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DH.. what you don't realize though for those jobs they bring to communities.. they prey on people that basically have no other option. Single mothers that have to work in the evening when they have family to watch their kids or even parents where there are two in the home but they can't afford child care and have to work different shifts. They pay them virtually nothing and give them like a 20 cent per hour raise once a year. And that's if they get a decent evaluation. I know people that have been there for 5 years and barely make $8.00 an hour. Sound unbelievable? It's not. Even 7 11 pays more than that. They have built their empire on breaking the backs of their employees.
The insurance is horrible also, they make enough money that they don't qualify for state help because their employers offer it for them but they can't afford to take their kids to the doctor when they're sick. Often the employees are worked 15 hour days several days a week and then when they are about to go onto overtime they are sent home early so they can't collect time and a half. They are run into the ground and then stepped on.
Most of the people working there don't have other options either due to lack of education or other conflicts that restrict them from working a 9 to 5 job. It's hard for some to understand because they aren't in the position of having to scrape by. I will not patronize wal mart after i've seen the way they treat their employees.
Oh yeah and those of you that like their meat.. wanna hear something nice? I know a lady that was the meat department manager. They switched to pre packaged meat about 3 1/2 or 4 years ago. The meat comes from a central warehouse without an expiration date on it. Instructions from the company are that it has a shelf life of 6 months. Want to know how they accomplish that? They inject and bathe the meat with a chemical compound that is the same ingredients as SOAP. Ever wondered why the meat has bubbles around the meat when you cook it.. that's why.
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