I worked at Wal-Mart one summer, during a college break. It was awful. The wages, the hours, the treatment of employees – jerking them around on hours.
As a consumer, I would love to say I never shop there, but there are some things that I just can’t pass on – or find at other places. Target isn’t great with it’s employees, either. No big box place is truly out for their employees, I just think that Wal-Mart has been more cutthroat than the others and have truly lost the ability to do good for their employees. They don’t have to do more than the minimum requirements, employess – for them, are a dime a dozen.
I don’t like their stores, in general. It’s been said above. They aren’t clean, they are crowded, way too big and I get so annoyed in the food section – they are almost always out of what I am looking for….highly annoying!
They drive small businesses out of areas, ones that have been there for years. It’s sad to see them go. The stores have zero charm (neither does Target) and to me, they take away from the area.
None of the stores are perfect, Wal-Mart – in my opinion, just leads the pack in reasons for me not to like them.