[Conservababe]

I like and shop at Wal Mart. I especially like to debate freepers who attack the store every time a thread shows up on Wal Mart news. It is always the same old arguments of Wal Mart underpaying their employees to the degree that they must apply for government assistance, of working their employees off the clock, of importing goods from China, of running Mom and Pop stored out of business....blah blah blah.

And I never cease to wonder why otherwise intelligent freepers do not realize why so many hit pieces are written about Wal Mart, and not Target or K Mart or other chain stores.

There is a really simple explanation. There is nothing that the unions want more than to organize workers of Wal Mart, a huge company and a big coup for them. And the unions do a good job of getting negative articles written of the company. And conservative freepers who usually question every thing, usually fall for this line...hook, line and sinker.

[Darksheare]

What the local Wal-Mart in my area more than anything is better management.
It's weird, it's like the worst possible people to be in management are hired as management..
I've seen other Wal-Marts that have excellent management.
I've seen Wal-Marts that are struggling because teh management is complete..
Well..

I live in between two Wal-marts.
One in Middletown NY, the other in Westfall PA.
The difference is night and day.
Wetsfall, you can actually speak to the employees, get them to laugh, and get answers.
Middletown... the management is akin to some cult.
Any employee that dares speak to customers is pretty much reprimanded.
The statement is always ,"Aren't you supposed to be WORKING?"
(Doesn't matter if the employee was helping a customer..)
This varies by department within that Wal-Mart as well.
The only thing I can think of that would help that store at all is for tehmanagers to be changed.