Well, Walmart may be evil in other parts of the country, but in Cheyenne, Wyoming, it is the best, most stable, better paying (for people without a degree) jobs in our area. My mother who has MS got AWESOME medical insurance for cheep,the grocery prices are lower, the produce is better, and we aren't being hit by the recession as horribly as the rest of the country. However, instead of defending them any longer, I usually have better things to do, I bow out of this argument. If you hate Walmart, don't shop there. As for me, I will continue to shop there weekly to get the groceries and other miscellany that I need.   See 15 other replies

Oh yeah, all of Walmart's spoiled nasty produce that doesn't last like three days in your fridge. Or the meat section with hugely subquality meat compared to most grocery stores. Yes I know because I shop there. It's still cheap. Oh and the lines, the horrible lines. My husband refuses to go with me to that store.   See 15 other replies

*sigh* criscimalosh ~ I'm lazy. That's why I suggest people to do their own research: Google is our friend! I appreciate the fact that you want to defend your company, but instead of looking to Penn & Teller, (comedians? seriously?) consider the following:Institute for Research on Labor & Employment, UofC, Berkeley: Walmart drives down wages costing employees $3 billion in income: http://repositories.cdlib.org/iir/iirwps/iirwps-126-05/Wal-Mart cost California taxpayers about $86mil annually in public asst to company workers: www.library.ca.gov/sitn/2004/0453.htm#S3578Walmart’s role in poverty: www.businessweek.com/pdfs/2005/michael_hicks.pdfIn Dec 2008, Wal-Mart agreed to pay $640 million in back-wages owed to workers: www.americanrightsatwork.org/wal-mart/Class action lawsuit regarding Walmart forcing employees to work off the clock:
www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0625-04.htmImpact of Walmart on communities and businesses in Mississippi:
www.econ.iastate.edu/faculty/stone/MSsupercenterstudy.pdfOh and that no-sweatshop policy? www.pbs.org/itvs/storewars/stores3.html
www.ufcw.org/press_room/fact_sheets_and_backgrounder/walmart/sweat_shops.cfm
www.laborrights.org/creating-a-sweatfree-world/wal-mart-campaign/895You are right that there are lawsuits all over the place, and if you were able to produce 1000s of people who broke their foot on the same stiletto heel, I would hold your arguments in a different light. It's true you might make more as a Walmart associate than a teacher's aide, (sadly teachers get paid squat in the US) but I'm sure the school you'd be at would not have such a negative impact on the environment, retail wages, distributors and the global economy. But I'm sure you'd get a lot of glitter in your hair, which I know would be very disturbing indeed. In case you ever need to vent: www.walmart-blows.com   See 15 other replies

Wal-mart is evil. There is a documentary called "Wal-mart: The High Cost of low Prices". I would recommend watching, you can find it on netflix i know. In the stores they pay minimum wage, not usually more. It is a fact that high number of wal-mart employees are receiving welfare, the health insurance rates are very high and the coverage is not very good. And they are not always cheaper anyway, but the reason the product there is cheaper is because the quality is cheap as well. You end up paying more in the long run because all their product is crap and you have to keep buying it over and over. I would never buy something like a tv or camera there because it won't be as good quality there as elsewhere, even if i could "save" money at the wal-mart. Also, the whole reason there are surveillance cameras in the stores is so they can watch the employees, to make sure they aren't trying to form a union. Only recently have they started putting cameras in the parking lot because they have gotten so many law suits (i.e. lost money) due to ridiculously high crime in the parking lots.   See 15 other replies

Buzzymoo...
Just because you see something on the internet does not make it a "fact"
1. Walmart pays time and a half for overtime, just like most other places... they just do not schedule much overtime for their employees.
2. In Wyoming where I am from, Walmart offers good health care benefits to full time and even some part time employees... hardly encouraging people to go on welfare.
3. Again, where I am, a job at either Walmart or the distribution center pays an average of 2 or 3 dollars more per hour than anything else.... I could make more working for Walmart than I could as a teacher's aide.
4. Dude.... Property values always fluctuate... can't blame that on walmart.
5. Walmart has an anti-sweatshop policy... they DO NOT buy merchandise made in sweat shops...
6. Unions are horrible for our country. They take hard earned money, and aren't "for the worker" like you seem to believe... most union members do not want to strike when their union forces them too. I am glad that Wyoming is a "right to work" state and not a "union state". Walmart treats their employees better than a union would.
7. Walmart has a right to demand a low price... companies have a right to refuse. It is called "business"
8. Many ma n' pa stores are overpriced, and are bad for the economy of the area anyway. If people wanted to keep the ma n' pa stores open, they would shop there. Free choice, free market. Don't say one business deserves to stay in business over the other. We have a free market economy... you have to compete to play the game... if you can't compete, you don't deserve to survive.
9. There are a plethora of lawsuits period. A woman just successfully sued a shoe store because the stilletto heel of her shoe broke and she broke her ankle. A woman was able to sue when she burned herself with hot drive-through coffee. Just because somebody is suing, doesn't make their complaint valid. You should watch the Penn and Teller Bullsh*t episode on Walmart... they did their research....   See 15 other replies

I agree with hissymama. Don't explain yourself and act like you know who needs it more or who really wants to be there...just vote! But still since the beginning for a fat person Tara is strong and works very hard with very hardly no complaints.   See 10 other replies

I agree, Taras gotta cut the drama queen BS! The voting at the end is my least favorite part because of her (and the yellow team). Its a competition! Quit the "I need you here Waaaa!", or "you dont deserve to be here" crap! They all need to be at some sort of fat camp, since they cant seem to do it on their own. Who care what you want Tara,just vote and move on!   See 10 other replies