@Carmie wrote:
@TY wrote:
@Kachina624
People with disablilities who work there aren't asking for a handout from Walmart. They have a job and they want to be accomodated. It's always a fight for them to keep the rights that they have. I have a disabled nephew so I know how much his mom and dad have to advocate for him.
If Walmart wants to treat their employees like this I can take my shopping dollars elsewhere. Just a quick glance at my Adobe photo album where I keep photos of my clothes and beauty purchases shows I spent at least $100 on those items alone at Walmart Canada in the month of February. That much money and more will be likely going elsewhere now. And Walmart Canada is very convenient for me, it's in a nearby mall and it's easy to get to and it stays open late. But those conveniences won't outweigh how I feel about them now.
What other stores do you shop at? How many disabled people have they hired over the past 20 years. Do they employ the disabled and if so how many who are only able greet patrons?
Some of Walmarts competors are Amazon and Target. I have never seen a greeter in Target and I know 100% for a fact that Amazon does not treat their employees well. Do you shop there?
i live in PA not too far from where Adam lives and works. He was told by his manager that his position would be elimated and the greeters were being transitions into a host job. Because Adam could not do the duties of the host job, his manager told him he would find another position for him.
He was NEVER in danger of losing employement at Walmart. His mother just threw a fit on Facebook and it went viral. Do you think Amazon or Target would have hired him 10 years ago with his disabilities? what other places would even offer him a job?
If you choose not to shop at Walmart, that is your choice. If you make a decision not to shop at places who do not treat their employees well, you will have a small pool of places to shops at.
@Carmie Your last paragraph is very bothersome to me. Sometimes people just have enough with companies that treat employees poorly. The only way to disagree with the philosophy and actions of a business is to do that with your money.
For example, Costco, a hugely successful international business attained that status while also treating their employees like gold, like family. The last CEO, now retired, only took about $350K annual salary, because he thought he really didn't "need" more. I wonder what the Walmart CEO and other execs take.
This was shocking to me. In the past, Walmart took out life insurance policies on tens of thousands low level employees and those payouts were used to bolster the slush funds of their top level execs. They stopped this practice when the widows and widowers of many deceased employees sued them. The TV show 60 Minutes exposed this nationwide.
I found this absolutely despicable, Walmart didn't even pay them a living wage and provide medical benefits when the employee was alive? No wonder they didn't provide medical, they wanted them dead.
It's just wrong in every way when a long term employee is terminated without justifiable cause.
When people just roll over and think it's OK for companies to behave like this, it's a sad day. If you don't demand what's right, you get what you ask for.
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