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Almost exactly a year ago, a Walmart in Ohio made headlines for an employee food drive intended to help support their fellow Walmart workers. Now come reports of additional stores rolling out the donation bins, showing that the retailers employees try to take care of one another while also spotlighting the question of whether or not Walmart is paying its associates sufficient wages.
This company should be embarrassed of themselves. I visited Walmart over 15 years ago to buy some slippers, just to say I had the experience of shopping at Walmart. I have never had the inclination to go again. How in the hell can one justify supporting a business that treats its employees so badly? I'm far from rich, but there's not enough savings in the world that could be offered to me that would make me need to shop there.
So now it is unethical to pay market wages? But it is ethical for people to decide what companies owned privately should pay? In other words you find it perfectly ethical to take someone else's belongings to support your belief?
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Originally Posted by TaxPhd
Business owners have a moral responsibility to shrink their profit margins? Really? Where did this "responsibility" come from?
Agreed, every business has a responsibility to maximize their long term profits for their shareholders.
Costco does not take that point of view, and it is the exact same work, yet they choose to pay a living wage.
Shopping at both of those stores would make it clear that the typical Wal-Mart employee and the typical Costco employee are very different. By paying a higher wage, Costco has better employees, and it is clearly reflected in the shopping experience.
This company should be embarrassed of themselves. I visited Walmart over 15 years ago to buy some slippers, just to say I had the experience of shopping at Walmart. I have never had the inclination to go again. How in the hell can one justify supporting a business that treats its employees so badly? I'm far from rich, but there's not enough savings in the world that could be offered to me that would make me need to shop there.
So you are qualified to comment on how a place treats their employees based on 1 trip into 1 store of the biggest retail company in the world?
I know many walmart employees, my mother just retired from there a year ago, she went from a part time $8 an hour associate to a department manager making $40K a year in 3 years. I know her friends that she worked with and hung out with outside of work, and they all love walmart, but listen to the news reports pushed by reporters pushing an agenda.
If it took more than the minimum wage to hire good staff, would you not pay it?
How about in situations where no minimum wage applies?
Of course most business owners would, that is the reason so few companies actually pay minimum wage, but that also does not mean that they should overpay for the level of worker they need.
If it took more than the minimum wage to hire good staff, would you not pay it?
How about in situations where no minimum wage applies?
Pay more only if I have to.
Pay them $5.00 hr. or less if I can.
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