Walmart is the largest retail company
in history; it has over 4,000 stores and close to two million employees in the
USA. They are also one of the top money making companies in the world. Walmart's
over $400 billion in revenue last year makes it the 23rd-largest economy in the
world. One would think that a company with such success will take care of their
second most important asset, their employees; unfortunately this is not the case. Walmart’s
founder, Sam Walton, opened his first store in the early 1960’s. His idea was
to have the lowest retail prices than any other competitor. In order to do so,
Walton decided to create the morals of, company first and employee last. This
way, Walmart is able to gain a huge profit and still keep their prices low;
great for Walmart, but not good for the employees. The employees are the
victims to that profit focus business idea. Walmart’s employees receive low
wages, unreasonable benefits, short hours, poor working conditions, and treatment
as a nuisance rather than commodity. Walmart employees should be compensated
fairly because they are the ones that helped the company grow into the billion
dollar conglomerate it is today.
I refuse to be a part a mission of
vast profit in exchange for mistreatment of employees. It is sometimes believed
that no one will do something for nothing, above all, corporate America. Walmart
promises the lowest prices competitively by means of unfair employment,
crushing the competition, and taking advantage of loop holes in the law. The insane
thing about it is they have been getting away with it for decades. Most
importantly, Walmart needs to show recognition, appreciation, and respect to their employees. A change will happen if the company
makes changes in their policies, workers stay fighting for their rights, and all
the people that disagree with Walmart's policies to boycott. Wal-Mart needs us
to spend our money in their stores. If the flow of revenue slows down or even stops,
Wal-Mart's big wigs will panic and will want to change. On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks decided not to give up her seat in the bus.
Intern, a boycott was mandated against the bus company and it made the world
see how a major company change its policies quickly.
