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    Question_of_FactHamilton Nolan
    7/09/13 4:20pm

    Evil Wal-Mart, forcing people to apply for a job and then work for them.

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      backinpghQuestion_of_Fact
      7/09/13 4:30pm

      Just because you are paid by a company doesn't give them the right to turn a blind eye to sexual harassment, cause employees to be placed in harm's way, and to be totally uncaring about their workers' well-being.

      And yet that is exactly what today's capitalism has become...e"every man for himself and fuck you too."

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      Question_of_Factbackinpgh
      7/09/13 4:33pm

      I was speaking more to the grips about "unfair" wages or not liking the job in general.

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    XMarksTheSpotHamilton Nolan
    7/09/13 9:36pm

    I'm all for Walmart stories. But can your next series be about Amazon stories? Cause I think it's just as bad because it's 'tech' no one bothers to point that out.

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      Hamilton NolanXMarksTheSpot
      7/10/13 8:57am

      If you know some Amazon workers who'd like to share stories, please have them email me. Hamilton@Gawker.com

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      XMarksTheSpotHamilton Nolan
      7/10/13 12:46pm

      Have you seen this?

      http://amazonemployees.org/

      And this:

      http://www.businessinsider.com/working-condit…

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    Claudia GeorgeHamilton Nolan
    7/09/13 4:19pm

    The resistance of Walmart and its competitor-allies (they're a team really) to employing people full time is what really makes me rage. Especially when you go to places like my hometown where your find people working 2 or 3 part time jobs in the box stores, in the same strip mall. Literally, you have people working at one box store in the morning and then trading places with their counterparts working at the "competing" store across the street, in the afternoon. These people are all working full time+ for corporate america. There's just a conspiracy to keep them from achieving the status of a full time employee. Meanwhile, what are these people making for their 40 hours a week? $250 dollars a week? $300 a week? I've been a graduate student for a while and know what it's like to live on $2000 a month. It's rough, as an adult. I can't even imagine trying to live on $1200 or $1500 a month without benefits. That's destitution.

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      Question_of_FactClaudia George
      7/09/13 4:24pm

      "The resistance of Walmart and its competitor-allies (they're a team really) to employing people full time is what really makes me rage."

      Wait until 2015 when the employer mandate starts for healthcare. They - like all employers of more than 50 employees - will have a huge incentive to hire people who only work 30 hours or less or to cut existing employees down to 30 hours or less.

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      Johnny ChundersClaudia George
      7/09/13 4:28pm

      "competitor-allies" = "colluders"

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    TotallyNotJDSkellingtonHamilton Nolan
    7/09/13 4:13pm

    "...so when we come up tens of thousands of dollars short we would get "coached" like it's our fault."

    I sympathize (2 years Wegmans, 9 mo. Pep Boys) but c'mon, mayne. Lol. That's a hell of a lot of shoplifting. That's a damn heist.

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      DonShulaDoingTheHulaTotallyNotJDSkellington
      7/09/13 4:19pm

      I once worked at a Sears where $320k worth of crap walked out over the course of a single year. I assume that place is closed now.

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      backinpghTotallyNotJDSkellington
      7/09/13 4:33pm

      But you literally can't do anything when customers do those things. Customers steals something and walks out the door, you're supposed to call a manager. Manager is supposed to call police. Of course the person is loooong gone. They know that the policies allow them to get away with it, not to mention understaffing to begin with, so they take advantage of the situation by targeting Walmart.

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    Exponential GrapeHamilton Nolan
    7/09/13 4:13pm

    Haven't shopped at walmart in 10 years now. Not starting anytime soon.

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      Sheeeeeeit-ClayDavisExponential Grape
      7/09/13 4:14pm

      You're missing out on killer savings!

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      Obfuscatio: philosopher at largeSheeeeeeit-ClayDavis
      7/09/13 4:32pm

      "Killer." As in, "Killer of small towns?"

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    rockygohard18Hamilton Nolan
    7/09/13 4:28pm

    Hey ham-no do one about Kroger. I have some stories for you mate.

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      Hobocamperrockygohard18
      7/09/13 5:55pm

      Oh no! Is there anywhere that I can afford to shop that treats their employees with decency. Sonofabitch!

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      Stinkyzitirockygohard18
      7/09/13 6:28pm

      How about R.E.I.? A seemingly (definitely used to be) nice company, that has adopted some very 'box retailer' techniques as of late.

