Monday, October 02, 2006

Wal Mart Sucks Even Harder

I don't shop at Wal Mart. Not ever. Won't step in the door. There's a mountain of reasons. Urban sprawl, destruction of Main Street and political influence are all great reasons. But the clincher is how it treats its workforce; Low pay, crappy hours, no benefits, sexual discrimination, forced overtime off-the-clock, locking them in at night.
Well, it just became an even worse place to work.
Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer, is pushing to create a cheaper, more flexible work force by capping wages, using more part-time workers and scheduling more workers on nights and weekends.

Wal-Mart executives say they have embraced new policies for a large number of their 1.3 million workers to better serve their customers, especially at busy shopping times — and point out that competitors like Sears and Target have made some of these moves, too.

But some Wal-Mart workers say the changes are further reducing their already modest incomes and putting a serious strain on their child-rearing and personal lives. Current and former Wal-Mart workers say some managers have insisted that they make themselves available around the clock, and assert that the company is making changes with an eye to forcing out longtime higher-wage workers to make way for lower-wage part-time employees.

Thank God Wal Mart is finally standing up to all its greedy employees who have taken advantage of the corporation for far too long. What a great day for capitalism.
Sick fucks.

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