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Furthermore, Wal-Mart added 99,000 jobs to the marketplace in a year when everyone is trying to say the economy is bad, and yet now we are supposed to boycott them. What is the purpose of that, to put all those new workers out on the street? Who exactly is getting shafted in that case?
Whoa, there. Can you back any of this up? What kind of pay are these new jobs giving people? Mnimum wage? Are there benefits? Is it better than they had before? More jobs does not mean better quality jobs. I feel that part of the reason the economy is bad is that people are coming out of a four year college debt and finding that the available jobs are working for WalMart. Boycott does not necessarily mean that WalMart fires people. Maybe it means that they start paying attention to a dissenting opinion and change their hiring practices.

Wal-Mart has a turnover rate of 50%, that means 50% of the employees are leaving their entry level job to find better work, and opening up that 50% of the jobs for new workers entering the workforce.
Again, I would like something to back this up. Not all of those people are leaving for something better. Some of them may be leaving because the pay is so bad that they can't support their family on it. Some of them may be leaving because there's no health insurance. Some of them may be leaving because they were treated badly. Some of them may be leaving because they were injured, on or off the job. Some of them were fired because they were unwilling to work mandantory overtime or be locked in after hours. You can't just say that all the people that are leaving are doing so for better jobs. Maybe they're leaving to take care of a new baby or an elderly parent.

How is this kind of workforce turnover a bad thing? If anything, CostCo, by holding on to employees longer, is preventing new positions from opening up for those entering the workforce. On top of all this, the articles indicate that Wal-Mart is pretty much average in the retail industry, meaning that any retailer will look evil if you compare them to the shining star of CostCo.
Oooo...I have to seriously disagree with you here. It sounds like what you are saying is that Costco is making the marketplace worse by offering better pay, better hours, and more benefits to people who might be otherwise unable to get them and that what they should do is fire their people so they can get cheaper workers. This does not improve the economy for anyone other than big business. Again, more positions does not equal better positions. And I add, average does not mean good.

Would you be a cashier for WalMart? Would you be a stocker for them? If you were fired from your job tomorrow, or the company went under (I'm thinking .bomb here) where would you go to support your family if the only one hiring in the area was WalMart?