I am just curious from the thread regarding Wal-Mart and the Easter bunny and quite a few have mentioned that they do not like Wal-Mart. I have never liked the store, every store that I go into, I get the feeling from the appearance and the way the employees look and act that they don’t care about it at all. The one here in my town, everytime I go in there (maybe 2 times in the past 2 months) there are dead/dying fish in the what few tanks they do have there. I end up finding someone there and letting them know but I walk away feeling that they will leave it for the next employee to find. The employees, the way they look (and I am really not trying to be mean at all), they don’t look like they care about themselves or the store they are working for. And I find it hard to send that company my money when that is the impression I get.
My brother though, he just loves the store! Thankfully though, Walmart has not infiltrated my home county and I don’t seeing it happen too soon either. My brother was in San Jose for a few months for a bone marrow transplant and he was always at Wal-Mart (as soon as he was ok’d per the Dr.). He likes the prices and all that. I try to talk to him about what I think of it, and well, when was the last time you had a talk with a brick wall that listened? He really wants one to come in northern CA but I keep saying it is great that they are not there yet.
So, what are your thoughts (pro or con) on Wal-Mart?
I love Wal-Mart. We live in a rural area and the local grocery is several dollars higher on food than either Food City or Wal-mart, so I drive 20 min to for better prices. I have heard they are low paying, but if employees feel that way, its America, find another job. My cousin has worked their for since high school and loves it.
I’ve slowed my shopping down there to just a few visits a year for stuff I particularly want to buy cheap (flowers, dirt, etc.)
I find some good deals here at our grocery store with buy one/get ones and I find that CVS and Walgreens has some deals on cosmetics, etc. if you use their card or coupon. I don’t have the complete loathing for Walmart that some do, I just kind of got tired of it all one day and quit going. From the looks of the parking lot, they aren’t missing me.:roflhard:
I can’t stand it…I used to shop there a lot, but, the one by our house is always so crowded, the shoppers are rude (not saying excuse me, or bumping into you though they SEE you there, or, I’ll be looking at something and they just get all up in front of me like I’m not even there), and, the employees don’t seem to care about their jobs. Whenever we’d go, we could almost never find an employee when we needed help, and, on those rare occasions we did, if we’d ask where something was, they’d just point their finger and say, “over there” by such and such.
I also don’t agree with a lot of their business practices so it has gotten to the point where we only go there if we can’t find what we need somewhere else.
Not a favorite of mine either. I used to shop there a lot more, even did my regular grocery shopping there, but have since stopped except for a few items here and there. I noticed the quality of their products was declining, and got tired of wasting money on crap. There’s a reason they can keep lowering their prices, because they keep lowering the quality too. You get what you pay for!
We shop there all the time…basically that is all we have unless we want to drive 40/50 mins…I don’t think it’s bad…I see rude employees in most stores now days…my brother works for them and was started off with minium wage…every few months they got a raise…now he is manager and likes it. :shrug:
Walmart and I have a love/hate relationship. While I love the low prices and one stop shopping - oil for the car, toys for niece/nephew birthday, shampoo, fish food, plants, grass seed, and groceries all in one place !! Yet I really can’t stand how nasty people can be so I stopped going to Walmart and went back to my grocery store and realize - wow, the girl in the deli is rude, the checker is clueless, and the people in the aisles are just as rude as the ones I encounter at Walmart. The SuperWalmart where I used to live was really nice and the people working there were nice too. I would go before church on Sunday and never had any issues. Really the only thing the regular grocery store has going for it is a better selection of wine and beer.
I’ve never bought clothing or shoes at Walmart so not sure about the quality there.
I worked at Walmart for awhile. I don’t know about other stores, but in ours their were no women managers, if you didn’t check ‘availabe to work anytime’ on the application it was discarded without a second glance, and we had a ‘meeting’ once a month about how unions were bad and how we should be espcially nice to children because ‘it’s important to get em while they’re young’. i haven’t walked through their door since the day i quit. It was a bit challenging at first, (the closest Target and stores of that kind are 30 minutes away) but it’s possible. I also agree about the quailty of thieir goods going down, my extended family stilll shops there. It seems that they are encouraging the ‘use it once and throw it away, it’s cheap, you have the money to get another’ mentaility that I absolutely hate.
We won’t shop there.
If you have not seen the WalMart movie, it is quite an eye-opener. Not that other big-box chains don’t do a lot of the same practices, but from what I understand, they are particular offenders of fair hiring and discrimination policies, environmental concerns, benefits for workers, etc. http://www.walmartmovie.com/ has the trailer.
Yes the Walmart workers tend to be clueless.
But I like the company. They try to sell American when they can, I remember when they changed from Mexican made cast iron to Lodge cast iron.
I don’t like how they try to strong arm some companies into their prices.
