Confessions of a Wal-Mart Hit Man
May 11, 2007 by Roger
Seed Newsvine
If one wants to understand just how the modern corporation exploits its workers just watch this clip from YouTube. A 17 year executive from Wal-Mart confesses his complicity in the Wal-Mart policy to exploit their workforce by some pretty underhanded policies and actions. I am going to let the video speak for itself.
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I don’t like any illegal activities that WM commits or may commit. If they are shaving time, they should pay. If they are doing anything else illegal, they should pay the fines or face the lawsuits. With that said, I too have a WM story to share.
When I was in junior high there was a guy that I had a class and lunch break with named Chris. He was a cool guy and we played on the jr. high football team together. We ended up going to high school together but we really didn’t hang out together like in jr high. Well Chris ended up running with the wrong crowd and got thrown in prison for shooting at someone. I think that it was a cop but I am not so sure. Any who; I went back to my hometown and I ran into him after he had gotten out of prison. He was working at the local WM. I think that he was doing something like stocking shelves. Years went by and a few months ago I was out of town for work and decided to spend some time with another old high school friend and catch up with her. We were talking and she mentioned Chris. She told me that he is now the manager of the frozen foods section of the new super WM that was just built in my hometown.
Now I have never been anti-WM but after hearing about Chris getting a dang good promoting I became even more pro-WM. Chris is a felon with a criminal record. He used to run with gangs and he’s an ex-con with a FELONY on his record. Obviously he put all of that behind and went on the straight and narrow. He must be a pretty good worker. I am telling this story because I am sure that not a lot of people/companies would have given him a second chance. If they did I am sure that they would not have given him a good promotion like management. If Chris continues to work hard who knows where he can go.
I think that I have read that WM saves the average family something like $2K a year. So are they “exploiting” their customers?
Now I do have a problem with WM like I have a problem with Casinos. They can both be addictive. I did a little checking the other day and I have spent over $467 in the past month at WM. That’s too much money. Sure a lot of it is food, diapers, etc but a lot of it is impulse buys. When you got to Wm, it’s like going to the casino. You go there with the expectation of spending $XX, but end up spending $XXX. At least at WM, you might have something to show for it.