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Originally Posted by captanhero
Please. They opened the store to turn a profit. Wal-Mart and social responsibility are mutually exclusive, as evidenced by the scores of sole-proprietorships and regional department stores that have been driven out of business in the past 15+ years. No amount of philanthropy can make up for the dilution of local business communities which Wal-Mart is largely responsible for.
Also, it is not the responsibility of the employee to blindly fall in love with the company where they work. Is falls to the employer to create an environment deserving of loyalty. This is not Wal-Mart.
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Listen, Walmart is not doing anything different than everyone else. What about movie theatres with 20 screens that wipe out the ones with 2 or 4 screens? What about Home Depot taking out small hardware stores? What about Loblaws that sells everything from bananas to lawn furniture to banking and investment services? Where's the outcry?
The reason the examples exist that I have stated is because there is a demand for it. Do I agree with all of it? No but that's life and the direction of change in a climate that warrants it.
Am I going to go to Home Depot and buy a can of paint for $25 over that of Home Hardware that sells that same can for $35? You bet. But likewise, am I going to buy apples at $1.69 a pound at Loblaws when Market Fresh sell the same apples at .79 cents a pound? Nope. It goes both ways.
And if you think for one minute that any employer has to prove their loyalty to anyone before those employees reciprocate, you are living in a dream world. I suspect this must have been the overwhelming sentiments of the folks who lost their jobs at Walmart. Like I said before, those who think their employer owes them more than a paycheque for work rendered should just quit. Maybe after they lose their car, house, savings,..etc to unemployment, they might realize that loyalty is the onus of the employee, not the other way around.