what are the current issues against walmart?

Question

need some ideas about the current issues faced by walmart...

Answer 1

* Low wages.
* Little/no employee benefits.
* Outsourcing labor, in some cases overseas.
* Forcing mom & pop stores out of business.
* Ecologically insenstive (a matter of opinion).

Most of these critiques apply to many (most) large multi-national corporations. Wal*Mart is a favorite target because it has gained the ire of the vocal political left by supporting Republican causes, and because it is a very profitable retailer that is firmly embedded in most American's consciousnesses.

Answer 2

This may not be the quickest answer, but a really excellent source of in-depth information can be found here:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/

PBS aired this Frontline special - it's fantastic. You can watch it online for free. It goes into the details of the situation and provides excellent background.

If you don't want to watch the special you can read the transcript or browse the website for this episode. Quick good. Another wonderful contribution from PBS.

Another good source of information, as always, is wikipedia - which has a summary of criticisms here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart#Criticism

Toobin

Answer 3

Basically every major company does things that are morally wrong, like Target not allowing the Salvation Army people to collect donations anymore. There are several things to hate about Wal*Mart. My sis-in-law recently stopped shopping there because they support the gay and lesbian olympics. They also pay workers outside of the country about 20 cents an hour to manufacture their inventory. That's why they're so inexpensive. Like I said before, there's no real major store that is all-good. Which one is worse, I don't know, but they all have their faults.

Answer 4

The objections to Walmart center on their low pay (often below federal poverty levels) and their lack of health insurance for their employees.

Answer 5

considering that Wal Mart's get right of entry to into the yankee "life type", the single-quit procuring concept has hit pay dirt! This, in and of itself instruments many of the "smaller" (mom&Pop shops) out on thier very own, which instruments them at a longtime downside. Many municipalities set up NO WAL MART ZONES with the intention to maintain thier residing house-city "experience" and (to a element) an benefit. - Many communities desire coping with smaller agencies so they be attentive to who they are coping with. - A MAYBERRY-consequence. those smaller communities are THRIVING in easy terms to a scope. all of it pertains to the type you want to save; do you want IT NOW, reguardless of who gets credit or are you able to attend and get a extra precise unit and have faith that it will paintings, and if it does not, who can fix it so it could?

Answer 6

can i ever help you on this one..i can give you some issues for employees and costumers...my sister is currently employed by walmart and i was in the past..let me start by saying that the first person is right..the insurance is not that great and you could not make it by yourself on the pay these days..when you go to work at walmart they tell you how walmart is like this big family and they encourage you to come to them with your concerns about anything and they tell you that they will work with you on anything that may be going on...personal or other...managers will tell you that if they cant help you to please go above them and try to get someone higher up to help you..it is encouraged..or so they say..let me now start with what happened to me when i was employed by walmart...i became pregnant with my daughter and i developed some health problems..my DR made me take close to a month off from work...this was ok with them at first and not a problem...after my Dr. released me and said that i was ok to work but only on light duty i was told that if my Dr. would not release me fully that they did not have a job for me...i was told then that i should sue but i didnt have the money or energy to deal with that so i just left...now i come to another lady that my sister and i know from working there...she went through close to the same thing that i did...she was put on light duty by her Dr..when she was 7 months pregnant due to the babies health and they told her that they would have to let her go if she could not do the job that they wanted her to do...she had to leave or risk her unborn childs health...now my sister has worked at walmart for over 3 years..she has been working m-f 8-5 for close to a year now....after she came back from having her baby..close to a month later they told her that she could not have a set schedule anymore...and that if she couldnt find a sitter for when they needed her she didnt have a job anymore...the managers pick favorites and they dont try to hide the fact that they do...a guy that worked there was having problems with his schedule as well..he could only work mornings and m-f and this is what he was hired with..his mother is disabled and he has to care for her in the evenings...he was told that if he could not open his work schedule up he would be let go..after 3 years...he went to that higher up person that they encourge you to go to and that person told him that he did not have the time to talk to him..then his managers at the store made work hard on him and were mean to him for going to the higher person....!!!bottom line being employed by walmart is not as great as they try to make it out to be....now issues as a customer...the old saying of the costumer is always right is not pushed at walmart anymore..it is about the dollar and not the costumer...also with them doing away with the layaway is terrible for costumers who relied on that to get their kids school clothes and christmas...they say credit is the way to go..some people cant get credit cards...it is terrible...i see walmart going under one day..someone is going to come in and open a store and be what walmart use to be and everyone is going to go there..sam walton is rolling over in his grave at what his family has turned his hard work into!!!!

Answer 7

discriminating, paying very low wage and not promoting women to store manager