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Originally Posted by merkerguitars
I'm suprised people haven't really talked more about the employees, yes the hire alot of disabled and other people that it would be tough for them to find jobs and I have to admit that I'm pretty proud of wal-mart doing that. They actually don't start their employees off at that bad of a starting wage, for example I believe the starting pay for cashier type work for someone of young age was around $7.75 in Stillwater MN, and then a Kohls opened up in the same town, they called the manager of the Wal-Mart and asked what their starting pay was..and they where like "oh we'll start them off at $5.15 (minnesota minimum wage). So they aren't exactly evil on the pay scale.
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My neighbor was just hired as a cashier a few weeks ago. They started her out at $5.15 and haven't scheduled her for more than 20 hours in the time she's been there. Whether that's because she's new, I couldn't say.
I can say this.
They told me two years ago that my starting wage would be $5.15. They wouldn't guarantee how many hours I'd work and told me it was their perrogative to move me round the store as they seen fit.
My former roommate worked at the Harrison, AR store for nearly three years. When he quit to come work with me, he was making....yep, you guessed it $5.15. They moved him around from department to department and one winter was reassigned (or whatever they call it) to collecting carts.
That's what I can say about Wal*Mart on the whole. Of course, everyone has their individual stories and since we're sharing....
I have been held in a Wal*Mart twice by their security. Once for shoplifting. I was with two other friends after work, which was about 1:00 in the morning. I veered off to browse electronics. After buying a videogame, security "escorted" me to the service desk up front where they already had my "accomplices." They claimed to have it on tape that my friend stuffed several cans of Spaghetti-o's down his pants. Yes, you read that right. City cops came and cleared up the whole situation and were kind enough to walk us out.
The second time it was for an offensive t-shirt. Different group of guys with me this time, buying groceries late at night. The manager on duty received a complaint about my friend's t-shirt. It had the word F#@K on it (with the symbols and edited) he was detained, we politely waited for the city police, 30 minutes later I told them we'd been polite enough and good-bye. They balked at handing me and my friend back our driver's licenses, (what they needed with them, I'll never know) but gave them back and we caught the city police as we were walking outside.
Two different stores. Two different incidents. Is it indicative of the whole? Probably not, but there it is.