Posted on 04/18/2015 6:40:07 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
good point about it being too early for pulling permits.
are there other wally world stores near the ones being closed?
The “under 40 hours” rings a bell.
That’s when they have to pay Obamacare.
In practical terms, the Wal-Mart head office obsessively micromanages everything in its stores, to include their temperature.
They likely paid an architecture firm to create a standard model store design. Which would mean that maybe four or five stores built with that design, before it was replaced with an updated design, if it had a major flaw, would all have the same problem.
I had worked at a packing plant in Schuyler, Nebraska in 1982. Was union and people making anywhere from $10 to 15 an hour. Management asked that we take a $2 an hour pay cut and the union advised the employees to reject it which they did. Locked the doors for two years and rehired most of the people who stayed around for half the pay.
DOn’t know about all the locations but there are a couple of Walmarts in
Odessa, Tx which is about 15 miles or so from Midland. There are some
within 25/30 miles of Livingston Tx. Don’t know about the other states.
Click for expandable map of the Texas Walmart locations...
http://www.allstays.com/c/walmart-texas-locations-map.htm
Nope. They started this “part time” classification about 12 years ago. Health insurance is only offered to full time employees.
For whatever reason Wal-Mart chose to shutter those locations, it was well within their pervue to do so. Yes, even in Texas, union thugs have worked hard to unionize. Even the Kroger in Forney,TX is a union shop. A small decal by each entryway proclaims this to the world. The Dems in Texas are working harder than termites in a lumberyard to get employees to unionize all sorts of businesses, usually to spectacular failure. This does not mean they have stopped trying. They are just upping their game in an attempt to turn Texas blue.
OK many thanks for the info and map.
Reason I asked, is because there a Wally world in the next town over, plus one in my hometown on the west side.
They’re building another one here halfway between the next towns one and the one on the east side.
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‘On the west side’ should be ‘on the east side’
The key to this, in my opinion, is how evenly spaced across the country these stores appear to be; that indicates a goal related to logistics and distribution. Does anyone here still believe that Jade Helm 15 is a ‘simple training exercise’?
2 months of pay without having to show up to work plus unemployment after that. These people can now spend time looking for that better job. They have the time and the money now to do so.
Exactly.
Finally got home. Here’s my response without a snarky rejoinder.
I concur that the left side never quits. Anyhow, I had a look at the Midland store. There is a Case backhoe and an industrial sized tracked ditcher sitting on trailers parked at the location. No sign of any work being done as yet. Tried to get in to the pharmacy area for a little inside peek but no joy.
If this really is just simply plumbing trouble then it was handled in a bungling, incompetent manner by some of the suits in Bentonville.
I suspect if Sam Walton was still incharge somebody’s asses would get handed to them.
They aren’t obligated to explain, but that explanation goes far to dispel myths. On the other hand, only disclosing the “required” information (in the light of the questions raised about what “doesn’t add up”) only serves to put truth further behind speculation.
The country has been conditioned to accept things which were previously unacceptable. The frightening thing is how quickly it happened. One wonders what’s in store for us over the next nine months, and perhaps beyond.
Just ten short years ago who would have thought we would have a president making laws on-the-fly with his pen and phone while an impotent congress stands by — and often enables this? Who would have thought a president would turn his back on our long standing allies and cozy up to dangerous adversaries? Who would have thought our national debt would be approaching a crushing $20 trillion? And so on....
The point is, you are right: we may soon be looking back at this time as not so bad compared to what is coming.
If Sam Walton were still alive, a great many things would be different at Walmart. His kids and grandkids have done a fine job of selling Chinese made junk to the American consumer, under the misguided notion of ‘value’. Too many people mistake ‘cheap’ for ‘value’. ‘Value’ is where quality exceeds costs. ‘Cheap’ is where the low cost cannot make up for the inherent lack of quality. Stepping down from soapbox now.
As far as the buildings go, I think it is easier in the long run to build new than attempt to retro-fit an existing building.
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