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eternity said:
hey GATORBOY00, long time no hear from ya....

Im not sure if you aware about M E I J E R... it is kind of competition with wal-mart, kmart and some super marts.

Meijer was founded in 1934 so Walmart opened later in 60's.
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Never heard of it. Probably a northern store chain, smile!
 
1) do you still work for Walmart now ?
2) if you work for Walmart part-time for about
one day a week, will you be able to get
health insurance benefits and 401K ?
 
Y said:
1) do you still work for Walmart now ?
2) if you work for Walmart part-time for about
one day a week, will you be able to get
health insurance benefits and 401K ?
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1. Yes, I am working at Wal-Mart as if now.

2. It doesn't matter how many hours you work. It's still your decision to have money deducted from your paycheck for the insurances.
 
Maybe i missed it..but do you get insurance from Wal-Mart or do you have to be a full time employee before you are eligible?..I thought Wal-Mart are
part time employment..thats what i heard, maybe thats changed now?
 
No offense to those here who work for Wal-Mart or shop there but I do not shop there; Wal-Mart has changed the face of the business landscape and put untold numbers of Mom & Pop operations out of business and that, to me, is ALMOST un-American!
 
Tousi said:
No offense to those here who work for Wal-Mart or shop there but I do not shop there; Wal-Mart has changed the face of the business landscape and put untold numbers of Mom & Pop operations out of business and that, to me, is ALMOST un-American!
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All big business does that! Sears, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Target, CostCo, etc.
 
Oh yeah thats true, Tousi..when the old style walmart changed to Supercenter (they tore down the old small walmart and rebuilt this bigger one)
The grocery store, Winn-Dixie was next door to Walmart, it went out of business! so did other 2 businesses nearby..We have heard that K-Mart was going to be built here but they backed out cuz they probably was afraid they wont make it cuz of Walmart!..I do shop at Walmart cuz they have everything i need there, so there! lol! It has McDonald's in there too.
 
Hey gatorboy and y'll too, I also do work at Wal-mart too but it's also a supercenter. Sorry for off-point... There's more supercenter growing everywhere I guess. Before I joined Wal-mart, I used to work for SuperTarget for a year and half, was I happy there? No. So I quited to take the summer off then later, the Walmart supercenter store was being built and was open to hiring any positions, so I applied there for being a cashier. They hired me and want me to work as cart basket outside or work on sale floor, I refused and told them I was hired for cashier, not other position. So they gave me a training to see if I passed (of course I passed with flying colour and got better score than other qualified and experienced cashiers) It's been 4 month since the store opened, I was named for cashier of the month of March. Yes I'm proud of myself and the hard work I've done and I know other deaf CAN DO IT! I'm sure y'll have heard this quote: "Deaf can do anything except hear" well my quote is: "Deaf can do anything better than hearing do!"
 
pimpdaddyposse said:
Hey gatorboy and y'll too, I also do work at Wal-mart too but it's also a supercenter. Sorry for off-point... There's more supercenter growing everywhere I guess. Before I joined Wal-mart, I used to work for SuperTarget for a year and half, was I happy there? No. So I quited to take the summer off then later, the Walmart supercenter store was being built and was open to hiring any positions, so I applied there for being a cashier. They hired me and want me to work as cart basket outside or work on sale floor, I refused and told them I was hired for cashier, not other position. So they gave me a training to see if I passed (of course I passed with flying colour and got better score than other qualified and experienced cashiers) It's been 4 month since the store opened, I was named for cashier of the month of March. Yes I'm proud of myself and the hard work I've done and I know other deaf CAN DO IT! I'm sure y'll have heard this quote: "Deaf can do anything except hear" well my quote is: "Deaf can do anything better than hearing do!"
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i was in the same shoes as you are.. before working at wal-mart i work at Target supercenter. Was very unhappy working there. they didn't even give me a raise after 90 days. somehow i request to transfer to another target store where i'm planning on going to college here in small town.. that target decline me.. the manager gave me a copy of their respond, i notice that the manager explained that i'm deaf, blah blah..
anyway then all of sudden i was pissed off, went to college-area to find a job.. i saw wal-mart.. hmm why not apply so i applied. and got hired right away.. then i gave target a 2 week notice to quit. now at wal-mart i'm much more happier than working at target..
 
