[citation][nom]RazberyBandit[/nom]Sadly, I can attest to the employee part having worked there. It didn't used to be that way, though. Even unskilled workers could make a half-decent living there given enough time. Recent changes have made that nigh impossible.Yeah yeah... Disgruntled former employee... Blah blah blah, right? No, not at all.Friends I made that still work there tell me all the time that the company and stores are getting worse and worse on an almost weekly basis. There's almost no more full-time employment, benefit package cuts, pay raise cuts, and more. The company has had a plan in place for nearly a year to rid itself of the majority of it's longer-term and full-time workforce so they can replace it with unskilled new workers they can simply pay less and give less to.That is how Walmart continues to make money. Not by buying the cheapest products, but by denying it's workforce the opportunity to actually make a living.[/citation]
hear hear and cheers bro , i worked at wally world TWICE in my life ...
once for 3 years from early 1999 to 2002 and then again in late 2005 to early 2007 in 1999 when iw as hired on , we worked around 8-10 horus a day 5 days a week overnight i was 7.85 after 6 weeks started on 6.50 and the day io was hired they hit me up on all these benifit packages , and made sure i knew about stock options , fast forward to 05 when i was hired again ,they didn;t even ask if i wanted dental insurance , and they didnt even mention the stock stuff. they started me at 7 bucks an horu and pay went up to only 7.25 after 6 weeks , after a year there the second time i was making less that what i made after 6 weeks in 99 , also wha'ts comical when i decided to go to school ,i asked for part time working 4 days a week 10 hours a day... they couldnt have been more overjoyed to cut my hours, which just felt plan odd. and they insisted i still only work 8 hours a day.
P.S. i avoid shopping at walmart these days there are cheaper alternatives (kroger, HEB) most every major grociery store has thier generic brands that cost the smae as walmarts generics , and name brands at walmart are no cheaper than they are any where else.