so sorry wrote on Sep 20, 2010 12:51 PM:

" hey ernie sorry to hear about your experence at the douglas walmart you are right they do not care about the people who work there. They think because there are no kmarts,targets, or other big box companies here in this town they can do what they want and they do keep the bad ones and let the good honest workers go it would be interesting to know how many of these worker there now are legal to work in the us wouldnt it "




ernie wrote on Sep 17, 2010 9:55 PM:

" hey everyone wal-mart is not an easy place to work they are very demanding, everyone is replaceable i have seen very good workers get fired i worked for them for 9 years and they dont care for ascociates like they used to the pay is no longer good yes if you get paid good money they will make you earn it by working you harder and then replace you. "




low pricesat a high cost wrote on Sep 9, 2010 4:53 PM:

" Well the changes at Walmart are because Walmart no longer wants the customers who got them where they are today. Walmart wants a higher class of people. That is why in 2006 they did away with the layaway if you cant buy now then you dont need to be shopping here (or you could apply for the walmart credit card with a high interest rate ) the changes started then So then you would think that having to pay for merchandise in full that would bring in more money and help with the cost of high prices wrong Walmart says it wants to cut cost, well they didnt do that with the merchandise they did it by finding ways to fire long time full time employees and hiring new part time workers. You see Walmart knows they cut major costs by getting rid of full-time employees especially those getting paid higher then min wage and lets not get into benefits because part time or temporary you do not get them and to the 17 year old of course they wont hire you you would be a liability . You can not use or go near the trash baler ,forklift or any electric operating machine and you can not work past a certain hour even one minute over they as a store and company get in trouble that is only one of price we pay to have wally world in our town. "




Really wrote on Sep 8, 2010 12:13 AM:

" The whole grand re-opening with an honor guard and a dedication blessing from a priest is just silly. "




doesnt make sense wrote on Sep 8, 2010 12:12 AM:

" The new layout is not just in Douglas. Its all over the place. It just has no rhyme or reason to it. And the fabric is gone in all stores. "




not too young wrote on Sep 7, 2010 3:07 PM:

" in the state of Arizona when a person turns 16 they may start to work. I am almost 17 and I have applied at the local Walmart and I keep checking on my application and I have never even been called for one interview my mom is a single parent and I have a smaller sister and brother and i would like to help her out Well one of my friends sister who works there said that this Walmart will not hire anyone under 18 isnt that discrimination because of age? I wonder if this has happened to anyone else? When I go to walmart I look at the people who work there and I think it is true there are no High school kids working there. "




the rich get richer wrote on Sep 7, 2010 2:47 PM:

" walmart cant even pay its employees right( as the person called a real deal said) "most dont have good insurance or are on food stamps" so why would it give a large sum of money to any organization they get lots of money from this community look how many people are there day after day from Douglas Elfrida, Portal and Mexico there is really no where else to buy some of the products walmart carries and they know it. Ever since they made sure kmart went down and what do they do pay low wages, higher prices and only give a little to make it seem they support the community seems before they went super center the people who worked there where happy people. Some mornings on my way to work i would run to Walmart and they would be there saying their cheer and then walk away with big smiles go up to the customer and ask if they could help them and they could speak english I am hispanic and can understand spainsh but I would rather use and be spoken to in english my grandparents learned it and worked here. At the old walmart they seemed to give more to the community , They had events all the time in that store, for war vets, teachers so many things now it is all about the money as they say that is how the rich get richer and the poor stay poorer I think Mr Walton was a good man and I bet he is looking down from heaven and heartbroken with what became of his dream "




Generous wrote on Sep 6, 2010 5:34 PM:

" Walmart divided $6,900 between 12 organizations? Walmart is such a rich company, it could have given $6,900 to each one of the organizations without even missing it. That would have been something to celebrate. "




A real deal wrote on Sep 3, 2010 7:33 PM:

" Only in Douglas can a Walmart have a remodeling reopening and have an Honor Guard and at the same time have an invocation and blessing from the Catholic Church to celebrate this heroic and sacred event.
After all Sam Walton made WalMart a rich company by keeping employees as part time workers so they would not have to pay them benefits. They paid low wages and most employees qualify for food stamps and cannot afford to pay for medical health problems. So WalMart actually drains thousands of dollars from communities because social service organizations have to take care of their workers since the company won't do it. All because we like saving money by buying cheap products made in China. "




living at Walmart wrote on Sep 1, 2010 5:19 PM:

" I shop at walmart almost daily. And i have friends and family who work there i can not believe with all this talk of economic down fall that this company choose to remodel the difference in look it not that much and the isles are not wider there is merchandise all over in them you can not even walk and what about the employees the company spends money on remodeling and yet there is not enough cashiers. Maybe it is the human resourse ladies who are playing favorites again. I heard that one in particular chooses who she wants to hire not fare . Now you go in there and there is hardly anyone working and the prices are now higher. this is not fair to the community in general we never asked for this so called remodel also bring back the fabric area christmas and halloween is around the corner "

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