I read a lot of comments here from folks who definitely do not have a clue about what happened or why. Livingston, Tx was one of the stores closed. My sister in law worked there for 20 years. 90% of the workers there were part time. They were kept under 40 hrs a week on purpose. Why do you think they needed 220 workers for one store? The plumbing problem was 1 problematic urinal in the restroom. No plumbing or other permits have been issued by the county. I’m not sure about the other stores but have heard no permits were issued there either. This particular store had a full parking lot except during the night, so plenty of income. There was no union push here so that can be taken out of the equation. Deliveries to the store only stopped 3 days before closure. Tons of groceries were donated to local charities. Now with these facts in place, and keeping in mind WM’S business model, some of the conspiracy theories don’t seem too outlandish.
I read that one location that was closing had over 200 plumbing issues in
the last two years. I don’t remember which article I saw that in.
This isn’t a hit at you, and your relative’s connection aside, why the heck does it have any more importance to anybody else’s guess, interpretation or soothsaying on the matter. Frankly, the hours thing isn’t because of WalMart; it is a DIRECT result of Obamacare. If you don’t realize that then I don’t know what to tell you.
Regardless of local lore, they aren’t privy to the in-store/same store model, nor are they privy to other influences they wouldn’t be subjected to as a normal employee.
The point is Walmart OWNS that store and many others. As long as they do, until government takes it away from them and pays the taxes, they are responsible to the investors. Government, as yet, hasn’t made that illegal, but I suspect they will. They already have on-book laws that dictate to large employers what actions they contemplate that will affect employees.
The “under 40 hours” rings a bell.
That’s when they have to pay Obamacare.