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To: lewislynn
My gosh, where did your information that illegal workers are imprisoned in Wal-Mart stores? The starting wage for entry level employees is around $7.40. But there are quarterly pay raises for everyone, storewide and department bonuses, and extra pay raises for outstanding individual workers.

Last night on "Without A Trace" the missing person worked at fictional Mega-store called EveryMart. The wages were so low that the lowly employees had to clean houses, be drug runners or sleep with the boss to support themselves and their families. And the only place they could live was in run-down, drug infested rent by the week motels. The heroine of the story became a drug runner to avoid the hearing aid her little boy needed. In real life, that young mother would probably have been provided the need hearing aid through one of WalMarts special programs.

I live in Nevada, near Carson City. There is very little unemployment in the area, what with all the businesses fleeing California's high taxes and mindless regulations. Plus there are lots of employment opportunities in in Casinos and hotels. A new Walmart is being opened on the north end of Carson City. And some of my neighbors are eager to quit their present jobs (hotel desk clerk, teacher aide) to work at Walmart. If the conditions at WalMart were poor, the employees at WalMarts around here would vote with their feet and could easily find work somewhere else.

115 posted on 07/22/2005 9:48:11 AM PDT by Irish Queen
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To: Irish Queen

Yeah, those Bruckheimer shows lover making their political statements. I can barely handle "Without a Trace".


117 posted on 07/22/2005 9:56:16 AM PDT by JZelle
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To: Irish Queen

Wall Mart hasd a very high turnover rate of employees, the reason why people work at WMT is because often they can not get work elsewhere, and employee morale is genally rock bottom, hence, the reason why for the increaseingly bad customer service experience one has at these stores.


119 posted on 07/22/2005 10:04:44 AM PDT by RFT1
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To: Irish Queen
If the conditions at WalMart were poor, the employees at WalMarts around here would vote with their feet and could easily find work somewhere else.

You've got that right. I've been shopping in the same Walmart for about 2 1/2 years now........and most of the faces of the employees remain the same. There are rarely any openings, and when there are the applicants out number the positions something like 10 to 1 because they are one of the better paying employers in this area. And they also promote from within the ranks, which is why the faces remain familiar.

I'm sure that like any other major retail chain, there are some managers of some stores that leave a great deal to be desired, but apparently those are the exceptions rather than the rule.

124 posted on 07/22/2005 10:12:57 AM PDT by Gabz ((Chincoteague, VA) USSG Warning: Portable sewing machines are known to cause broken ankles)
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To: Irish Queen

"Last night on "Without A Trace" the missing person worked at fictional Mega-store called EveryMart. The wages were so low that the lowly employees had to clean houses, be drug runners or sleep with the boss to support themselves and their families. And the only place they could live was in run-down, drug infested rent by the week motels. The heroine of the story became a drug runner to avoid the hearing aid her little boy needed. In real life, that young mother would probably have been provided the need hearing aid through one of WalMarts special programs."



Yeah, I saw that. Something tells me that executive producer Timothy Busfield buys into that whole "Wal-Mart-is-the-Devil" nonesense.


131 posted on 07/22/2005 10:30:45 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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