Walmart And Costco

[Hollis]

Just a few tid-bits.

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[Hollis]

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and your point is there is alot more crappy jobs than those trust me

[mudslinger47]

Mike Dukes the ceo of wal mart total compensation a year is 17.6 million. The "average" employee makes $22,100 a year.

Does your Boss make more then you? It is unbelievable that your that small minded. Wallyworld creates (makes,offers) jobs that require zero experience, none what so ever and they get paid for what they know, nothing. As they gain experience and advance in the store echelon, their pay goes up accordingly, just like every other business in the whole effing world...Are you that lame that you can't figure that out? My sister worked at Wallyworld for about 6 yrs as a floor designer, and made great money with good insurance, close to her home. One of my close friends wife works at Wallyworld and contracted cancer, she has the insurance from Wally and so far its taken care of them quite nicely, not 100% but rarely do you find one that does. On a side note, Wally has rules about being able to keep your insurance when your only working part time, because of her cancer and her longevity with the company, they waved it and allow her to keep her insurance and only work a couple days a week because of her condition...what a dastardly company, ya putz...

[Bubstr]

and your point is there is alot more crappy jobs than those trust me

Yes there are more crappy jobs. That is the problem. This business model of save a dollar is the same as make a dollar, basically make your profit from your employees, perpetuates and grows. The private sector can not fix it. It's like getting on the roller-coaster. Once your on, you cant get off till the end of the ride. Government has to fix it, or it won't get fixed. I really don't look for it to get fixed.

But really look at this, People take these crappy jobs for less than the pay out on welfare. that in it's self is commendable. They make so little they pay no income tax and the republican shills say they should. I believe they make up about 18% of Romney's 47%. The SS recipients make up another 15%. Some military makes up some of that too. Something I never could figure out. Does it make sense that all that defense spending goes to corporations, rather than the guy that risks his life. Just another case of corporations reaping the profit and us paying the bill. If you have a problem with a Walmart worker, taking cheese, do you have a problem with a soldier taking that same cheese?

[ss12]

Does your Boss make more then you? It is unbelievable that your that small minded. Wallyworld creates (makes,offers) jobs that require zero experience, none what so ever and they get paid for what they know, nothing. As they gain experience and advance in the store echelon, their pay goes up accordingly, just like every other business in the whole effing world...Are you that lame that you can't figure that out? My sister worked at Wallyworld for about 6 yrs as a floor designer, and made great money with good insurance, close to her home. One of my close friends wife works at Wallyworld and contracted cancer, she has the insurance from Wally and so far its taken care of them quite nicely, not 100% but rarely do you find one that does. On a side note, Wally has rules about being able to keep your insurance when your only working part time, because of her cancer and her longevity with the company, they waved it and allow her to keep her insurance and only work a couple days a week because of her condition...what a dastardly company, ya putz...

1st of all I'm retired and for the last 10 years why being employed I did make more than my boss. I was in the union and he was not. I don't have a problem with employer making more than me. The problem I have is when they are making 1034 time more than the mediam employee. This is according to one of several articles that I readed which Mike Dukes makes. When he makes more in one hour than the majority of the emploees make in a year thats when I have a problem.

[Clayton_Wetter]

I don't understand this idea the Wal-Mart or any employee is required to pay unskilled labor high wages right off the bat. It makes no sense what so ever. Wages affect costs of services and goods. You seem to think the top is running roughshod over America and the world and becoming filthy rich is their only concern. Why are some of you guys continuing to blame Wal-Mart, corporations, and Wall Street for the problems of the nation? You are led to believe these things by a deflective group in government and the media. While the real guilty continue to benefit and make up the rules and regulations that are in reality the biggest problems. Many of these corporations are in bed with the government such as General Electric. Working together to dictate which companies fail and which ones (who cooperate) will survive.

Besides the nonsense of misdirecting your blame, you don't think it through to see what happens if you were to get your way, then apparently everything would be unionized. Then it would of course take five people to screw in a light bulb (one to do it, and four to watch) and everyone would make great wages, strikes and voilence would be the answer to all pay and benefit issues, and still nobody could afford anything because the price of products and services would be driven through the roof. The government would have to step in as they (the Progressives) eventually intend to do and take over all commerce. Basically the collapse of the entire economy would be sped up greatly by your own wishes.

A couple of you think unions are doing great things for workers, but then if the lower wage earner got pay increases, you would turn around are cry for increases for yourselves because the unskilled would be making as much as you do. Your vicious cycle would never end.

It's time to redirect your blame and disgruntlement at the corrupt government who are doing more to create problems for the nation than to try and do any honest fixes. Then you bad mouth any politicians who are honestly trying to fix problems.

[t.nie]

I don't understand this idea the Wal-Mart or any employee is required to pay unskilled labor high wages right off the bat. It makes no sense what so ever. Wages affect costs of services and goods. You seem to think the top is running roughshod over America and the world and becoming filthy rich is their only concern. Why are some of you guys continuing to blame Wal-Mart, corporations, and Wall Street for the problems of the nation? You are led to believe these things by a deflective group in government and the media. While the real guilty continue to benefit and make up the rules and regulations that are in reality the biggest problems. Many of these corporations are in bed with the government such as General Electric. Working together to dictate which companies fail and which ones (who cooperate) will survive.