Gatorboy00 said:
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The positive thing about Wal-Mart is that you are automatically a stock-holder (Generally, it's bonus money). I get a bonus of $900 every March.
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yeah.. i love those stackholder bonus!!!

heard it can max up to $3,000 in bonus..
my store hand out 2002- $610
2003-$658
2004-$732

it just depends on the sales in ur store :D
 
They hired me and want me to work as cart basket outside or work on sale floor, I refused and told them I was hired for cashier, not other position. So they gave me a training to see if I passed (of course I passed with flying colour and got better score than other qualified and experienced cashiers)
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pimpdaddyposse--I wonder why they feel unsure if you should work as cashier? i do not think its wrong to hire deaf/handicapped people to work there as cashier? I was hired as cashier immediately. They did concern about me being deaf. I explained them how things are working. I have a very good friend who is hard of hearing and she used to work at Target as cashier. We know there are no difference for being not hearing and hearing. Because we do have many diverse people like they do speak different accents and things like that.


Never heard of it. Probably a northern store chain, smile!
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Gatorboy --Yes they are neighbors.. just 5 states connect. I assume that Meijer doesnt want to spread it all over u.s. but that neighbors would do. They seem satisfied with that. Walmarts already spread all over. Im surprised that walmart doesn't have a provide an U N I O N. I would rather to have an UNION because it helps to prevent something happen.

I assume that Kmart and Walmart are more similiar. If its Super Kmart that would be almost same as Meijer.

I like Meijer.. because they do have their own sales. It is great store tho.
 
Now the real numbers of Wally World...

No wonder why I'm proud to be U N I O N member.... I know that my rights are being defended with the union. Also the power of many workers triumph over the power of one. That is why I dont mind paying my union dues because the union made a difference for me at my workplace.

FYI.... Wally World is so extremely ANTI-Union.

http://www.counterpunch.com/cox04202004.html

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A list of numbers serves to illustrate how Wal-Mart deals with tradeoffs among the interests of workers, customers, and shareholders:

Pay scales, high to low

$2,200,000,000: Total dividends Wal-Mart plans to pay its shareholders this fiscal year, after a 44% dividend increase announced March 2, 2004

$23,000,000: Average annual compensation for Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott, 2000-2003

$4,500,000: Average annual compensation for previous Wal-Mart CEO David Glass, 1995-2000

$70,000 to $150,000: Bonuses (coming on top of typical base salaries exceeding $50,000) commonly earned by Wal-Mart store managers in 2002 as incentives to increase their own store's annual profit, with profit increases coming largely through holding down labor costs

$9.68: Average hourly living wage as defined by 22 of the U.S. cities and towns that passed living wage ordinances between 2000 and 2004

$9.60: Average hourly wage Wal-Mart could pay if one-third of its current profits were diverted to pay its U.S. employees instead

$9.54: Average hourly wage Wal-Mart could afford to pay if it raised its prices an average of 1%

$9.32: Average hourly wage Wal-Mart could pay if the current annual dividend going to its stockholders were diverted to pay its U.S. employees

$9.15: Hourly wage that Dana Mailloux was earning at a Ft. Myers, Florida Wal-Mart when she and more than a dozen similarly paid employees were laid off because of "lack of work", after which, as they were leaving the store, they noticed "six new hires -- red vests in hand -- filling out paperwork," and then that next weekend saw Help Wanted ads on the store's bulletin board

$8.00: Approximate nationwide average hourly wage for Wal-Mart employees

$6.25: Starting wage for a cashier at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Salina, Kansas, 2003

$12,192: Income earned by a newly hired cashier working 40-hour weeks (more than the 32-hour company-wide average) for a year, with no weekdays off, at the Salina Supercenter

$13,994: Minimum annual expenses for bare existence faced by a single cashier with children 4 and 12 who lives in Salina, Kansas and provides as many necessities as possible by shopping at the Supercenter where she works (Expenses do not include child care costs, which, if the cashier finds a qualified provider, are covered by a state subsidy.)

$6.00: Typical hourly rate being paid by Wal-Mart to custodial contractors for the services of more than 300 undocumented workers in late 2003 (with the contractor, not Wal-Mart, having to pick up the employer's share of the workers' Social Security tax)

$0.31: The legal hourly minimum wage in China

$0.23: Average hourly wage at 15 Chinese factories making clothing, shoes, and handbags to be sold at U.S. Wal-Mart stores, 2001

73: Average number of hours worked per week by employees at those 15 factories
 
sablescort said:
Now the real numbers of Wally World...

