There will be no health care benefits in Hell
catwhite has sent along a link to the Wal-Mart healthcare memo from WalMartWatch.com.
[sigh]
Once upon a time there was this thing called the “cost of doing business.” It was understood that in order to make money you had to spend money and there were going to be costs. The trick was to align those costs so that they fostered maximum productivity. Somewhere along the line, though, we evolved a notion that all costs are evil and not to be tolerated. Period. People are a necessary evil, to be tolerated only so long as there’s no other option. And you should never pay them a feckin’ penny more than it takes to keep them from bolting to the competition.
If they aren’t openly grumping about their pay and benefits, you apparently have left some money on the table.
The irony is that we all know a thing or two about Wal*Mart, and I imagine most of the power brokers attend fine churches in and around Bentonville. I’m wondering what kind of twisted edition of the Bible they preach from, though, because I was raised on the King James and it doesn’t same a goddamned thing about “Blessed are they who wring their employees dry…”
There’s a warm spot by the fire waiting in Hell for these people, and the sooner they get to it the better.
lullaby pit 
They made a Faustian bargain.
Aloha,
Jeff
They made a Faustian bargain.
Aloha,
Jeff
I guess that’s one way of seeing it. I wonder what kinds of stories Hawthorne would write if he were alive today….
I guess that’s one way of seeing it. I wonder what kinds of stories Hawthorne would write if he were alive today….
Probably a farce.
Aloha,
Jeff
Probably a farce.
Aloha,
Jeff
Alas, Mr. Walton, We Knew Ye Well…
Drive employees to the competition? What competition? Wal-Mart has effectively chewed up its most serious competitor, K-Mart.
What always amazes me is how drastically Wal-Mart’s corporate culture changed once Sam Walton died. They don’t even sell his book any more. He used to boast about Wal-Mart’s dedication to “Made in the USA”–and look where that’s gone. He used to boast about taking care of his people–and look where that’s gone.
I think he’d be ashamed to have his name on the front door these days.
Alas, Mr. Walton, We Knew Ye Well…
Drive employees to the competition? What competition? Wal-Mart has effectively chewed up its most serious competitor, K-Mart.
What always amazes me is how drastically Wal-Mart’s corporate culture changed once Sam Walton died. They don’t even sell his book any more. He used to boast about Wal-Mart’s dedication to “Made in the USA”–and look where that’s gone. He used to boast about taking care of his people–and look where that’s gone.
I think he’d be ashamed to have his name on the front door these days.