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I went to Walmart on Sunday and only two checkout clerks, seven people called in and shelves unstocked, then found this article
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I went to a Northeast Texas Walmart on Sunday around 5:00 p.m. and only two checkout clerks there and shelves unstocked; one on the express and one on a regular checkout. Very few people in the store. I knew the lady that was ringing mine up and she said seven people called in. Then I ran across this article and the employees are saying: "it’s piling up in aisles and in the back of stores because Wal-Mart doesn’t have enough bodies to restock the shelves" I don't believe it's just a staffing problem. Maybe other countries aren't shipping their crappy products anymore. Something is going on. [ link to www.bloomberg.com] It sounds like just another example of inane corporate greed: From the article above: "..When you tell retailers they have to invest in people, the typical response is: ‘It’s just too expensive,’” Ton said.
Adding five full-time employees to Wal-Mart’s (WMT) U.S. supercenters and discount stores would add about a half- percentage point to selling, general and administrative expenses, according to an analysis by Poonam Goyal, a Bloomberg Industries senior analyst based in Skillman, New Jersey.
Assuming the workers earned the federal minimum wage and industry standards for health benefits, the added costs would amount to about $448 million a year, she said. In the year ended Jan. 31, Wal-Mart generated $17 billion in profit on revenue of $469.2 billion." The numbers tell the story. With so many people out of work, it looks like the bottom line continues to be profit over people.
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