Wal-Mart and homeland security- you can't make this stuff up

[Bob]

News Headlines Publix is good to it's workers...Wal Mart could be a good place to work too, but isn't

 

[30A Skunkape]

News Headlines Publix is good to it's workers...Wal Mart could be a good place to work too, but isn't

Then why don't the Wal Mart employees simply go work somewhere else?

 

[scooterbug44]

Then why don't the Wal Mart employees simply go work somewhere else?

Many do - which is why Wal-mart has the highest turnover rate in the industry by far. (It's also part of their business model to have a high turnover rate to avoid paying benefits.)

But it can be hard to find another job when Wal-mart has systematically run their local competition out of business and has sent many jobs overseas.

 

[30A Skunkape]

Many do - which is why Wal-mart has the highest turnover rate in the industry by far. (It's also part of their business model to have a high turnover rate to avoid paying benefits.)

But it can be hard to find another job when Wal-mart has systematically run their local competition out of business and has sent many jobs overseas.

So you are saying Wal Mart develops skills in people they can parlay into better employment for higher wages elsewhere? And the problem with this is....?

I can see how getting a job in rural America other than at Wal Mart might be tough. But think about it, it is time to get people back into cities. What a great opportunity to get people back into cities, get cars off the roads, etc, etc, etc.

 

[scooterbug44]

No, I am saying that Wal-mart being a bad company to work for is not just my opinion - it's documented fact.

Thank you for the comment about them developing workforce skills - I needed a good laugh!

Slave labor, child labor, prison labor, discrimination against women, minorities, and people with disabilities, screwing with endangered species and archeological sites, predatory pricing, sending jobs overseas, tainted products, you name it, if it's bad, Wal-mart does it to make a profit................and our country and communities pay for it.

 

[30A Skunkape]

No, I am saying that Wal-mart being a bad company to work for is not just my opinion - it's documented fact.

Thank you for the comment about them developing workforce skills - I needed a good laugh!

Slave labor, child labor, prison labor, discrimination against women, minorities, and people with disabilities, screwing with endangered species and archeological sites, predatory pricing, sending jobs overseas, tainted products, you name it, if it's bad, Wal-mart does it to make a profit................and our country and communities pay for it.

Scooty, do you monitor your blood pressure?

 

[Linda]

It appears that the evil Walmart was the hero of Hurricane Katrina relief


Wal-Mart at Forefront of Hurricane Relief - washingtonpost.com

 

[Smiling JOe]

scooterbug, you have repeated mentioned that Walmart is evil because it sends jobs overseas. Which jobs does Walmart send overseas? Is it manufacturing? If so, is Target, Best Buy, etc, also guilty? Is it production of foods? If so, is Publix also guilty? Publix sells many of the same brands of foods that Walmart sells, and Best Buy sells many of the same electronics sold at Walmart. Local sporting goods stores sell the same sporting goods sold at Walmart. I'm just curious to know how, in your mind, Walmart gets the finger for sending jobs overseas yet they sell many of the same goods produced overseas as many other stores which get the thumbs up?

 

[Douglas the Intrepid]

Okay Joe, here is how it works. A company approaches Walmart with a product they hope Walmart will want to sell. Walmart will negotiate an initial cost they are willing to pay and then order a set number of the product to sell. As time goes on they will continuously renegotiate the cost down in their favor. The supplier will begin to have to start making production concessions to keep making money. It reaches the point where they can either move their manufacturing overseas to continue making a profit or fold. Walmart sucks.

 

[DuneAHH]

He's saying Publix is meaner than Walmart.

Thanks. I just wasn't getting it.
I have a very good friend (70yrs old) who has worked for Publix in the 'Aprons program' for several years and thinks they're a great company and is thrilled with the available health coverage for 30 hour week.

Okay Joe, here is how it works. A company approaches Walmart with a product they hope Walmart will want to sell. Walmart will negotiate an initial cost they are willing to pay and then order a set number of the product to sell. As time goes on they will continuously renegotiate the cost down in their favor. The supplier will begin to have to start making production concessions to keep making money. It reaches the point where they can either move their manufacturing overseas to continue making a profit or fold. Walmart sucks.

Walmart is far from being the lone perpetrator of this. As a former buyer/product sourcer for a very large retailer, I can knowledgeably say virtually every large retail company (not just big box retailers) has operated on this business model for 25yrs+.

I agree that this has hurt our U.S. manufacturing communities. After fighting (and winning) the domestic sourcing debate with my various management teams for over 15 years, I finally felt compelled to leave the industry when internal management pressures DEMANDED I move "my" domestic sourcing base overseas.

But despite my personal commitment to domestic manufacturing sourcing, test marketing results consistently proved:

when given equivalent product choice, the consumer ALWAYS bought the cheaper $20 price over 'Proudly Made in USA' marketed product at $22.00 (which 15 years ago was the retail price difference for equal bottom line profit... but that differential was increasing when I departed the industry).