Thread regarding Sam's Club layoffs

Need a union much???

You might want to check out the words of Wal-Mart's recently retired Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer on the value of long-term associates according the The New York Times:

"In the memorandum, M. Susan Chambers, Wal-Mart's executive vice president for benefits, also recommends reducing 401(k) contributions and wooing younger, and presumably healthier, workers by offering education benefits. The memo voices concern that workers with seven years' seniority earn more than workers with one year's seniority, but are no more productive.

To discourage unhealthy job applicants, Ms. Chambers suggests that Wal-Mart arrange for "all jobs to include some physical activity (e.g., all cashiers do some cart-gathering)."

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So glad she’s finally gone! I have heard her name for the about the last 15 years. She first decided and voiced that the long term workers ( who helped build this company) were unproductive and not necessary. I believe she almost single handedly destroyed the culture.
In the 90’s and early 2000’s Sam’s was the place to work. It was spoken of with awe. How did you get on there , do they have any openings? The reason there were so many long term partners was the fun family atmosphere. You didn’t leave. Every day you did everything you could to make it a great place and maintain standards. Your children even wanted to work there.
Long story short , around 2007 things changed and have only accelerated from there. It is just a job, nothing special to the new people. We don’t even bother to learn names. A different face will be there in a few days or weeks. It’s a sad state of affairs when you know how it was.

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Post ID: @lopr+1eYS8n3N

Time to do this! C'mon people!

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Post ID: @8ohw+1eYS8n3N

Do employees with 7 years make more than new hires? I thought that with the recent bump in pay everyone made about the same

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Post ID: @5gva+1eYS8n3N

She didn't retire. It was quit or be fired. Her only job was to retain workers. She kept the bad and helped get rid of the good.

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Post ID: @1psk+1eYS8n3N

Good. Too much dead weight already.

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Post ID: @bhf+1eYS8n3N

What a load of cr*p!

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