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[weaktwos]

I saw a news bit today talking about how much cheaper Walmart is compared to Target. I can't help wondering if that has to do with the low wages they pay their employees...and perhaps them encouraging their employees to get government assistance?

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[misanthropist.livejournal.com]

Don't forget intentionally understaffing shifts, preferring to have those that are working work harder than to pay for the necessary man hours.

WalMart sucks ass

[torsoheap.livejournal.com]

My dad used to work for a trucking company that dealt with WalMart. He said that WalMart is one of the most ruthless corporations out there. They'll tell a shipping company that if they don't meet their price, then they won't ship anything with them. Because they are so big they can get away with it.

Here's another example: Levi's wanted to sell jeans at WalMart, but Levi's are too "expensive" for WalMart. WalMart said they didn't want to charge more than X dollars and the only way that Levi's could meet that price target was to make some really shitty jeans. They had to make a special product line just for WalMart.

Moral of the story: name-brands at WalMart are not the same as what you would get at another store.

[vanguardian.livejournal.com]

And we won't even talk about what they do to their IT vendors. Yes, they are demanding there also.