[DonaldC]

“Yeah its horrible the way they hired my sister nearly 20 years ago and kept giving her paychecks so she was able to buy a house. “

I’m sure sales and paychecks will still be made when workers arrive at 6 am instead of midnight on thanksgiving evening. Some services and businesses require it for the good of society, but a typical retailer...nope.

[cripplecreek]

Knowing my sister, she’s probably grabbing all the overtime she can. I know that’s what I always did when I was still at the factory.

[JRandomFreeper]

I’m sure sales and paychecks will still be made when workers arrive at 6 am instead of midnight on thanksgiving evening.

You don't have a clue about logistics, do you?

/johnny

[Nowhere Man]

I’m sure sales and paychecks will still be made when workers arrive at 6 am instead of midnight on thanksgiving evening. Some services and businesses require it for the good of society, but a typical retailer...nope.

I'll get into trouble on this one, but I tend to agree with you. It's pushing back into Thanksgiving now, it wasn't that way in the 1970's. I can see things like you said such as hospitals, police/fire, gas stations and restaurants on major highways and so forth for travellers. Same thing for factories and mills. My father worked at a mill and they cannot shut down the furnaces, if they go cold, the steel would hardened and the furnace would be gone. The mill is so protected against that where just in case if the mains power from the grid would go down, they had their own power plant, built in 1919 I think.

I think if there is a middle ground, people can work half shifts to be with their families if they can.

[bfree]

I hope they fire everyone of the slugs that walks out.
If they clock in and then leave, just tell them not to come back. Adios fools. Many people out there to take low skilled positions.
If they don’t like the job, work rules or conditions then they should just quit.

[Osage Orange]

require it for the good of society

You speak like a Communist/Socialist......

[Ultra Sonic 007]

If no one shows up, it doesn’t matter if you open early.

The demand for the best deals for the upcoming shopping ‘season’ prompts retailers like Wal-Mart to try and satisfy their customers.

If there was no customer demand, then Wal-Mart would not be opening on Thanksgiving night. Period.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Actually, my son will be arriving at 8 pm tomorrow night, and working until 8 am Friday morning. And you know what, he is grateful to have the job, have the paycheck, and is looking forward to the entertainment and the overtime. If he didn’t like those working conditions, he could apply for other jobs, and find a different one.

Walmart gave him a chance when no one else would. And to that, we are pretty dang grateful.

Now, the fact that our nation has become more and more secular and less and less family oriented, that is not the fault of Walmart, that is the fault of democrats and liberals everywhere.