Walmart ethics,101

I used to love to travel. When I was little, it was not uncommon to jump in the vehicle on Friday and not be home until Sunday. It was great. You never knew what was going to happen, and the world was full of possibilities. Kind of like when you first start working for Walmart. They have these big training sessions, and they like to tell you that you can go as far as you want to in the company. The only person who sets the limit is you. You can always spot someone who has just started working for the company. They still buy the hype. They think it's great that they have the stock options, and the bonuses, and the world is one big oyster. The other side of that coin is the reality of working at Walmart for more than a year. Talk to a long time associate, and you see something different. A lot different. A few years ago at a Walmart in the north, an associate was promised a department manager position. The current department manager was moving into a salaried position and that left an opening. Walmart policy is to post every job opening, no matter how small. The way around their policy is to post the job, then hire who they wanted in the first place. The personell assistant wanted the grocery job. So they gave it to her. Never posted the job, just gave it to her. This left an opening that was filled by the head csm. She wanted to be off her feet all day. So they gave it to her. Just gave it to her without asking if anyone else was interested in the job. Her job as head csm was posted. Eight people applied for the job. It was already promised to the person that was hand picked by the outgoing csm. So, walmart spent over ten hours of payroll interviewing people for a job that had already been filled. In the end, the preordained person got the job. What a surprise for all who interviewed for it. I guess the problem for me seems to be that a company that screams accountability from the rooftops seems to have a hard time enforcing any ethical accountability. So if you've just started working for the biggest corporation in the country,try to remember how happy you were when you got the job. You'll thank me later.