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Walmart tends to pay about $10 an hour give or take.
Provides benefits like insurance, 401k, etc.
But then, I think that's pretty generous considering the level of work isn't all that high.
Nearly three-quarters of a million women work as "sales associates" in Wal-Mart stores. On average these women earn $6.10 per hour, or $12,688 per year if they are permitted to work full-time. This wage puts many of their families below the poverty level — half even qualify for federal assistance under the food stamp program.
Women who make pants in El Salvador earn 15 cents for each pair; Wal-Mart sells these pants for $16.95 in its U.S. stores. Also, contractors in El Salvador force workers to take pregnancy tests.
The Maine Department of Labor ordered Wal-Mart to pay the largest fine in state history for violating child labor laws. The Department of Labor discovered 1,436 child labor law infractions at twenty Wal-Mart chains.
Lawsuits pertaining to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violations have been filed in Missouri, Arizona, California, and Arkansas.
In the video Behind the Labels: Garment Workers in U.S. Saipan, Wal-Mart is featured as one of the retailers which contract with "sweatshops" in Saipan for the manufacturing of garments sold in their stores.
I already read all that in preparation for your response.
What company increases payroll on purpose, when the workload does not merit it?
In fact, every single employer I've ever worked for tries to reign in hours, to those most necessary for the functions of the business.
Otherwise a company will bleed money.
The criticism is dumb as hell.
Again we're back to, "why would a business purposefully over pay employees who have low/no skills?"
You also have to prove that absent Walmart, these people on government assistance, would have higher paying jobs.
Some of the rules in ADA are arbitrary and meticulous.
Example: Height of a mirror or sink being an offense to sue for.
I don't have a problem with third world people working either.
It's better they have some job, than no job, having to nose through garbage dumps looking for food.
Considering Wal-Mart pays less and offers fewer benefits and continually breaks the law and faces more lawsuits and fines than any other company I can find record of the answer to the questions above is "EVERYONE ELSE".
Let me ask you this. Which do you think is more beneficial to our economy work
A. Tax payers
B. welfare recipients
When you come up with that answer,
answer me this
Which one of the above does Wal Mart generate?
Furthermore
How did you come to the conclusion that someone who works at Wal Mart has low or no skills? With Wal Mart shutting down business who attempt to pay reasonable wages left and right some people are forced by the collapsing labor market to work under wal mart's conditions.
In addition
When you have a person who busts there ass full time at wal mart and does everything they can to get more hours and advance themselves any way possible why do you feel like they should not be given a living wage and rather they should be forced to rely on government to survive? Wouldnt you agree that the government should have less control over people?
While you are answering questions
Why would you support a company that consistently violates US labor and discrimination laws?
So rather than making any actual attempt to refute any of the piles of information i supplied or even comment on it, or any attempt at a decent fact based rebuttal to anything or information of your own, you have nothing better than to ignore everything and instead focus on something that wasnt presented?
The proof is very simple if you wanted to see it. Prior to Wal Mart changing the way businesses treated employees (or at least having a large part of it) People working in retail and manufacturing made a living wage and could support themselves. In order to compete with Wal Mart or attempt to, many companies are forced into the same practices which lowers the wages of everyone else. Furhtermore as I have already proven, Wal Mart pays less than the industry average by a lot.
You dont have a problem with large corporations and governments exploiting the poor for their own personal gains as long as you get to save a little bit of money huh?
Keep ignoring the facts about walmart because you dont want to believe it. I know you are a reasonably intelligent person and if you wanted to view the information objectively and honestly you would. Instead like most people in this country you are blinded by your own selfishness and greed and would rather see yourself save a little bit of money than to see the american economy, world economy or people as a whole improve. I look forward to your next reply and hopefully that one will amount to more than an expansion of UH UH
I hate Walmart. Sam Walton builds a dream based on a Norman Rockwell vision of small town American and it turns out he has really built the Frankenstien monster which comes back to destroy the dream.
Screw WM.
Prove it.
You haven't.
I know Walmart has done some bad things, who is completely innocent in this world?
Besides all that though, the criticism against how much they pay is meaningless, it assumes that absent Walmart, these people would have higher incomes, which is grossly lacking in proof.
How is paying more for household items, for no practical reason, make the world economy better?
You hate average Americans and the poor.
NO i have. You either didnt read the information or failed to understand or process. Neither of which is my fault.
Pay for work is meaningless?
Supporting businesses who promote fair paying jobs, obtain their products from manufacturing facilities that treat employees fairly would greatly help the economy. Is that really so difficult to realize. Ok. Maybe you need it explained more simply.
Company A keeps their employees on welfare and paying 0 taxes.
Company B pays their employees a living wage and their employees are self sufficient.
If the majority of consumers shop at Company B. And very few shop with Company A. Which company is likely to employ more people? Also which company is more likely to change their business model to attract more customers?
Manufacturing firm A pays their employees 0.15 a day (which no matter what you say is not doing them any favors).
Manufacturing firm B pays their employees a fair wage but the products they produce have to reflect that in pricing.
If consumers were buying goods from company B and very few were buying from Company A which is likely to stay in business?
You may think there is no practical reason behind buying products that were manufactured under fair working conditions or products that were made here in American but there are. The way the world is going because of consumer spending habits you may have a fair job but every year fewer and fewer americans do. Your kids, or grandkids ect are going to continue going into a work environment that is going to abuse them. Every generation is more and more likely to live in poverty. And i know what you are going to say. You are going to educate your kids and help them do better than that. But more and more college grads are working for stores like wal mart. More and more people cannot find work outside of these laborless jobs taht you think only kids and unskilled people work at.
Consumers shape the economy. The jobs of tomorrow and our economy are completely dependent on the choices being made today in stores. Send our money to the chinese and big box stores. Explain to me how exactly that helps anything.
no walmart and their shoppers hate the average american and the poor.
Besides all that though, the criticism against how much they pay is meaningless, it assumes that absent Walmart, these people would have higher incomes, which is grossly lacking in proof.
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