tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post6664913540044049298..comments2024-01-06T05:01:09.131-06:00Comments on The Defense Rests: Black day for Wal-MartPaul B. Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15827522954049831696noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-22352329768990637492013-12-03T22:58:06.170-06:002013-12-03T22:58:06.170-06:00Some want their cake and eat it too. Walmart hater...Some want their cake and eat it too. Walmart haters point out the amount of items made in China (in my day, we used to complain about all the "junk" made in Japan, even after their quality control surpassed ours by a huge amount), the low pay/benefits, and how predatory it gets when it moves into an area. Supporters, basically all those shoppers that vote with their dollars, point out that they get more bang for their buck shopping there. <br /><br />If the corporate bosses were not making so much money in comparison to the worker drones, even when their decisions were questionable for long term profits, most wouldn't care. As it stands, I lean toward Jim's side since the company offers you a chance to further yourself, you just have to run with it, knowing full well that most employees will do better elsewhere.Thomas Houstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-39598273395007537062013-12-01T03:40:28.404-06:002013-12-01T03:40:28.404-06:00While wonderfully naive, your desire to give away ...While wonderfully naive, your desire to give away other people's money hits a wall when you look at the specifics. If every penny of WalMart's profit went to employees, it would fall far short of your compensation scheme. They hire upwards of 1.5 million people, not including those they employ in contractor mode, that $17 billion dries up pretty quickly just to give employees a whole $5/hr each.<br /><br />The idea of working at WalMart for regular folk is that they don't intend on remaining minimum wage employees as opportunities are open for them to move up based, gasp, on merit and ability. Most of the store managers make a healthy salary and started in those horrible minimum wage jobs you abhore so much. Remove the incentive and you remove the company...Economics Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-41977067266362286912013-11-30T14:59:54.532-06:002013-11-30T14:59:54.532-06:00Amen!Amen!Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8298837746880587541.post-23305796228994827562013-11-29T16:37:18.844-06:002013-11-29T16:37:18.844-06:00Suppose I am a small business owner. Now suppose t...Suppose I am a small business owner. Now suppose that I have a razor thin profit margin. Suppose that the federal government mandates that I increase increase my employees pay by 25%. If I am forced to do this I merely let enough employees go to meet my necessary profit margin or I go under. Your absurd scenario will lead to greater unemployment and more folks dependent on the government for ALL their needs.<br /><br />Mark<br />Spring, TexasMarknoreply@blogger.com