Wal-Mart being faught in New York City
"Wal-Mart didn't build its empire on bargains. They built it on the backs of working people here and abroad." As a former employee of that place, I sure as hell can attest to that!
I remember 20 years ago when it was growing and becoming a large business, it was a good place to work. But somewhere along the line they became much more interested in their bottom line instead of everyones bottom line. From people I know who've worked for them for that many or more years they've told me that it used to be you could plan your life around your work because you knew you'd get your 2 days off in a row, and you knew your schedual in advance of at least 2 weeks, but now managers who make up the scheduals split your days off, and at the drop of a hat can change a schedual and not tell you about it because they feel it is your responsobility to go to the back and look at the boards, never mind that you've already set up a dentist or doctor appointment based on your schedual... too bad. Your life belongs to Wal-Mart.
Fair wages? PALEASEEEEEEE! They want you to work your 8 hours... 2 hours then a 15 min break, another 2 hours and then an hour lunch, 2 more hours then a 15 min break and finally 2 more hours and then you can go home. That's not so bad, its the time you spend running from section to section trying to do your job, up and down ladders, price check etc, even thats ok even though its exausting... but you get 7.00 an hour to do all that. Oh and there is much more to it of course, you have to learn to use the hand held computers and make up new price tags because customers rip off the originals, you have to clean up after people because they don't clean up after themselves, you have to be NICE to idiots and rude assholes who really should be escorted off the premises. I would wear my shirt that said "They don't pay me enough to be nice to YOU" and thats the bloody truth!
I remember 20 years ago when it was growing and becoming a large business, it was a good place to work. But somewhere along the line they became much more interested in their bottom line instead of everyones bottom line. From people I know who've worked for them for that many or more years they've told me that it used to be you could plan your life around your work because you knew you'd get your 2 days off in a row, and you knew your schedual in advance of at least 2 weeks, but now managers who make up the scheduals split your days off, and at the drop of a hat can change a schedual and not tell you about it because they feel it is your responsobility to go to the back and look at the boards, never mind that you've already set up a dentist or doctor appointment based on your schedual... too bad. Your life belongs to Wal-Mart.
Fair wages? PALEASEEEEEEE! They want you to work your 8 hours... 2 hours then a 15 min break, another 2 hours and then an hour lunch, 2 more hours then a 15 min break and finally 2 more hours and then you can go home. That's not so bad, its the time you spend running from section to section trying to do your job, up and down ladders, price check etc, even thats ok even though its exausting... but you get 7.00 an hour to do all that. Oh and there is much more to it of course, you have to learn to use the hand held computers and make up new price tags because customers rip off the originals, you have to clean up after people because they don't clean up after themselves, you have to be NICE to idiots and rude assholes who really should be escorted off the premises. I would wear my shirt that said "They don't pay me enough to be nice to YOU" and thats the bloody truth!
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