Walmart - Bah Humbug 21st Century Style

Walmart has spent tons of executive time in the last two years trying to "spin" its abusive treatment of employees, but the public hasn't been buying it. Their same store sales are stagnant or down. Customers just don't want to shop at a store that has a reputation for treating its employees badly. Now Walmart is rolling out its latest plan for employee abuse - the flexible work plan where you are basically at Walmart's beck and call for a few measly hours of work at their measly pay scales. All in the name of serving the customer better by having more employees available when customers need them. I don't know about you, but as a customer I don't expect employees to travel back and forth to work a few hours, go home when customer traffic is light, and then turn around and come back to work again. There comes a point when enough is enough - even employees should be treated with a modicum of dignity. I understand that Payless Shoes and Radio Shack are also be going to be trying this employee flex schedule out - those are three stores that I won't be shopping at any time soon. I hope you won't either.