WAL MART good or bad

with everything i have read about the bathrooms and no lay aways what does any one know about wal mart good or bad employees to store policy.how can this place improve? the one thing i hate is when you go into the store at night you cant get around due to stock all over the damn store why cant they bring a little out at a time they cant possiblly put it all on the shelves at one time .

They unload the truck(s) on 2nd shift. It takes around 4 hours to unload the truck(s) and the last 4 hours of the shift are spent taking the stock out on pallets to the floor to be shelved by the workers on the floor. The stock sits there until the last part of 2nd shift and all of 3rd shift can get it on the shelves.

And their employees ROCK!!! They are the coolest people I have every met. And all the managers too! EVERYONE there does a fantastic job! Just think what you would be without them!!!

Has anyone noticed the lack of textile plants in the US? Walmart is as Anti American as they come. Just put your money in an envelope and mail to China. Help support their child workforce.
What percentage of Walmart employees has access to affordable health insurance, 401k or paid holidays? How many American companies have been run out of business by imports from China?

Blip wrote:

And their employees ROCK!!! They are the coolest people I have every met. And all the managers too! EVERYONE there does a fantastic job! Just think what you would be without them!!!

managers are only out for them selves 'they say their for the customer ' when ' and what world .they are only out for a pay check.If your spendig money thats all they want from the customer .

Wal-mart With the American economy failing and the Canadian economy closely tied to theirs is Wal-mart helping or making it worse? Wal-mart claims that it helps the poorer population by lowering their prices but at what cost does that come? Job opportunities offered by Wal-mart after they move into a town are a desperate measure for most because all other retail stores that compete with the big store in the area shut down because they can’t compete so the only employer left in that industry is Wal-mart. Not supplying health care, and paying it’s employees below the poverty line puts pressure on the government and economy if Wal-mart employees have to rely on government services to live then tax payers have to pay more money so the programs can be supported which leaves them less money to buy consumer items which is bad for everyone. By forcing there suppliers to sell wal-mart there products at the lowest cost possible many manufacturers have been forced to out source or use lower quality materials in order to save money.

When did cutting costs in areas that break labor laws become justified by lower prices? Wal-mart puts stores out of business so then the employees have to get a job at Wal-mart and then they can only afford to shop at Wal-mart because the wages they pay are low and benefits are scarce and minimal, in order to save costs and lower prices employees often have to work overtime without pay. Kenneth Stone, Professor of Economics at Iowa State University, in a paper published in Farm Foundation in 1997, found that some small towns can lose almost half of their retail trade within ten years of a Wal-Mart store opening. Because Wal-Mart employs some part-time and relatively low paid workers, some of these workers may partially qualify for some state welfare programs (stone 1997). This has led critics to claim that Wal-Mart increases the burden on taxpayer-funded services. A 2002 survey by the state of Georgia's subsidized healthcare system, PeachCare, found that Wal-Mart was the largest private employer of the parents of children enrolled in its program, one quarter of the employees of Georgia Wal-Marts qualified to enroll their children in Medicaid. A 2004 study at the University of California, Berkeley charges that Wal-Mart's low wages and benefits are insufficient and, although decreasing the burden on the social safety net to some extent, California taxpayers still pay $86 million a year to Wal-mart employees.

The company is militantly anti-union. Reportedly it has instructed its managers never to hire workers who once belonged to a union. It also reportedly fires workers who score too high on a "union probability index." When a union tries to unionize a Wal-Mart cluster of stores, "labor experts" are flown in from Bentonville to counter organize. Workers are ordered to sit in on weekly "labor relations classes," where management tells them why they should not join a union, and gives them badges saying, "We can speak for ourselves." At one store in Texas, where a union tried to organize, 15 surveillance cameras were installed. Not since the days of the British East India Company as the cornerstone of the British imperial system, has one single corporate entity been responsible for so much misery. At the core of its policy, Wal-Mart demands of its suppliers that they sell goods to Wal-Mart at such a low price, that they can only do so by outsourcing their work to low-wage factories overseas. This causes the exodus of millions of production jobs from the United States and the setting up of slave-labor concentration camps around the globe. Wal-Mart's policy includes crushing living standards in America, forbidding its workers from unionizing, bringing in workers illegally from abroad, and bankrupting tens of thousands of stores and outlets on Main Street, ripping apart communities and their tax bases.

