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Wal mart?

Started by JDog, January 14, 2007, 11:49:40 AM

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Quote from: Commodore Axilon on January 17, 2007, 11:45:59 AM
So as long as there's no physical abuse they can treat their employees as crappy as possible? Quite a moral compass you have.

It's an at-will employer, to my knowledge. If they treat you like crap you can do several things, one being to report the issue, and two being to leave.

I don't like Wal Mart. It's killed local business, especially in this area where we have a gigantic 7% single business tax on all accrual over, I think it's 140,000 USD made per year. Which is not very much for a business. And accrual being money that the business has earned but not necessarily received, which is particularly bad for the service industry.
I don't know what the tax for large corporate chains is like, but I've got a hunch it needs to be bigger. Especially since a good 25% of Michigan's state revenue comes from that damn single business tax, so it's doubtful that it's going to be got rid of anytime soon unless there's some chunk of money to fill that place.

MasterKeyX

While it is true Wal Mart can destroy smaller businesses, there can be things done to stop a Wal Mart from coming. For example, in NY, Wal Mart can't come because it doesnt support Unions.


RIP my LeafGreen team: 2005-2010

Commodore Axilon

I'm pretty sure I've seen Wal-Marts in New York before.

MasterKeyX

No in the city area, you haven't. They're not here.


RIP my LeafGreen team: 2005-2010

JDog

Well I'll let you guys know when I go to New york to go see the baseball hall of fame this summer. :P

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Looking at context, I'd say MasterKey is already there, Wolf Link.  ;)