In reading a message board this morning, someone commented:
I love that fact that Walmart, in way too many commercials, rammed down our commercial throats a large family saving money shopping at Walmart while their employees can't support their families on what Walmart pays.
Okay, here's the deal.
Why should Walmart have to pay enough to make sure that someone can support their families? Why does someone who has to work at Walmart have more family than they can afford to have?
It's just like people who work at fast food restaurants.
You're not supposed to be trying to support a family on minimum wage!!!
Minimum wage, and Walmart wages, are for students and people who want to get out of the house to earn money.
Once the workers have graduated from school - they then go out and get well paying jobs! That's how it work.
It is not Walmart's fault if some of their workers have 10 kids and no education so a job at Walmart is the best they can do.
Don't get me wrong, by the way. Just based on the hassle that fast food workers have to go through (I worked at both McDonalds and a Wendy's when I was young) they should be paid $20 an hour! And that kind of work isn't really easy - at least not working as a cook - especially with the lousy training provided - but the fact remains that you don't need any special skills to do the work, which is why you don't earn $15 an hour for doing it.
I'm actually not sure what Walmart pays its people - but the same thing applies. If you don't like what they pay, get a better education and get a better job. And don't saddle yourself with three or four or five kids while you're trying to get a better job. Your lack of planning is not Walmart's fault.
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