Wal-Mart's attendance policy criticized (Tardiness penalized!)

Yahoo ^ | 11/1/06

[cardinal4]

Oy vey! Walmart's policy is more liberal than where I work! The attacks against Wal mart boggle the mind..

[CWOJackson]

Thanks for posting the gratuitous 10:00 Walmart bashing thread. I'll still be chuckling over it when I stop into my Super-Walmart tomorrow.

[muawiyah]

For the uninitiated, the demerit system was in use in the United States Post Office Department for many decades. The cap on pay grades is, of course, the establishment of something remarkably similar to the United States government grade/step system.

Somebody tell me why it is going to be all that advantageous for Wal-Mart to begin adopting government personnel and pay policies?

[CWOJackson]

"The attacks against Wal mart boggle the mind."

Just, look for the union label.

[Hawk1976]

Wal-MArt will waltz down the same path as K-Mart.

I pretty much stay out of Wal-Mart whenever possible. They owe me an apology for calling me a thief in 1994 and I can't stand what they call service.

[Mr. Brightside]

Tomorrow's Headline:

WalMart's Tardiness Policy Hurts Women and Children Hardest

[cryptical]

I've never had a hourly job where I could just waltz in whenever I please and not get fired. Sounds to me like Walmart is no different than any other entry-level retail job.

[CWOJackson]

Gasp!

[digger48]

How many "tardy"s. do you get in union jobs????



HMMMMMM?

[operation clinton cleanup]

Documents furnished to The Associated Press by union-backed WakeUpWalmart.com show that employees must call an 800 number to report all absences and tardiness by an hour before the scheduled start time.

Sounds very convenient and fair to me. Did unions harass Sears and K-Mart like this back in the day?

[Hawk1976]

A union isn't necessarily my enemy. China on the other hand.

[P-Marlowe]

Try showing up two minutes late to Federal Court sometime. You may get more than a demerit.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

There was always someone who had already worked their shift, depending on me, to relieve them, on time. Being consistently late is just rude, inconsiderate, and irresponsible. I don't know how many double shifts I pulled, over many years, because someone just plain old never bothered to show up, at all. I reckon I've heard every BS excuse in the book, damned few of them were reasonable.

[CWOJackson]

"Did unions harass Sears and K-Mart like this back in the day?"

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They were too busy destroying the mining industry in Minnesota, the steel industry, the auto industry, the...they had their hands full.

[CWOJackson]

China? What does China have to do with Walmart?

[Hawk1976]

Made in China.

[CWOJackson]

FANTASTIC! You can bring a eight year search to an end for me.

For the past eight years I've been trying to find one of those Walmarts that only sells merchandise made in China. So far I've only been able to find Walmarts that sell pretty much the exact same merchandise as any other national chain. Heck, with the exception of some clothing lines, I've only been able to find Walmarts that sell the same products as our military exchanges.

For a real kick in the ass, in the Seattle area the only place you could buy an American flag, made in America, after 9/11 was Walmart.

Granted, I've only checked out Walmarts in twenty or so states which may have exemptions from the Chinese Walmarts, but now my quest can come to an end.

Tell me where one of these Walmarts is that only sells merchandise made in China. I was beginning to think it was all an urban legend.

[Hawk1976]

Unions can be managed by stupid, greedy, shortsighted people just like a business or government can.

A lot of the problems with unions can be traced back to states requiring unions membership to work in certain trades. While people have the right to ban together to achieve better working conditions and compensation, they should not be compulsory.

Unions did the things you mention. They could not have done so without the help of the government.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Amen to that.