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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
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Please provide support for this arguement. The article I quoted above indicates WalMart employees do work there and expect that 
I get that people may be free to go someplace else, but not everyone has the ability to take up that so called option. For example, where else is the 67 year old greet in the article above going to go? Who is going to hire her? Apparently, she was going a good job for WalMart though.
Out of curiosity, do you acknowledge that WalMart does anything bad to its employees?
On edit -- all companies do bad things to their employees. But, that does not make it right GThe topic of this thread was WalMart, not Target or those other companies |
Walmart, however, is singled out among those other stores that do the same things. If someone thinks Walmart is a career, something is seriously wrong. It's just common sense. No one sits around and thinks, "hmmm, I should work at that Walmart place that has a such a bad reputation for low pay. I'm a-gonna work there and make it BIG!" Anyone who thinks that is demonstrating the reason why after a lifetime of experience they are still working for minimum wage jobs.
Why is it Walmart's obligation to provide benefits? It really isn't. It's our own responsibility. Just because a majority of employers do doesn't mean it should be expected. The reason a lot of employers do is to get the best of the best workers. When you aren't the best of the best, you work somewhere like Walmart, unless you're just filling in employment space until you find something better. Also, there are low cost catastrophic plans like Washington State's "Lifewise" or many other low income health benefits. If you are being solely supported by Walmart's salary, chances are that you qualify for some sort of medical aid.
Remember, we do live in a country where student loans are plentiful, student grants and scholarships are just as plentiful, and you can qualify for a variety of aid while you go to school. You can make yourself someone desirable to those other companies that offer benefits. Steven Covey offered the best advice for any American, which is "sharpen the saw".
Of course I think employers do bad things. I had a grand total of $15,000.00 stolen from me by employers over the last three years. I had to sue one of them, with the other guy, he was so out of money and had so many other suits against him I'd have had to stand in line.