WalMart

[*Wyche'sWarrior*]

(06-13-2018, 07:17 AM)HarleyDog Wrote: Ahh yes, the documentary of the near extinction local business struggles to compete with a cut throat mega-chain. That was a little sad to watch.

Yes.....but the treatment of employees, the setting up of suppliers in China, using the taxpayer to subsidize workforce benefits, etc, was not Sam Walton's vision.  Remember the "Made in the USA" campaigns in the 80s?  They sure as shit abandoned that after he passed.  I figure if my tax dollars have to cover their operating costs, I'll be damned if I voluntarily give them any money.

I had an ex that worked for them in management back before that came out.  She used to tell me how they were trained to squash any labor disputes or unionizing.  How they actively encouraged "associates" to seek state funded childcare, healthcare, etc and scheduled people 39 hours a week in order to not have to give them benefits.  She got out of there rather quickly.....said it was almost like a cult with the amount of brainwashing.  Now, this was in the very early 2000s, so things may have changed since then, but it was enough to turn me away from them for good after seeing that doc, and knowing what I knew on top of that.  Conversely, my sister in law worked for WalMart out of high school when she and my brother were dating in the mid 80s....when Sam was still around.  It was a totally different atmosphere back then.