Debate: Wal-Mart - Page 7

xoxoxoBruce · 11-16-2003, 03:26 AM

How is Safeway to work for?

ladysycamore · 11-16-2003, 03:35 PM

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Originally posted by r9703410
pregnant teenagers? Whats exactly wrong with them?

Oh chile, let's not get started...

ladysycamore · 11-16-2003, 03:46 PM

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Originally posted by jennofay
i am willing to pay a little more in order to save my sanity. i have come out of wal mart ready to kill too many times.

I hear ya. My experiences at SquallMart haven't been *too* bad. I tend to go during certain days/hours when I know the chances of running into any drama is lessened (like during the day or late at night).

jeni · 11-16-2003, 10:29 PM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
How is Safeway to work for?

shitty. they are quite possibly the most money-grubbing company on the face of the planet, and they treat their employees like shit. the managers at my store are incompetent morons, and i would like to see them all fired. it's this way with most safeways.

pjshimmer · 11-16-2003, 11:11 PM

On the bright side, these bad experiences teach you not to be like your bum managers when it's your time to do their work.

:p

hot_pastrami · 11-17-2003, 03:03 PM

An intreresting article on the subject of Wal-mart's impact on the economy:

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The giant retailer's low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart's relentless pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line?

I rarely shop Wal-mart, mostly because there are many places closer to where I live. But from some of the things I've read recently, out of princliple I'm going to stop shopping there altogether. I have a big problem with shipping all of our labor overseas; it takes thousands of jobs away from the lower class to ultimately make the wealthy wealthier.

To chime in on the life insurance policy debate... It doesn't sit well with me. I think it's the thought that if I were an employee of Wal-mart, I'd be highly uncomfortable with the fact that I was working for what is arguably the most powerful company in the world, and they are taking measures which may make me, to them, more valuable dead than alive.

breakingnews · 11-17-2003, 03:33 PM

The Wal-Mart debate is a tough one. We discussed Wal-Mart, Home Depot and other megabrand companies rather extensively in business school.

One class taught me that the objective of every company, no matter how big or small, is growth. If a company is not growing/expanding, it's not considered to be doing well (any news report about financial performance will be cynical if a company posts 0% change).

Wal-Mart's in a sticky situation. Inflation and such (competition) requires it to continue growing, adding employees, building stores. And it can't scale back because investors will panic and cause a huge mkt value loss (though the merchandising will keep going and they'll do just fine anyway).

It's funny because there's finally a store that basically has a monopoly and has the *cheapest* prices - yet people complain because it's growing bigger than one ever imagined.

Consumer boycotts will recover a fair portion of the small business economy (not all of it, but a good amount). Probably the best way to keep things under control - the big shots can't do much about it.

kerosene · 11-17-2003, 05:27 PM

Perth and I don't shop at Wal-Mart. Years ago, (he'll kill me for saying this) he worked at Sam's. They treated him terribly, so he quit.

One of the walmarts, in this state, took toys out of the toys for tots box and put them back on the shelves. I don't know if it was intentional, but who doesn't know what a toys for tots box is?

And then there is the environment. Usually, the floor is so sticky you can walk up the walls with the extra sticky that gets on your shoes. And people crowd the aisles as if the enormous cheese puff display might disappear if they don't stand in front of it for 10 minutes.

Nobody says "Excuse me." Big pet peeve of mine.

The clerks and stockers look like they would rather be eating walrus dung than working at Wal-mart (who could blame them?)

And then you see those stupid commercials...the people who work there look like normal happy people...there is usually some stupid special effect used to get a really simple message across...buy everything cheap here.

Yeah, they may be cheaper. And I realize that many people rely on the cheap prices to get the things they need. I just can't shop there anymore...I always feel like I have to take a shower when I leave, because the place is such a negative symbol in my mind.

Anyway, sorry to rant

Case

xoxoxoBruce · 11-18-2003, 09:05 PM

Not a rant, Case. Simply an accurate description of the hell that it is.

11-16-2003, 03:26 AM	#91
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	How is Safeway to work for? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-18-2003, 09:05 PM	#99
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Not a rant, Case. Simply an accurate description of the hell that it is. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-16-2003, 11:11 PM	#95
pjshimmer Keeper of the Decorum Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 59	On the bright side, these bad experiences teach you not to be like your bum managers when it's your time to do their work. :p

11-17-2003, 03:33 PM	#97
breakingnews Q_Q Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 995	The Wal-Mart debate is a tough one. We discussed Wal-Mart, Home Depot and other megabrand companies rather extensively in business school. One class taught me that the objective of every company, no matter how big or small, is growth. If a company is not growing/expanding, it's not considered to be doing well (any news report about financial performance will be cynical if a company posts 0% change). Wal-Mart's in a sticky situation. Inflation and such (competition) requires it to continue growing, adding employees, building stores. And it can't scale back because investors will panic and cause a huge mkt value loss (though the merchandising will keep going and they'll do just fine anyway). It's funny because there's finally a store that basically has a monopoly and has the cheapest prices - yet people complain because it's growing bigger than one ever imagined. Consumer boycotts will recover a fair portion of the small business economy (not all of it, but a good amount). Probably the best way to keep things under control - the big shots can't do much about it.

11-17-2003, 05:27 PM	#98
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Perth and I don't shop at Wal-Mart. Years ago, (he'll kill me for saying this) he worked at Sam's. They treated him terribly, so he quit. One of the walmarts, in this state, took toys out of the toys for tots box and put them back on the shelves. I don't know if it was intentional, but who doesn't know what a toys for tots box is? And then there is the environment. Usually, the floor is so sticky you can walk up the walls with the extra sticky that gets on your shoes. And people crowd the aisles as if the enormous cheese puff display might disappear if they don't stand in front of it for 10 minutes. Nobody says "Excuse me." Big pet peeve of mine. The clerks and stockers look like they would rather be eating walrus dung than working at Wal-mart (who could blame them?) And then you see those stupid commercials...the people who work there look like normal happy people...there is usually some stupid special effect used to get a really simple message across...buy everything cheap here. Yeah, they may be cheaper. And I realize that many people rely on the cheap prices to get the things they need. I just can't shop there anymore...I always feel like I have to take a shower when I leave, because the place is such a negative symbol in my mind. Anyway, sorry to rant Case

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