Propoganda-Walmart Style

There are not a lot of perks and benefits when you work at the Retail Giant with a Heart. The pay is totally inadequate until you have been there for a while. The insurance is so bad as to be laughable, and you have to work there for a year before you even see any of the things that other places take for granted-like vacations. But if you were to go to any of their publicized stock holder's meetings, or many of the other meetings that they have, you would be so moved by the wonder that is Walmart-you would cast aside your pitiful life and join the company on the spot. Or is that what the moonies did? Either way, the end result is the same because the propaganda that is Walmart can be overwhelming. You can always spot some one new to the company. They have that bright glow as if all the things that they were told in their new hire meeting were actually possible. They believe that you can go as far as you want in the company. They were probably introduced to at least two success stories that started out as an hourly peon, and now enjoy all the benefits of being a member of management. They were also told how much they don't need a union, and how all the wonderful things that Walmart is about to do for them will be the best experience of their lives. Some questions they may want to ask:What happened to the discount cards that we used to get from the moment that we hired in? What happened to the notion of a forty hour week? How is 32 hours ever going to be enough hours to pay my bills, but is considered full time? What is going on with this crappy insurance? Why is it so expensive and yet it covers almost nothing? If the new hires still have jobs after asking those questions, they might want to try some of these questions at their first grass roots meeting: why do some people get their hours and others don't? Why do you bother to post jobs when you have already decided who is going to get the promotion? Why do you take hours from some stores and give them to others? Why do you cut hours to match the holiday pay that you have to pay out? Isn't that just not paying for holidays? Provided that the Walmart secret police haven't drug you out screaming, don't expect any answers any time soon. You are more likely to wake up a Walton then you are likely to get some straight answers. But if I get any, I'll pass them on and you can thank me later.