Walmart: Evil or no?

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Blushingfemme

My daughter's Father works at Wally World, and has since 1992. He is full-time, has Medical (for my daughter as well), dental and profit sharing. Since he had his pace maker (he is 49 years old) implanted, he has been unable to return to the heavier lifting and assembly type work he did for them. So, they CREATED another greeter position for him and he is able to be employed at the same hours and pay he received before.

He and his 10% discount have saved his and my family major money over the years. Walmart out to make a profit yep....Walmart evil? Well, I guess it depends on who is telling the story.

My totally biased 2 cents

It's rare that I hear of this kind of scenario but good for him. I'm surprised he's not in a manager's position however given how long he's been with them.

I have no problem with a company making a profit (I do work for one that does so and does so well but 95% of my company's workforce gets paid well with full benefits and profit sharing). But I wonder, given how long he's been with the company, if he's the exception rather than the rule (from an employees point of view). Additionally, the forcing of other companies to reduce their price down to well below cost (WalMart has done this) has a side effect with other companies and forcing them to move jobs out of the US, etc.