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LittleGirl

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34. except at the tax payers expense !!!!

Tue Sep 24, 2013, 06:00 PM

Sep 2013

If the employees qualify for Section 8 housing, food stamps and Medicaid, then we are subsidizing their low wages. That is corporate welfare and I don't support them, now or ever. I get my gas at Costco too. I'll find every way possible to pay a fair rate for services I buy, if I can help it. That's just how I roll.

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After Sales Plummet, Walmart Realizes It Can�t Run Stores On Temps Alone [View all] ProSense Sep 2013 OP

Will the full-timers be salaried with day-to-day variable hours up to 100 hours per week? factsarenotfair Sep 2013 #1

Wal-Mart believes their own bullshit. louis-t Sep 2013 #2

Aw come on durablend Sep 2013 #4

Some Wal-Mart employees do love working in some stores, but factsarenotfair Sep 2013 #6

You can tell BobbyBoring Sep 2013 #18

Walmart execs live in a bubble jollyreaper2112 Sep 2013 #3

Most likely. n/t Laelth Sep 2013 #54

Heh. Scurrilous Sep 2013 #5

Didn't Circuit City try a similar tactic? House of Roberts Sep 2013 #7

I think they did, but I think the damage was already done. Katashi_itto Sep 2013 #17

Uh, D, Prosense? Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #8

Ding! ProSense Sep 2013 #23

Then it's working right? Boycotts etc. LittleGirl Sep 2013 #9

+1 dorkzilla Sep 2013 #27

More people probably would boycott Jamaal510 Sep 2013 #30

except at the tax payers expense !!!! LittleGirl Sep 2013 #34

So they will be eligible for health insurance in 90 days? Mr.Bill Sep 2013 #10

I'll go with "realizing CostCo is kicking their ass while being good to its workers". NuclearDem Sep 2013 #11

Costco is not Walmart. Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #16

I haven't shopped at a Mall Wart since 1999 Downtown Hound Sep 2013 #12

If only we were all able to make that choice Orrex Sep 2013 #13

+1 Jamaal510 Sep 2013 #31

I disagree. Everyone makes a choice to shop there LittleGirl Sep 2013 #35

Real World on hold for you, line #2... (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2013 #43

So, I should drive 150 miles to Costco? Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2013 #36

Sure it is. randome Sep 2013 #48

Whatever else happens, I hope that they maintain their practice Orrex Sep 2013 #14

lol avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #15

Or filling a prescription bulloney Sep 2013 #20

Sadly, that's been my experience wherever I've tried to fill a prescription Orrex Sep 2013 #21

We use a Shopko where you can phone in your prescriptions to an automated system. Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #24

Congratulations!! I did not know you were expecting. I also thought you were a guy. madinmaryland Sep 2013 #38

Congrats on the new addition :) AllyCat Sep 2013 #45

Not so new, now Orrex Sep 2013 #46

I love it disidoro01 Sep 2013 #28

They actually eliminated cashiers entirely at the one here in town Posteritatis Sep 2013 #44

Being a Business, A Company, A Corporation gussmith Sep 2013 #19

Being in charge of a business like walmart laundry_queen Sep 2013 #40

Let's be very clear about the lessons here BlueStreak Sep 2013 #22

+1. n/t Laelth Sep 2013 #56

Treatment of their workers aside the plain fact is most of Wal-Mart's stuff is crap. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2013 #25

Nothing would make me happier dgibby Sep 2013 #26

I figured they had troubles when they lost my sister in-law spinbaby Sep 2013 #29

Meanwhile Costco thrives while treating their employees like humans. tridim Sep 2013 #32

Set foot in a Walmart? Blue Idaho Sep 2013 #33

I wish there were no distinction between part time and full time in ACA BainsBane Sep 2013 #37

Good on the workers at walmart! thanks Cha Sep 2013 #39

"They should pay US to work here!" Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #41

"Getting tired of those settlements? Attempting to repair its image? Losing profits due to depraved bluestate10 Sep 2013 #42

Actually, ProSense Sep 2013 #49

Very true davidpdx Sep 2013 #63

And after the Christmas rush, they'll tempify 35,000 PTE and bust another 35K FTE to part-time hatrack Sep 2013 #47

Walmart needs to be watched. ProSense Sep 2013 #50

I think that we will see the end of the Walmart empire Rosa Luxemburg Sep 2013 #51

No. They'll rework their business model before they fold. MADem Sep 2013 #53

a&p thought the same thing in the usa madrchsod Sep 2013 #60

A and P never had the Chinese market....and the British market... MADem Sep 2013 #61

They only made a 3 billion profit this last quarter madville Sep 2013 #52

Walmart near work let two full racks of mums dry out and die. bklyncowgirl Sep 2013 #55

same thing where i live... madrchsod Sep 2013 #58

A lot of their customers watch Fox Noise Turbineguy Sep 2013 #57

BOYCOTT Wal*Mart! Support your local unions! Coyotl Sep 2013 #59

walmart holds out the hope sigmasix Sep 2013 #62