No wonder why I'm proud to be U N I O N member.... I know that my rights are being defended with the union. Also the power of many workers triumph over the power of one. That is why I dont mind paying my union dues because the union made a difference for me at my workplace.

FYI.... Wally World is so extremely ANTI-Union.

http://www.counterpunch.com/cox04202004.html

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A list of numbers serves to illustrate how Wal-Mart deals with tradeoffs among the interests of workers, customers, and shareholders:

Pay scales, high to low

$2,200,000,000: Total dividends Wal-Mart plans to pay its shareholders this fiscal year, after a 44% dividend increase announced March 2, 2004

$23,000,000: Average annual compensation for Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott, 2000-2003

$4,500,000: Average annual compensation for previous Wal-Mart CEO David Glass, 1995-2000

$70,000 to $150,000: Bonuses (coming on top of typical base salaries exceeding $50,000) commonly earned by Wal-Mart store managers in 2002 as incentives to increase their own store's annual profit, with profit increases coming largely through holding down labor costs

$9.68: Average hourly living wage as defined by 22 of the U.S. cities and towns that passed living wage ordinances between 2000 and 2004

$9.60: Average hourly wage Wal-Mart could pay if one-third of its current profits were diverted to pay its U.S. employees instead

$9.54: Average hourly wage Wal-Mart could afford to pay if it raised its prices an average of 1%

$9.32: Average hourly wage Wal-Mart could pay if the current annual dividend going to its stockholders were diverted to pay its U.S. employees

$9.15: Hourly wage that Dana Mailloux was earning at a Ft. Myers, Florida Wal-Mart when she and more than a dozen similarly paid employees were laid off because of "lack of work", after which, as they were leaving the store, they noticed "six new hires -- red vests in hand -- filling out paperwork," and then that next weekend saw Help Wanted ads on the store's bulletin board

$8.00: Approximate nationwide average hourly wage for Wal-Mart employees

$6.25: Starting wage for a cashier at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Salina, Kansas, 2003

$12,192: Income earned by a newly hired cashier working 40-hour weeks (more than the 32-hour company-wide average) for a year, with no weekdays off, at the Salina Supercenter

$13,994: Minimum annual expenses for bare existence faced by a single cashier with children 4 and 12 who lives in Salina, Kansas and provides as many necessities as possible by shopping at the Supercenter where she works (Expenses do not include child care costs, which, if the cashier finds a qualified provider, are covered by a state subsidy.)

$6.00: Typical hourly rate being paid by Wal-Mart to custodial contractors for the services of more than 300 undocumented workers in late 2003 (with the contractor, not Wal-Mart, having to pick up the employer's share of the workers' Social Security tax)

$0.31: The legal hourly minimum wage in China

$0.23: Average hourly wage at 15 Chinese factories making clothing, shoes, and handbags to be sold at U.S. Wal-Mart stores, 2001

73: Average number of hours worked per week by employees at those 15 factories
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:shock: Lee Scott makes $23 million dollars a year damn him!

very interesting stats... i'm glad i'm above the average wage :D

However if wal-mart joins Union.. then I believe Target, k-mart, and other retail stores should join Union to be fair.
if wal-mart ever went on strike.. business will be dead. so i believe system will screw up.
 
well, Let me put it succintly:

The company does not join a union. The employees, excluding the management votes to join a union. The company has to recognize the union. Remember the power of many people trumps over a few.

Unions are there to protect your rights in the workplace. I am a member of UNITE the union that represents me and my fellow employees on the job.

I've worked for union and non-union companies. I would take the union over a non-union. I dont mind paying my dues because the union will be there to help me protect my and my fellow employees rights. Since our workplace was unionized, we had several contracts that were acheived WITHOUT a strike against the company. It takes a lot of skill to negotiate a contract that keeps both sides happy.

Read the link to my union....It will open your eyes to the meaning of JUSTICE in the workplace.
 
illustrator said:
amen! :cool:

I like go to Super Targets better.
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I do like SuperTarget in some way... their clothes etc but not everything... I like SuperWalmart... their food and stuffs are cheap and reasonable and they will challenge any store for lower price... I'm not saying which stores are far better or terrible... When SuperWalmart opened last January here, my mother and i went to shop on my day off and she found many things she need that SuperTarget don't have... Even though my mom or another employees work at SuperTarget, I've seen them regularly shop at my store :)
 
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