If an economy is failing is a monopoly that cuts competition, pays low wages, doesn’t supply health care befits, causes suppliers to out source or higher illegal foreign workers really a good thing. Sure lower prices are great but what has to be sacrificed to obtain that lower price, especially when those lower prices cause other stores like Stedmens in Edson have to close because they can’t compete and then the workers that used to work in those stores have to get a job at Wal-mart or they have to look into new venues of business to find a new career. When employees’ befits are sacrificed to save money who is should be responsible to step in and help them, sure it sounds like a great idea to have the government pay to help support those in need but all that really means is that some of the tax dollars that everyone pays is going to wards paying the befits of those employees instead of the company. What do you think is a person biggest fear if he or she is working in a factory, the answer to that is Outsourcing which many of Wal-marts suppliers have to do to meet the low costs that Wal-mart needs to sell cheaper goods to consumers. With all the down sides that Wal-mart has is it really worth the low prices?

I can say for one...I do agree with some of the above or well almost all of it. But what people fail to understand is that we are all just employees working to support our families just like everyone else. A job is a job (Good or Bad)! I for one like working at Wal-Mart. And no it's not because of the little discount or anything. I am a people person and I love meeting new people. And being a Wal-Mart Cashier is a great opportunity for that! I can actually say it's the first time I have ever had a job that I actually enjoy.

I do notice however the majority of my paycheck goes rite back into them. Groceries I buy from other stores. But as for diapers and stuff of that nature, I go there. It's easier, and faster considering I work there.

WalMart Worker wrote:

I can say for one...I do agree with some of the above or well almost all of it. But what people fail to understand is that we are all just employees working to support our families just like everyone else. A job is a job (Good or Bad)! I for one like working at Wal-Mart. And no it's not because of the little discount or anything. I am a people person and I love meeting new people. And being a Wal-Mart Cashier is a great opportunity for that! I can actually say it's the first time I have ever had a job that I actually enjoy.
I do notice however the majority of my paycheck goes rite back into them. Groceries I buy from other stores. But as for diapers and stuff of that nature, I go there. It's easier, and faster considering I work there.

I've always said its sad to work their and have to turn around and put your paycheck back in their pocket.And not ever walmart is like this one in crossville.I've been to many walmarts around the state and thier not all like this one .I put alot of money into walmar and ever time It seems like we went their we were always having issues trying to find help 'the bathrooms bening nasty 'just a number of things so we started shoping at kaymart its clean 'its hard to find help in their but they are way smaller than walmart and at least they are friendly so most of our money goes to kaymart now .and at least when you aske some one at kaymart they dont say this isnt my dept.at least they will help find the item or get some one whom can.i think all stores have their down fall but walmart if the worsts .

I do agree when I come in to shop and need assistance I can never find anyone from the dept.
But when I am walking to clock out for lunch or something and a customer stops me and asks me if I know where a certain item in that dept. is, I never turn them away. I always try to help. Even if I have no clue where the item is. But usually if I absolutely can not find it I apologize and let them know I don't usually work that dept. and people usually understand. As a cashier it is funny to me how people think we will know where everything is in the store. Cashier's see what merchandise we SELL, Not where the item is. LOL It was funny to see me trying to look in grocery for thanksgiving food. Krogers was packed so i went the easy route. I couldn't find ANYTHING. I was so confused!