      Such as, oh I don't know- eliminating positions so that they can force certain employees (i.e. 'older people' who don't fit their 'brand image') out of the stores or so that they can redistribute work to lower paid employees

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    KethaebraHamilton Nolan
    7/09/13 10:43pm

    I went to college for five years and i work in an icu. i work holidays, and weekends. i don't get holiday pay. i also don't bitch about it because i choose to work there.

    If you don't like working at walmart, DON'T WORK AT WALMART.

    You make minimum wage because you have no marketable skills and are easily replaceable. Walmart has ZERO incentive to pay competitively.

    I want to live in a world where everyone gets paid enough to support a happy life, but the truth is, even at minimum wage, you make more than 85% of the world. Americans however, can't live at their means. Everyone has to live like mtv tells you to live.

    Get a skill, get marketable, or live at your means. At minimum wage, yes, you will need to have additional wages in the home (parents, siblings, etc) but that's HOW MOST OF THE WORLD WORKS.

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      thebullfrogKethaebra
      7/10/13 2:19pm

      I admire your bravery for disobeying the life-teachings of the MTV.

      Incidentally, you live within your means, not at them.

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      erischildeKethaebra
      7/10/13 5:25pm

      Most of the world has sensible health care.
      Most of the world has sensible education costs, or even paid-for post secondary.
      Most of the world has jobs, sociatal culture and values.

      For someone comming from a bad place, with less than no money, it's not always possible to just up and go to school and become "more valuable"

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    Flm3454Hamilton Nolan
    7/09/13 5:59pm

    If only they could unionize. Seriously, fuck them for trying to stop that. And Target.

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      lizzers_Flm3454
      7/13/13 5:29pm

      I still think there should be some law that if a company has a certain number of employees, that a certain % of them *have* to be full-time and then would qualify for benefits and a couple of perks. I worked in retail and food for odd jobs here and there and they would always dangle that golden carrot of "full-time" when, like those stories above, it *never* existed. I do admin now, am able to get a fair $ for my work, but when I'm looking for a new job I NEVER apply to places that say "part-time with hopes of full-time" or where the hours per week are essentially full-time but only add up to 32 hours.
      That being said too, though, I also just applied for a job at Wal-mart as a cashier - part-time a Saturday a week wouldn't kill me and I need some more money. Even though I have a ridiculous amount of experience, they wouldn't hire me. Probably concerned I'm a lefty who'd bring in "union" talk (I totally would have too)>

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    KristenfromMAHamilton Nolan
    7/09/13 4:19pm

    I understand that there are people who are so poor that they can't shop anywhere else - no argument with that. But I know/work with people that can afford to shop elsewhere, but go to Walmart "because the prices are so low." It's those people that need to wake up and realize what it is that they're supporting. Pay an extra $100 to add a 4th flatscreen TV in your McMansion, fer chrissakes.

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      FerminaDazaKristenfromMA
      7/09/13 4:43pm

      Exactly. The lack of empathy middle and upper class Americans have for people from underprivileged background is appalling.

      I refuse to shop at Wal-mart and many other businesses with poor labor records and anti-union activities, or exploitative exported manufacturing. So, I can't buy as much useless crap? At least I'm not contributing to Wal-mart's system.

      But Wal-mart is the Consumer Capitalist dream so it will continue to be propped up. Why care about your fellow citizens when you can buy more shit you think you need because the TV commercials told you you needed it?

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      amyceeKristenfromMA
      7/09/13 4:48pm

      It also goes hand-in-hand with not filling your house with a bunch of disposable, cheaply-made crap. If I'm going to be buying China-made, it's going to be from Apple and it's going to be with slave labor, damnit!

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    gerrycomoHamilton Nolan
    7/09/13 4:13pm

    Is the self-checkout a blessing or a curse to Walmart cashiers?

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      Obliteratigerrycomo
      7/09/13 4:44pm

      It's a curse, because it makes it fantastically easier to shoplift. And guess who gets the reprimands and "coaching" and slashed bonuses when shoplifting goes up?

      A common story: a couple of guys go into a Walmart when it's super busy, grab some suitcases and walk around the store filling up the suitcases with valuable stuff. Then they go to self-checkout (where no one will open the suitcases to make sure they aren't full of valuable stuff), pay for the suitcases, and off they go. That shit happens ALL THE TIME.

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      gerrycomoObliterati
      7/09/13 9:13pm

      But won't the non-checked items ring the alarm?

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