Who Set These Ungodly Hours, Anyway?

Do you think working at Walmart is just underpaid drudgery? Have you checked out a Distribution Center? The pay there is much, much better than if you are slaving away at a retail store. Whereas a store may start you as low as $6.50, a DC is probably going to start you off around $14.25 or so. Much better, don't you think. But is there a catch? Of course there is! The hours at a Walmart Distribution Center are some of the most brutal that you will run across. The regular day shift (that only those chosen by God will ever get to work) are Monday through Thursday 4a.m. to 2:30 pm. You will work four ten hour days and in case you are wondering-no you will not get a paid lunch break. I know, I know, penny ante tiny companies give their employees a paid lunch, but not here, get over it. The second shift is 2p.m. to 12:30 a.m. most of the time. On weekends, it's a whole different ball game. There are two twelve hour shifts 4 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and 4p.m. to 3:30 a.m. On the weekend you work Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Because Walmart is actually paying you a living wage, they expect to take the life from you. At a Distribution Center, there are no mistakes tolerated. If you accidentally destroy something, you are held accountable. That means they will get their money back one way or another. But the question I am asking is-why do they have to start at 4 a.m.? Would the freight not be okay if they started shifts at say- 8 in the morning, or even 10? What is the problem with letting people actually work a normal shift starting time, only a little longer? Is it because Walmart resents having to pay their associates that kind of money, so they expect their pound of flesh, also? I'm sure that can't be it. That would make Walmart seem kind of petty wouldn't it? But I guess you take the good with the bad, don't you? If you want to have any kind of life at all, you stay away from working at a distribution center, and if you want to have decent hours-but no money-you work at a retail outlet. It doesn't seem like a good choice either way, does it? Maybe, just maybe you don't work there at all. If that's the one you chose, you can thank me later.