Besides the nonsense of misdirecting your blame, you don't think it through to see what happens if you were to get your way, then apparently everything would be unionized. Then it would of course take five people to screw in a light bulb (one to do it, and four to watch) and everyone would make great wages, strikes and voilence would be the answer to all pay and benefit issues, and still nobody could afford anything because the price of products and services would be driven through the roof. The government would have to step in as they (the Progressives) eventually intend to do and take over all commerce. Basically the collapse of the entire economy would be sped up greatly by your own wishes.

A couple of you think unions are doing great things for workers, but then if the lower wage earner got pay increases, you would turn around are cry for increases for yourselves because the unskilled would be making as much as you do. Your vicious cycle would never end.

It's time to redirect your blame and disgruntlement at the corrupt government who are doing more to create problems for the nation than to try and do any honest fixes. Then you bad mouth any politicians who are honestly trying to fix problems.

Unskilled or not, a job should mean you are not on food stamps or Medicare. It used to be, back in the 50's and 60's, a single person working full time could support a family. Then in the 70's, households had to have dual incomes to be middle class. These days, even 2 incomes is often not enough to pull you up into a comfortable standard of living.

Now, while this shift from single income=comfortable middle class lifestyle to dual incomes=barely making ends meet has been very good for people with wealth, for the majority, not so much. And one of the consequences of this change in the labor market is more people working and on food stamps/Medicare, in other words, the taxpayer now has to make up for the lower wage jobs.

Dude, I make good money. Combined, my wife and I are doing very very well compared to most. I guess if I was a purely capitalistic, "get yours cuz I'm GETTIN MINE!" type of mentality, then I would agree with you 100%. Why should I give a ratz behind what Fred makes as a delivery boy? Why should I care that Wally World workers are on food stamps and Medicare? It takes zero skill to be a checker, no brains to stock shelves and the work I do requires education and experience, so I DESERVE all that I earn and they don't, right?

Sorry. I beg to differ. Where this comes apart in my eyes is the fact that my tax dollars now have to subsidize Wally World's workers, and I personally feel that a company that posts the profits it does should not have its workers on food stamps and Medicare. I guess you like that kind of socialism, because the taxpayer paying for the Walmart workers food is nothing but socialism.

I think if someone wants to work, they should get paid at least a decent enough wage to be able to pay their own way and not rely on the thousands of dollars in taxes I pay to eat. Bottom line, I pay my own way, Walmart can pay it's own way too. All their low wage, low priced goods are doing for me is saving me money if I go buy something there, but costing me money because I'M the guy paying for the food stamps, I'M the guy paying for the Medicare for the Walmart worker. The greater cost is the increased food stamp pool and Medicare pool, rather than the higher price I might pay for goods at Walmart IF they took care of their people in an ethical and morally responsible way.

[LITE-INN]

tnie you don't have clue do you there are many many jobs that pay less then wally world if some is on food stamps etc and working at wally world sounds to me they can't keep their pants on if youn know what I mean and the reason people don't have enough is because gas being almosy 4 bucks a galllon groceries skyrocketing ultitiies getting higher and higher ALSO PEOPLE HAVE CHOICE TO WORK AT WALL WORLD OR NOT JUST LIKE THEY HAVE A CHOICE OF SHOPPING THERE OR NOT

[LITE-INN]

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[t.nie]

You are right, they do have a choice to work at Walmart or not. But we have no choice but to subsidize the low wage workers. Of course, in your world, the victim is always to blame. That's what those right wing talking heads preach at you all day, all night. Limbaugh-"She got raped? She deserved it." Romney-"47% of Americans don't want to work, won't take responsibility for their lives."

This kind of garbage is just perpetuating a myth that isn't true. And we aren't talking about people that genuinely are a problem and have never worked. We are talking about people who work and still have to rely on public aid.

I remember a time in America where the difference between food stamps and being poor and being able to pay your own way was a job, and if you didn't have a job, you really didn't want to work, because everyone could find something to do that wanted to work.

Oh, and here is the stats from Glass Door. Notice that the majority of workers who took the survey did not even rate Walmart as a satisfactory employer. Yes, there are worse, no doubt, but it really shouldn't be hard to keep people happy.

[LITE-INN]

You are right, they do have a choice to work at Walmart or not. But we have no choice but to subsidize the low wage workers. Of course, in your world, the victim is always to blame. That's what those right wing talking heads preach at you all day, all night. Limbaugh-"She got raped? She deserved it." Romney-"47% of Americans don't want to work, won't take responsibility for their lives."

This kind of garbage is just perpetuating a myth that isn't true. And we aren't talking about people that genuinely are a problem and have never worked. We are talking about people who work and still have to rely on public aid.

I remember a time in America where the difference between food stamps and being poor and being able to pay your own way was a job, and if you didn't have a job, you really didn't want to work, because everyone could find something to do that wanted to work.

Oh, and here is the stats from Glass Door. Notice that the majority of workers who took the survey did not even rate Walmart as a satisfactory employer. Yes, there are worse, no doubt, but it really shouldn't be hard to keep people happy.

many jobs are being out sourced IBM WIPRO COMES TO MIND THEY CHARGE A CO IE MASTERCARD 100 DOLLARS AN HOUR AND TURN AROUND A FIND A WORKER F ROM ----- COUNTRY FOR 9 BUCKS AN HOUR AND GUESS WHOS PAYING THAT MASTERCARD BILL THE PUBLIC AND WHERE DID ALL THAT TARP MONEY GO HOW MANY JOB DID OBUMMER CREATE

[mudslinger47]

So, if a guy can't make a fortune, then what would be his incentive to start a "walmart". Is he supposed to do it for the greater good of mankind? If so why didn't you?