[ImphClinton]

Stupidest thing I ever heard Rush say is that since Wal-Mart pays and average of $10.00 per hour the $5.25 / hour minimum must mot be to low. Right just half what the slave driver Wal-mart pays.

Prices are good I admit but their employees hate their employer. Only the Manager makes a decent living. The employees are forced to work off the clock or get fired. They get no health insurance. Maryland is trying to pass a bill to require employers to contribute 8% of payroll to Health Care cost for employees. Only Wal-mart will be affected as they are the only company not already doing that. They also fire instead of laying off. This way they don't have to pay unemployment. Of course it isn't working in Maryland. Maryland never believes Wal-mart.

Wal-Mart is the worst of the worst. There is no employer in America that is worst (at least no major employer).

[radicalamericannationalist]

Although I like Stein, his concept of everyone getting a "raise" because of WM's prices is negated by the fact its employees cost taxpayers (in CA at least) over $1000 a year in government services. Lower prices are washed out by the higher taxes.

[Choose Ye This Day]

The Wal-Mart employees I know love working there.

[moonpie57]

I have 4 relatives that work for Walmart and have for years. They seem pretty happy with it for the most part. I don't recall my cousin working off the clock, however they don't want employees to work overtime. Her insurance is also better than her husbands. They defend Walmart all the way.

[frannie]

I beg your pardon. I very seldom take exception to any thing Rush says but Wal Mart doesn't pay $10.00 to all employees every place.

I have a friend, she and my son are to be married this May, it is a second marriage for each one.

She has worked part time at Wal Mart for over four years. She is a check out clerk, just asked for a transfer to be nearer my son's home. She received a raise, because of the location, and she will be receiving $7.50 an hour. She is part time and has no benefits. Thats not $10.00 an hour.

Frannie
Frannie

[ServesURight]

The employees are forced to work off the clock or get fired

This is simply not true. I work for Walmart part-time while I'm in school getting an RHIT (Registered Health Information Technician) Associate's Degree. Wal-Mart has a very strict policy about working off the clock and taking breaks and such. You can't even make up hours that you missed or called in sick anymore. Real strict policy, Wal-mart has cracked down on that stuff.

[esoxmagnum]

That old "union" "I deserve" attitude is out-dated.

No one FORCES you to work at Wal-Mart. I'm sorry that I sound insensitive, but the job belongs to the employer, NOT the employee.

Long gone are the days where you are "entitled" to earn a good wage putting stuff on shelves that anyone else can do.

Wal-Mart provides good opportunity for the kids around here paying their way or saving up for college. If you think that working as a "stock person" is a career move, then you will get that sort of "career pay".

I hear the same argument about evil "Mc Donalds". C'mon, give me a break. Even in the fifties, or the sixties, or the seventies, or eighties, did anyone REALLY expect to be paid enough money from a fast food stand to support a family and buy a luxury house and a luxury car on?

It would appear from some in the media that years ago, these jobs paid enough to send you and your kids to Europe on vacation three times a year, pay for a third car, and send your entire family to college.

They did not, never did, never will. Its a non-skilled job, and it will pay non-skilled wages.

[Nooseman]

I have been working for Wal-Mart for five years going on six and never once been asked to work of the clock.As a matter of fact the computer system they have won't allow you to operate a register or other electronic devise without being on the clock.As for health coverage,they could be doing a better job,for their employees.There is always something to complain about where ever you work.I at least have a job in a state that has a poor economy and a fairly high unemployment rate.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"Wal-Mart is the worst of the worst. There is no employer in America that is worst (at least no major employer)."

Educate yourself at this site. There are many employers that are worse than Wal-Mart, when you consider the big picture of how various employers treat their employees, the lawsuits filed against them, whose fingers are in what pies, how they treat the environment, still support child labor overseas, etc.

After reading here, you'll probably change most of your shopping/investing habits and Wal-Mart will be the least of your worries. ;)

http://www.responsibleshopper.org

[Max Combined]

"There is no employer in America that is worst (at least no major employer)."

Nonsense. And your call for a minimum wage of $9.00/hour and more government interference in the market by punishing Microsoft for its success is more socialist than Republican.

[miss marmelstein]

The problem with alot of these big stores is that they get huge tax abatements when they move into a town. And usually it's the ordinary taxpayer who gets stuck with that particular bill. We had trouble with a big box store when all the sludgey mud created by the construction of the building ran right into our sewers, into our local lakes, and eventually into the ocean (we live near the beach). A mess.

[nomoranger]

I don't know who you have been talking to, but everything you said about Wal-mart is not true.
I've been with Wal-Mart 13 years and am still hourly. I can honestly say that I make more than most Asst Mgrs.
As for working off the clock, it ain't going to happen unless your management team is too stupid to try and do it.
Wal-Mart's health care may not pay for every Dr. visit, but it is meant to be for major illness or injury, not band-aid fixes. Name me another company that does not have a cap on claims. Wal-Mart's is unlimited.
You are right, Wal-Mart does not lay-off associates. The ones fired usually do something stupid and get fired for violating policy(which is very clearly written, ask the top execs)or just plain breaking the law.

So the next time you want to act like a DU member, get your facts straght.

R.Buckman

[DuoDamsel]

I work at WM in the midwest and the EEs I know don't hate WM. Of cousre, there are a few mgrs that need their heads screwed on straight, but you find that everywhere. There is a wide range of health ins. and benefits for FTE. PTE get less range of benefits but that's to be expected anywhere. 3rd shift and Sunday differential of $1. There is no excuse for working off the clock and if the store mgr is involved in that, it should be reported immediately upward. That is one thing that is hammered where I'm at....no working off the clock. Also, we must keep up to date on our training. As far as laying off, I don't know since I've not been laid off by them. I was laid off last year from a company after 18 yrs. I was given only hours notice and my seniority was counted for nothing.

There are EEs who probably complain about their jobs no matter if it was WM, govt jobs, factories, etc. This is my first adventure in retail and mostly what I can't stand is the stealing by customers. My other job is with a factory office and they have nothing to offer their employees.....and this is a world-wide company. So, not every job is always a good fit for every person. If I hate it bad enough, I need to quit belly-aching about it and leave it. Now that I know I won't die from leaving a job to get another.