Originally posted by: Corn
This "article" is a load of crap:
Wal-Mart likes to call its sales clerks "associates," but "serfs" would be more like it. The company paid its salespeople an average $8.23 an hour in 2001. At that wage, a full-time worker made only $13,861 a year.
Lesse for a moment: 8.23 * 40 hours * 52 weeks = $17,118, not $13,861.
Can I trust an article where creative multiplication is used to misrepresent its most basic premise. I dunno, but my sensibilities lead me to state that it is probably laced with a semblence of fact but spiced with bullshit.
And for the life of me, I'm curious how many "salespeople" Walmart really employs. Most of their workforce is stock/clerk/cashiers--hardly what I would call "salespeople".
How much does that mom and pop shop pay stock boys, clerks, and cashiers?
I also find it interesting how Walmart is being blamed for simply offering a service that, apparently, the public has a high demand for? If there were no demand, would Walmart even exist? Ah hah!!! I've got it! It's the stupid, uninformed, and ignorant masses who are simply shooting themselves in the foot!!!!
Looks like another elitist snob pointing out how stupid the poor are. Perhaps a benevolent liberal government should step in and make the proper decisions for these imbeciles. Ban Walmart, ban imported goods, hell, just go ahead and ban corporate entities. We should all live on minimum sustinance at communal farms (Moonie loves this idea).