
1008132
I hate the mall. TOO EXPENSIVE!!! I go to Wal-Mart instead. I could live at Wal-mart, and I'm sure they have showers there. B/C Wal-Mart has everything!!!
607553
Walmart is the devil!\nThey drive many American businesses out of business... because their "price rollback" means they can't make enough money on their products. So these business move to another country or just shut down their doors.\nAlso, walmart is horrible to their employees - health care? what's that? and, a friend of mine was kept at 37.5 hours (or something) a week, 1/2 hour shy of full time, just so they wouldnt have to give her health care.\nWalmart is the DEVIL!
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Prices-> good\n\nTo work there-> bad\n\nFor the community-> not good\n\nOverall-> yucky
60928
What, are they selling those in WalMart now, or what? Gosh...what is this world coming to.
185774
weird wally world. walmart.
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I think Walmart will lose business.  This is how my mother always purchased gifts and school clothes.  Their idea is that most people have credit cards but I don't think they are a good idea.\n\nWalmart does a lot of things I don't agree with but I still shop there.\n\nI would love to boycot the place but I can't afford to.
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Too crowded! I avoid Wal-Mart if at all humanly possible. The parking lot is always full and the lanes between the parking areas are way too narrow, most are one-way and someone is always going the wrong way. Even the two-way lanes aren't wide enough and seem even more narrow because someone always parks with the tail-end of their car sticking out. I hate it!
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There are bargains out there, good ones. and there is the novelty of going shopping at 5am. I work nights, it was so cool to drop in at the store and buy some Christmas stuff. This was a couple weeks ago, not on Black Friday, and the store was virtually empty. \nBut people do go crazy. I went to our local Wal-mart on black friday last year, early, and customers were already lined up for the layaway halfway across the store, down the main cross -isle. The customers  were not letting people go through the line to get to the departments behind it. I finally told one person that obviously, I did not have any layaway, and just wanted through. He told me I should have shopped some other timeand was grinning a smirky face at me, and his whatever she was wife? was standing next to him, smirking too. The next person in line let me through. I'm surprised the store was letting people block the isles, that is against fire code. Oh, well, it was all powerful Wal-mart, I guess they do not have to follow any rules.\nHave a safe holiday shopping season, and when you are standing in the layaway line, and you see me coming, please let me through! I do not do layaway! LOL.
736340
I wonder same thing.\nI thought they hate wal mart?\nFLIP FLOP!
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I "avoid" Wal-Mart because I don't like their business practices.  I don't boycott it completely, simply because I can't (where I live).  But I did use to live in a larger city, and I never stepped foot in it there.
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I don't think the problem is that people think Walmart is bad for the country in general, but more on a local level. In my area there has been opposition to new Walmarts based upon how it will affect the traffic flow and congestion in the area. \nThe old argument that they will put "downtowns" and smaller local businesses out is I believe a foregone conclusion. Most downtowns have eroded years ago, and  the local businesses have been replaced by national chains, and they're in malls.\nOne of the biggest problems has been that Walmart becomes a major employer in their area, and that the employees were being shorted in benefits, hours and pay, but those issues are being addressed.
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I would say that walmart is the better (more successful) company because the have more locations,worldwide, than target. however walmarts products are genrally not made as well as targets products. thats how they can afford the low prices.