I don't understand why, but it seems as if Wal - Mart is rapidly gaining somewhat of a bad reputation. What's up with that? I've been in a number of their stores and have always been treated very well. What's going on?
2006-11-15 06:29:19 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
Maybe because of unfair treatment of their employees, prices that keep going up, discontinuing programs such as lay-aways and such. According to others, they have been "going downhill" since Mr. Walton passed away.
2006-11-15 06:32:44 · answer #1 · answered by jeanclaudefan 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think it's just because people tend to associate Wal-Mart with trailer trash or ghettos, and a lot of people are snobs and won't buy something at a place where "low-class" people shop. I think those people are stupid!! I llive right next to a Wal-Mart (which is NOT located anywhere near a trailer park or ghetto, thank you very much) and I go there all the time for everything I need- groceries, oil changes, hair products, even a goldfish once. It's true that some of the people who shop there aren't exactly socialites, but when is it ever a bad thing to just be a normal person looking for a bargain? That's another thing- their prices really are the cheapest you'll find. If some uppity snob wants to go pay twice as much at some snooty Whole Foods, be my guest, but I am always happy with the stuff I buy at Wal-Mart, and how much I save by shopping there too. Even if I was as rich as Paris Hilton, I would still shop there because I know value. My only complaint about Wal-Mart is the length of the lines in checkout. It seems that no matter when I go to my Wal-Mart, I end up having to wait in a 20-minute line, but oh well. I just flip through magazines while I wait.
2006-11-15 14:40:43 · answer #2 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wrepete....You found the perfect Q! Bottom line. Wal-Mart abuses it's employees and the public. Can't figure and old man like Mr. Sam would have stood for all of what goes on now, but one never knows. I do know Mr. Sam was a good businessman and he DID invade small town America when he was at the helm. I've seen lots of small towns fight Wal-Mart and lose. Maybe now, it's catching up because the old man is gone and lots of folks thought something about him that wasn't necessarily true. One of our stores here locally is dirty/nasty! The other is brand new. I try not to go to either anymore because we've had several stabbings and shootings this year. Would You? That to me causes a bad rep ----- Don't you think?
Good Luck!! Hope you get a good answer.
2006-11-18 23:48:05 · answer #3 · answered by SNOOP 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Walmart does have low prices on most things which is good for alot of people but quality sucks! Target has a better quality and then, around where I live anyway there is no other store to choose from because they drove everyone else out. The produce is bad and they always have bugs in the stores. I went to get a pumpkin for Halloween and all of them were crap. When they drive stores away and have no one left to compete with they can drive up their own prices and people can do nothing about it. Another thing is Wal Mart is always dirty! No matter which one you go to. The people working there could care less about you, the parking lot is always trashed. And whats with the people that stand at the door?! They rarely greet you like they are supposed to or check your receipt so do they get paid just to stand there or what?
2006-11-15 14:47:32 · answer #4 · answered by zoelynn 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
small business owners who have to compete with Wal-Mart do not like Wal-Mart. However, Wal-Mart is good for the low to middle class consumers, due to low prices. My son was trying to print his term paper when our printer ink went dry. Luckily, Wal-Mart is open 24 hours per day, and I was able to buy a printer ink cartridge at 11:00 pm at night.
2006-11-15 14:33:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not in how they treat their customers but how they treat their employess that has given them a bad rep. Walmart has put earning caps on all employees. Meaning that they wont pay you anymore an hour than what they consider top pay for that position no matter if you work there for 50 years. Plus they are no longer hiring full time employees which means they wont ever have to offer insurance anymore because no one will ever get more than 30 hours there in a work week. They have also decided to drop their layaway. There will no longer be layaways for people to be able to pay a little at a time on an item. Layaways are the only way a lot of people are ever able to afford things with a big price sticker.
2006-11-15 14:38:26 · answer #6 · answered by notebookdreams 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Wal Mart is not what Sam Walton intended it to be, in any way, shape, form or fashion. Do you remember when Walton was alive? The object was to sell AMERICAN MADE GOODS, with pride!
They sell more foreign made junk than you can shake a stick at.
They have cut employees drastically.
Recently, they axed the lay-away.
Wal Mart employee policies are ridiculous.
I could go on and on.
2006-11-15 14:36:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't know, I love it! Where else can you get a shirt, batteries and beer all for under $30 in one place! I live in a small town and all we have is a regular one, it takes an hour to get to a Super Wal-Mart, that makes me sad...sniff, tear :(
2006-11-15 14:33:47 · answer #8 · answered by lvminole 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they dont pay employees well and get away with paying minimal benefits or none at all--as a result, many full-time Wal-Mart employees are on AFDC
2006-11-15 15:40:34 · answer #9 · answered by Dwight D J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the business practices they engage in that bother a lot of people and the "hope" that the state will pick up the slack on medical issues
2006-11-15 14:46:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