{"id":333,"date":"2015-02-18T08:24:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T16:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=333"},"modified":"2015-02-18T08:32:50","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T16:32:50","slug":"the-ugly-walmart-truth-some-managers-treat-workers-like-dirt-alternet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=333","title":{"rendered":"The Ugly Walmart Truth: Some Managers Treat Workers Like Dirt."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wal-Mart<\/p>\n

Low wages, no benefits, irregular schedules, and unreliable hours are just some of the horrible working conditions most Walmart workers have to endure. Yet when \u00a0some of the workers were asked what they consider the worst part about working for the corporation, they didn\u2019t mention any of these wretched labor practices. Instead, they all gave the same answer: disrespectful managers.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is consistent with what I’ve learned over the years. \u00a0It’s usually not the name on the side of the building you work in, it’s the people you work for (and with) that determine if your job environment is a good one. \u00a0Some companies may have better pay, policies, benefits, etc. but if you’re working for a boss who treats people wrong it will not be a good company to work for. \u00a0On the other hand, a good boss in a bad company can filter out the bad for his employees and at least make them feel appreciated in his building.<\/p>\n

It seems like the larger the company is, the greater the disconnect between corporate and their stores, so I guess it’s not surprising to hear this about Walmart.<\/p>\n

The full story is here.\u00a0A manager comes forward to reveal the corporation\u2019s abusive culture and the way it retaliates against workers organizing for change.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Low wages, no benefits, irregular schedules, and unreliable hours are just some of the horrible working conditions most Walmart workers have to endure. Yet when \u00a0some of the workers were asked what they consider the worst part about working for the corporation, they didn\u2019t mention any of these wretched labor practices. Instead, they all gave Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-managers-and-bosses","category-retail-companies","category-retail-employees"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373,"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions\/373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}