We are the paying customer 'and we should have a clean store to shop and clean restrooms to go into.No matter the employees 'if its that big of a deal they dont have enough employees to keep just the restrooms clean they need to hire extra help just for that cause that is a must in any store that allowes the public to have axcess to them.And that will keep down germs 'at least they need to try .And letting men clean bathrooms they dont know how to clean be they dont clean thier own at home .They just brush the tops of the lid 'and thats it .they don't give it a good cleaning and they get paid just the same .They consider whos goring to check it .and most of them just go write it down to say they did it. when you are stannging out side to wait on a restroom 'and you go right in and you see theirs crud all of them 'and they've not cleaned beside them around them and give them a good cleaning as they are suppose to that tells you something in how they are doring thier job for the paying customer .For i've been the one standing in line and just go in after the guy comes out from cleaning and look at the sides of the comodes and the tops theyre not clean they just swip them and say they did. the saying goes ('say you did but you didn't )And those that want to take up for the person that doesn't do their job 'its sad they need to be reporting them for a better job so we the people can at least use a clean bathroom at walmart .of course they may want the customre to go else where but their goes walmarts business and people may starting doring that. i shop their as the least i can . useing we dont have enought help isnt the answere 'for you see lots of employees standing around and these others frontend managers wondering around . Walmart needs to keep our place of shoping a better place to shop .

I know I went in to Wal-Mart and asked for the 129.00 each Goodyear tires. Guy says they have them. I said great, and re-iterated the price and which Goodyear tire to insure I got the correct tires. He asked if I wanted to do this today and I said sure, since they had them and the price was right.
So I did about 15 minutes of shopping with my wife while they worked on the car. No sooner then I got to the far end of the store I decided to head back to automotive. My wife was asking why and mentioned they said it would take about an hour. She didn't want to just sit in automotive and wait. I said, I got a bad feeling and want to make sure they are putting the correct tires on and not messing up my rims. As soon as I walked back up to the counter they called my name. The car was ready. And fast too. Maybe 15 or 20 minutes, tops.

Sure enough, they had some off brand tires I never heard of on my car. Some goofy all season radial they sell for 69.00. These sorry bastards charged me 129.00 (Goodyear prices) each for these 69.00 (generic off brand) tires.

Yes, I complained and they made no excuses. They only offered to remove the crap tires. Not, ride on those, we'll order the Goodyear and when these come in, bring the car back and they'll swap them out. No, they will only remove the bogus tires.

So I told them to get those off, put my old tires back on and I went to Discount Tire. I got a much better Goodyear tire for a better price.

Basically, Wal-Mart was hoping I didn't know any better. If it would have been my mom for example, she would have paid Goodyear prices for a bad off brand tire that Discount Tire said they won't even sell because too many recalls.

We do not have enough employees. That is very true. But WE(Cashiers,floor associates,and CSM's,stock workers) can not hire new people...that is above our heads in the chain. lol. An yes customers deserve clean restrooms. As for things like cashiers doing duel job's ...like say part time cleaning the bathroom and part time being a cashier....REALLY think about that one...I would NOT by any means want to go clean a toilet and then ring up some food or something. And yeah there is hand sanitizer and washing hands...but thats not good enough for me. When I clean my toilet at home i soak my hands in hot soapy water for like 30 mins afterward. Scrub under nails and everything. But anyway if you have any complaints you can always go in and talk to a manager or call the 1800 number. I think they are open for suggestions.

Yeah I will never take my car to the tire center. Not even for an oil change! I have heard some serious horror stories!

Mary Starrett

June 11, 2003

NewsWithViews.com

Starting this week, the nation's largest discount retailer will quietly begin selling tracking-chipped products to clueless shoppers. The first volley in their war against our privacy is set to start at their Brockton, Massachusetts store.

Wal-Mart will put Radio Frequency I.D. sensors on shelves stocked with RFID-tagged Gillette products, but they'd rather you didn't know about it, because, hey, you might not like it, and then you might make noise and then they'd have a big PR mess on their hands.

You might even stop buying Gillette products or, say, refuse to shop at Wal-Mart.

These chips, researched at M.I.T.'s Auto-ID Center are about the size of a grain of sand. Chipsters say the technology will only be used to help retailers keep track of inventory - like bar codes. But privacy-loving consumers question the very concept of a device that sends out radio waves to "readers" that not only identify the article, but where and with whom it's going.

The Big Brother implications of this thing need little hyping to get your skin crawling.

