How do you feel about Wal-Mart?

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-04-2008
How do you feel about Wal-Mart?
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Wed, 11-26-2008 - 6:23pm

I read this op/ed (it's tied in with the automotive industry issues) http://www.indystar.com/article/20081119/OPINION12/811190304/1301/ARCHIVE the other day and it got me thinking. I've always heard about the lousy way they treat their employees but...it's their prices that keep me going back. Since I've moved to the South it's been even worse. They have Super Wal-Marts here where there is a grocery store in the Wal-Mart.

Now, there was an article the other day in my local newspaper with the mayor asking people to do their Christmas shopping downtown and buy local to support our mom & pop stores. Now, I'd love to do that but I have three kids and you know where I'm going.

Part of me really doesn't like what Wal-Mart stands for but the other part of me feels like "why should I pay more when I know I can get it cheaper there?"

Any thoughts?

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iVillage Member
Registered: 01-05-2008
Sun, 12-07-2008 - 9:10pm

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iVillage Member
Registered: 01-05-2008
Sun, 12-07-2008 - 9:12pm
Yes, you are correct.

 

 

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iVillage Member
Registered: 11-22-2008
Sun, 12-07-2008 - 10:45pm

"The auto workers of today also make median income wages."


That would be true if the median income for workers was $60/hr, but it's not, so it isn't.


iVillage Member
Registered: 01-05-2008
Sun, 12-07-2008 - 11:01pm

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They don't make $60.00 an hour.

 

 

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iVillage Member
Registered: 11-20-2008
Mon, 12-08-2008 - 12:03am
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iVillage Member
Registered: 11-22-2008
Mon, 12-08-2008 - 12:09am

The link you provided discusses $70/hr, not $60/hr.

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-09-2008
Mon, 12-08-2008 - 12:13am
Sounds really silly to me. The whole "they did it first" doesn't excuse it for anyone. Again, why can't we be adults and take responsibility for what we say, not justify it by saying everyone else is doing it?
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-20-2008
Mon, 12-08-2008 - 12:15am
Yes - who was it who said 'an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind?'
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iVillage Member
Registered: 10-09-2008
Mon, 12-08-2008 - 12:15am
Salary AND benefits are quite different then just saying they make $60.00 an hour.
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-22-2008
Mon, 12-08-2008 - 12:29am

Yip, ITA.


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