1. Low wages
Many people who worked at Walmart expressed their disapproval regarding how much they are paid for doing their job. For example, a few years ago, the average annual wage for an employee was no more than $13,860, while the federal bankruptcy line for a family with three members was $14,630.
This type of information made a lot of people claim that working at Walmart actually means poverty. In addition to that, several studies regarding this company stated that their business model, “low-wage, low-benefit”, actually affected the overall country’s economic status.
2. Poor working conditions
Over the years, a lot of people who worked at Walmart complained about the fact that they spent a lot of hours working overtime without being paid for it.
Moreover, they said that they were forced to work off the clock and they didn’t receive proper rest periods or meal breaks. In 2008, the employees who were sick of the way they were treated decided to tell their story in court. In order to settle the lawsuits, the company agreed to pay them a massive amount of money, $352 million to be exact.
Another piece of criticism that the giant brand received was the fact that they have a policy in which they have to lock the doors during night shifts. The company said that they designed this rule in order to protect them in threatening neighborhoods.
However, people weren’t happy with the fact that they couldn’t get out in case of family emergencies or natural disasters, such as hurricanes.
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They screwed me out of $16.20 once so I don’t shop there anymore. I still have the receipt that says they owe me but they claim that I was given another receipt as well. I never received the one they are claiming and they said they have me on video receiving this paper but I don’t know what they are talking about. I complained to every manager plus their online customer service to no avail.