Pros And Cons Of Working At Walmart

According to sources at Walmartsores.com, total sales for the corporation totaled $419 billion. Their profit per minute, per day was $30,363. The average annual pay for full time employee is $24,440. Regardless of that, there are few full-time employees at their stores. This data shows that the corporation can more than afford to pay their workers a higher wage and at minimum provide its employees with better benefits. (Fisher 382)

The Wal-Mart workers oppose the corporations “systematic squeezing of its employees to maximize profit.” They had enough and they feel that the corporation has gone too far to maintain their everyday low prices. Wal-Mart workers and community members have held “more than 1,000 demonstrations, including strikes in 100 cities, during the Black Friday shopping rush” to protest of the company's illegal attempts to silence workers. “The corporation does not like anyone speaking out about the company's manipulation of hours and benefits.” In addition, the corporation “tries to keep people from working full-time and also discriminates against women and people of color.” There has been criticism for how the corporation handles their warehouses. Workers also want better working conditions in the warehouses.

A wage floor equivalent of $25,000 per year for a full-time, year-round employee for retailers with more than 1000 employees would lift 1.5 million retail workers and their families out of poverty or near poverty, add to economic growth, increase retail sales and create more than 100,000 new jobs. The findings in the study prove there is a flaw in the conventional thinking by companies like Wal-Mart that profits, low prices, and decent wages cannot coexist.” (Making change at Wal-Mart: 2012 Professional Services Close