tincin
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Jul 25, 2014 4:55:32 GMT
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Post by tincin on Oct 16, 2016 22:36:14 GMT
Every time I see an argument against Walmart and big box stores I see a comment about them "forcing" the little Mom and Pop stores out of business. Big = bad, small = good. What I don't understand is the cut off. Where is it? When does a store that is growing, become an evil empire that must be avoided? Imagine I have two coffee shops in my town. One caters to the older crowd and one to the younger. Both have a loyal customer base. But the younger one does really well and opens up a second shop. Then a third. Then a fourth. The nearby city gets two shops. Eventually, with loyal, local support, the shop is able to really spread and has 100 stores across the region. Hometown is really proud of the store owners. They've been really successful and made a name for themselves. The other coffee shop isn't doing so well. As its customers have retired, moved away, died, they haven't been replaced. Everyone wants to go to the other store now. Maybe because it is more hip. Maybe because the younger store can buy in larger quantities now, so they can offer lower prices. Maybe because they can buy novelty items to better promote their brand. Maybe because they can afford some top-notch advertising and loyalty programs. As the younger brand grows, we see the same thing happen across the nation. Small, local shops are closing. Now, after years of hard work they've grown. And as such, they've gone from being the store that people have rooted on, to being the evil shop that closed down a local eatery. When is growth too much? What exactly *is* the limit on success? You can only draw from a customer base of 30,000? You're only allowed to take in $X.XX? You have a geographical radius? The issue with Walmart in particular, is that they will lose money to force other businesses out of business. They typically force suppliers to sell them product at lower and lower costs, even to the point of bankrupting the suppliers. They come in and ask for tax breaks (corporate welfare) which enables them to sell their products at a much lower price than those businesses who are established and don't get that same corporate welfare. I will stop there. Save |
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tincin
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,368
Jul 25, 2014 4:55:32 GMT
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Post by tincin on Oct 16, 2016 22:40:57 GMT
Where do you get your information? I was working WM in 2004-2007 ALL the greeters/cashiers worked full time with benefits. There were 10 insurance plans I could choose from... I, and many of my co-workers chose none of them because we had insurance from other sources (military for me) There is a LOAD of untrue propaganda floating around out there. Don't be one to spread it. There was a period of time where Walmart was downsizing almost everyone to part time. It was well documented. But interesting I was just reading an article that said Walmart has for the last 12-18 months been focusing on its employees and it has helped turn around their stores around.... www.nytimes.com/2016/10/16/upshot/how-did-walmart-get-cleaner-stores-and-higher-sales-it-paid-its-people-more.html?_r=0My understanding is that they started this because of the backlash of the public about the corporate welfare they were receiving and how poorly they were treating their employees. Save |
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May 17, 2024 4:30:50 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 0:35:25 GMT
I worked for Walmart up until January for 8 years. They do not hire full time associates and they do not offer insurance if you work less than 34 hours. The only way to get full time is to move up into management positions. They do offer 401k and will match up to 8% I think. You can also purchase stock if you want. Now they have restructured raises and now that goes on a % of what you make. Since the change the raises are alot less than they use to be. You also can cap out and no longer get raises if you have been there a long time. I wonder if it where the store is located. I know several people working at Wally's and they were not offered stock until they were there 6 months. None of them had insurance. |
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