Wal-Mart, Unbeatable Prices vs. Beat Up Employees!!

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.