The way it's laying out, and the associates I pity the most

Those wondering about the details of how things will develop with this company, you can easily simplify things: They're going to continue maximizing their wealth at an increasingly faster rate. To do that in the face of all the equally increasing financial obstacles, they'll be slashing all budgets—and the single greatest one they have control over is pay roll. You know what that means. Less hours. Less jobs. Less benefits. More punitive acions for more so-called 'policy violations'. More turn over for jobs already sparsely filled. ... That's how I think we can all agree this ship is heading.

Now, as for their work force? The young students and aged retirees will be ok. Any one actually relying on Walmart for their livlihood needs to be aggressively looking for new work NOW. The ones I fear for and pity the most are the 40 – 60 year olds; too old to realistically start fresh......but too young to effectively retire. You guys are facing the hardest challenges.

I'm sorry this is such a buzz k–l post, but I have friends still hooked up to that company, and I'm watching them sweat missles over this. All is not lost—but you need to start putting some serious muscle to your hustle, cuz everything you're seeing going down with Walmart is real, and it's not going to get better.

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Some older Associates in our store have been coached for walking to slow,one was using a cane it made me sick.The store is full of new managers and Associates.We have had 3 store managers fired and 3 cos also in as many months.There is a flood of new Dep Managers coming and going fired or found better jobs.And you are always dealing with a new manager trying something new.They are holding older associates more accountable while cutting the new ones a lot of slack.Seems like they want a flood of workers coming and going .It's a very unreleased place now.The managers seem to be stalking there senior Associates looking for ways to terminate them.It's not the place to get a job now,I would almost beg people to steer clear of this place there Absubtlely mo future there anymore I just retired after 20 years and it's bad to the core.You deserve a good job don't let this rogue employer steal your and your family's life

Your spot on with this. I been at my store for over 20 years (I'm in my mid 40s now) and it used to make sense, walmart was the kind of job you could get by on ok but now they just keep winding the crank and making things harder on everybody. I expect if I stick around much longer there gonna start writing me up, I can already feel that trying to happen. I used to do some welding years ago, might brush up on that and see what's out there.

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The way it's laying out, and the associates I pity the most

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