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It's nice that many Wal-Mart employees are handicapped. Developmentally.
But, is this, plus the fact that many are retirees who have their basic needs met already, as in houses already paid for and kids grown, and medicaide to pay for pills, evidence that Wal-Mart wanted a workforce a bit more passive?
It wouldnt want a workforce of 18-30 year olds with kids to support, and houses to purchase. And I doubt Wal-Mart wants people with liberal arts degrees to be the bulk of their workforce. Those types know how to write letters and cause trouble.
I'm not anti-capitalism, but at times it does look inhuman. And anti-family. (Which might be why they always harp about family values.)
Logan
But, is this, plus the fact that many are retirees who have their basic needs met already, as in houses already paid for and kids grown, and medicaide to pay for pills, evidence that Wal-Mart wanted a workforce a bit more passive?
It wouldnt want a workforce of 18-30 year olds with kids to support, and houses to purchase. And I doubt Wal-Mart wants people with liberal arts degrees to be the bulk of their workforce. Those types know how to write letters and cause trouble.
I'm not anti-capitalism, but at times it does look inhuman. And anti-family. (Which might be why they always harp about family values.)
Logan
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Re: Handicapped persons; helped or exploited?
Sat, November 18, 2006 - 8:45 PMThose people have to work somewhere...why not Wal-Mart? I don't know (or care) where you live, dude, but most of the folks at the Wal-Marts around here employ exactly the demographic (18-30 year olds) you think they don't. But then, I live in a college town. Flexible, part-time hours are just the kind of situation that retirees and undergrads like, around here, that is. That doesn't even mention the single moms and others on the lower rungs of the economic ladder.
Why would a person with a liberal arts degree want to work there anyway? Unless, egad, it's a temporary job they might take while waiting to get hired at some other Fortune 500 company that you have issues with and knowledge about... -
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Re: Handicapped persons; helped or exploited?
Mon, November 20, 2006 - 10:22 AMI was standin gin line at Wal-Mart once, and saw a guy helping the cashier cange a register ribbon. He looked up and said, "Hi, Logan. See where my education got me?"
He had been in the history honor society with me, and I knew he had gotten a masters degree in history. His name tag said "assistant manager". But, it wasn't what he wanted in life.
Moral of story? Buyer beware, when it comes to getting a college degree.
And yes, I do dislike a lot of Fortune 500 corporations. Thomas Jefferson, back in the day when corporations were new fangled things, wrote of his fears of corporate power and its potential to grow. Thomas Jefferson had a lot of good ideas. That's why he's on the nickle!
Logan
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