Wal-Mart's putting the pressure on its top 100 suppliers to make sure their inventory is all chipped by the end of next year.

But why start this in Brockton, Mass?

Could it be because the store's customers are typically lower income minorities who'd be less likely to be aware of the tracking devices, and even less likely to make a fuss about them?

Their thinking? Let's foist it on folks who're too concerned about paying the electric bill to be aware of these types of issues.

Retailers are SUPPOSED to alert their customers to the tracking chips and offer to "kill" the tags at the checkout counter.

Don't count on it, because what you don't know won't hurt you, right? And to PROVE those RFID tags won't be "killed" at the cash register one of the ways they're planning on convincing you, the shopper that these tags are A-OK is by touting how "hassle-free" returns will be. Huh? If the tags are supposedly turned off at purchase, how can they be read after the item's brought back to the store? Just one of the myriad lies you'll be told about this technology.

http://www.newswithviews.com/Mary/starrett14....

http://walmartwatch.com/blog/archives/big_bro...

Wal-Mart announced this week a renewed commitment to radio frequency identification (RFID)- a technology the company says will improve efficiency, but which will also enable extensive consumer behavior tracking.

As Reuters details, Wal-Mart announced that it is “expanding its electronic inventory tracking capabilities and an additional 400 Wal-Mart stores will be RFID-enabled by the end of this fiscal year.” Wal-Mart claims that this efficiency-boosting technology will contribute to its environmental efforts by streamlining distribution. But there are other, less eco-friendly initiatives the company will reap. From the RFID Journal:

Out-of-stocks, Ford explained, costs Wal-Mart and its suppliers lost sales amounting to about 2 percent of the retailer’s entire sales—and almost half of that 2 percent is the result of inventory inaccuracies. If RFID were to resolve about 10 percent of that inaccuracy, he predicted, the retailer and its suppliers could gain about $250 million annually.

Many critics have warned against the potentially invasion of privacy RFIDs pose to American consumers. As the Reuters article put it:

RFIDs adoption has stalled as critics contend the technology is expensive and could compromise consumer privacy if retailers use it to track purchases after shoppers leave the stores.

In addition to providing an inside glimpse of the massive amounts of consumer information Wal-Mart accumulates, this is also an excellent example of Wal-Mart’s power over industry standards. By requiring its main suppliers to adopt this costly technology, Wal-Mart will singlehandedly revolutionize how retailers monitor individual consumers’ buying habits and the ways that such information can be used without our knowledge.

Posted by Alex Goldschmidt on Wednesday, May 02, 2007

http://blog.wakeupwalmart.com/ufcw/2007/03/bi...

Just like President Bush approved a secret program to eavesdrop on Americans, Wal-Mart has hired a group of former CIA, FBI and Justice Department officials to spy on its employees and maybe others.

Please join us now in calling on Congress to investigate the Wal-Mart spy scandal.

The Wal-Mart spy team, which Wal-Mart refers to as the Threat, Research and Analysis group, was using highly sophisticated counter-surveillance technology to eavesdrop on employees' phone calls, intercept text messages, and, according to a recent lawsuit, spy on an employee while he was traveling abroad. One of Wal-Mart's technicians even went so far as to record the conversations of a New York Times reporter.

Wal-Mart's big brother tactics and invasion of privacy are eerily similar to last year's Hewlett Packard scandal which drew Congressional review and resulted in high-level resignations and prosecution.

The Wal-Mart spy scandal, on top of recent attempts by Wal-Mart to smear several former high-profile executives, raises some serious questions about the extent to which corporations should be allowed to conduct surveillance on their employees.

While we still don't know the full extent of Wal-Mart's spy program and whether or not anything illegal was done, we do know that Wal-Mart was eavesdropping in order to identify the source of documents that were given to our campaign which exposed Wal-Mart's negative business practices.

If that stuff IS true then it's stupid. But it's not MY fault what they do. I can not stop them. Also I refuse to quit my job to make people happy! I am a MOTHER and a WIfe and I have bills just like everyone else! Find me a better job that is flexible like wal-mart and that pays 7.65 or better and THEN i will quit!