I don’t like how they try to get merchandisers to dress up like Walmart employees (which is when I stopped merchandising). I don’t like their morning employee chants (but the employees are free to not work there).
I don’t like their no-gun sales policy but I understand that was more of a financial decision than a political one like K-Mart. Plus I imagine with some of the idiots telling me how to fill out the forms incorrectly they also had quite a risk of legal issues with selling guns.
I can’t stand that they shut down the hunting equipment a month after they start selling it (but I like getting the clearance items) and treat archery like it is only about hunting instead of a year round sport.
I’m pretty sure a lot of that is the specific manager because she also doesn’t sell duck hunting stuff when we are a flyway and one a couple miles away does sell duck stuff.
I was very happy when we got a Super Walmart. Their vegetables are much better and so are their prices.
For me, it depends on the store. Typically, the Super Walmarts are nicer and cleaner. We have one of each where I live, and I would prefer to shop at the Super Walmart, but the regular one is closer to my house.
My mom has worked for Walmart for years. They do not always treat their employees very well, so it is a roller coaster for them. Good managers get moved around a lot. Retail is a tough business.
Personall, I like shopping at Target best. The aisles are wider, everything is much, much cleaner, and the employees look more professional. BUT, Target doesn’t have a craft section, so no yarn there. That’s the downside.
My family almost never ever shops at Walmart. In fact, I think there’s only one thing my dad regularly buys from there, and that’s a type of dishwasher soap they have. And, he buys like four boxes at a time, so he maybe goes three times a year. My family’s all about Target. It is a nicer store, and the quality is better.
At school though, there’s a Walmart in walking distance, however now that I have my car with me, I usually go to the Target, which is about a 5-10 minute drive. If I don’t have to go to Walmart, I won’t. It really is an awful business. The cheap prices may be good in the short run for some families, but they really hurt our economy. Especially with them making so many of their products oversees and forcing American factories and businesses to close. Plus, like everyone said, they have a really bad record for how they treat employees. Ugh, I think Walmart’s disgusting.
I have been working at Target since january and i LOVE it. Its the best job i have ever had (in my five short years of working :teehee: )
they are incredible about the way they treat us employees. They really embrace that ideology that every employee counts, we cant get the job done without everyone including the cart attendant.
managers recognize people on a daily basis, and every friday there is something fun for the employees like a cookies or a game. tomorrow is the easter egg hunt and i cant wait it has totally changed the way i look at the company because i never really used to shop there
Lets see my re-in with walmart is taking back some dividers for silver ware. My husband bought them and were the wrong size. UGH men anyways it was around Christmas time and personal things got in the way of me bringing them back.
The minute I brought them into returns I knew there was going to be trouble. The woman gave me a look of I was trying to bring back something already used:tap:I just looked at her and the fighting began. With out giving me a second look she call another woman to look at them. Yup they looked dirty to her also. I just looked at her and said "if you think I used them I am sorry but that is the way my dh bought them. Then she says we do not sell dirty items!:shock: Then she said it was past the three months wrong again ladies. I guess they can’t read it was only one month. I took them home, no way was I going to be insulted by people who do not know me.
I don’t shop at Wal-Mart. I have never really been keen about the store anyway, but shopped there because of the lower prices. After seeing the Wal-Mart Movie and reading The Wal-Mart Effect I can honestly say I will never shop there again, for a multitude of reasons.
On a side note, at the end of my street there was a regular Wal-Mart, but the new Super Wal-Mart was being built across the street. Now the new one has opened, creating a new red light and TONS of new traffic, while the old blue store sits there like an eye-sore. :tap:
I don’t shop there at all. Around here, the stores are dirty, disheveled and disorganized. The employees are just plain mean, and the clientele are even worse. The product quality is lower than other discount chain stores. Shopping at Wal-mart is a chore, while visiting my local Target or Kohl’s is fun.
I agree with all of the ‘cons’ written. We had a brand new Walmart open in a previous neighborhood. Six months later, it was such a mess one could not walk up and down an aisle without encountering rude employees who never think of moving their stocking cart. In other words, the store appeared to be old in a few months and dirty. I will take Target any day of the week, they are well-stocked, wide aisles and very clean with efficient checkout also. Walmart seems to come in, run out the friendly and helpful ‘mom and pop’ stores and all you are left with is junk and rudeness. Nope, no more Walmart in my future.
I only go to Wal-Mart for certain things, like soap, deoderant, and razor blades. I rarely buy clothes there and I will not buy meat, produce, dairy products, or electronics there because the quality is so poor. I would rather go somewhere else and pay a few dollars more for something of better quality that will last longer and have people assist me that have some knowledge of the product they are selling. Sometimes you get someone that actually knows the product they are selling, but those people don’t stay at Wal-Mart for very long.
Sure, the low prices are great, but are you really saving money when it falls apart in a few months and you have to go and replace it?
it has totally changed the way i look at the company because i never really used to shop there