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Comrade_McKenzie

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39. Anyone that has not been privvy to the breakroom discussions of a Walmart...
Thu Nov 22, 2012, 06:20 AM
Nov 2012

Knows not a damn thing about the distress people are under.

I had to quit for anxiety. One of my coworkers was losing hair for being under so much stress and others were on antidepressants.

Sure they are. bluedigger Nov 2012 #1
If I was an hourly guy... Lightbulb_on Nov 2012 #4
The striking workers do have a work ethic Bjorn Against Nov 2012 #7
You do understand the strike isn't about working on Thanksgiving, right? bluedigger Nov 2012 #10
Who says they are getting OT pay? obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #14
The lack is because that is what they agreed to do... Lightbulb_on Nov 2012 #59
Again -- where does it say they are getting OT pay? obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #64
OT may vary... The story I heard a few days ago... Lightbulb_on Nov 2012 #70
Wal Mart doesn't pay OT obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #71
Ok... Lightbulb_on Nov 2012 #73
It's an artifically created demand. TalkingDog Nov 2012 #77
LMFAO... this started last year. Are you saying that SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #91
You're telling me things change over time!? Lightbulb_on Nov 2012 #95
Wow.. No, what I'm telling you is this was sold to you as necessary SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #98
And you have hit the nail squarely on the head. Profit should not be their "sole purpose" TalkingDog Nov 2012 #104
This -- terrific post obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #113
For which they should be paid holiday pay obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #111
Do you happen to be a republican? Kingofalldems Nov 2012 #156
Repeat: WalMart does NOT pay Overtime. TalkingDog Nov 2012 #74
Wal-Mart does pay overtime...sometimes Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #82
Great post. (nt) Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #88
How often do the people who aren't management get overtime pay? TalkingDog Nov 2012 #101
Not often Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #110
It should be noted that this jeff47 Nov 2012 #126
Oh wow Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #132
Managers and AMs at Wal Mart do not get paid OT obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #112
My husband is hourly Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #121
Opening on Christmas? There's the real 'war on christmas'. Jesus, how low can HiPointDem Nov 2012 #136
you got just right bigtree Nov 2012 #147
yeah, IF they were getting paid time and a half or double time and a half newspeak Nov 2012 #81
Straight time at WM obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #114
If you work extra, your hours are cut so that pay stays the same. TalkingDog Nov 2012 #117
The bulb is flickering. ohheckyeah Nov 2012 #16
"more hours at 1 1/2 or double pay" zbdent Nov 2012 #17
They will only get time & a half if they work more than 40 hours in the week krawhitham Nov 2012 #20
Exactly. And I don't know any Wallyword workers working 40-hour work weeks. BlueCaliDem Nov 2012 #22
Also... Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #83
Every Democrat, Progressive, and Liberal, should boycott BlueCaliDem Nov 2012 #150
People were written up at my Walmart for going 0.01 over 40 hours... Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #36
Right Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #84
Yeah, people wanting to be paid enough to live on are lazy... backscatter712 Nov 2012 #27
+1 I hope I serve on the jury for this comment so I can vote to LEAVE IT. nt Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #37
The final vote was 3-3 LEAVE IT ALONE! Happy Thanksgiving, DU! Romulox Nov 2012 #57
I love you guys! backscatter712 Nov 2012 #65
+1! Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #90
Have a lovely Thanksgiving... Lightbulb_on Nov 2012 #46
The poster is right obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #47
So you thihk people who work for, 16,500 a year are lazy nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #108
That poster is classier than you with your "work ethic" comment MattBaggins Nov 2012 #145
Just because some folks... Lightbulb_on Nov 2012 #148
+1 HiPointDem Nov 2012 #137
..and once again I find myself wishing Rob H. Nov 2012 #151
Work Ethic? FU MattBaggins Nov 2012 #29
Yeah, who says they're getting OT....they probably don't geta full 40 to joeybee12 Nov 2012 #30
actually, i believe one wal mart was written up newspeak Nov 2012 #80
Hey genius , are you aware that the walmart kids DiverDave Nov 2012 #40
S. Robson Walton owns a one-off Gold Ferrari 599. Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #116
Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #41
Union members actually have a higher work ethic lunatica Nov 2012 #56
"WORK ETHIC"?! WinkyDink Nov 2012 #103
The moment Thanksgiving becomes a work day for our society's wage slaves, just for consumerism... CreekDog Nov 2012 #144
Oh I get it. The strikers have no Kingofalldems Nov 2012 #154
You seem familiar. Kingofalldems Nov 2012 #155
And? ..... The ones who are striking apparently aren't. marmar Nov 2012 #2
I was wondering about that. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #3
And many would like to receive fair pay for their work rather than the crumbs Wal-Mart hands them Bjorn Against Nov 2012 #5
Yeah well when you're fucking starving for your kids, MichiganVote Nov 2012 #6
You think they're stupid enough to tell you the truth while on the job? bettyellen Nov 2012 #8
+1000 n/t dflprincess Nov 2012 #12
+ 2000. BlueCaliDem Nov 2012 #23
plenty of them didn't get the memo. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #139
Labor has, traditionally, been the backbone of the Democratic Party platform BlueCaliDem Nov 2012 #149
They are being told to say this Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #85
I have been wondering that myself. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #94
Sure. ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2012 #9
I witnessed and elderly couple quiz a young woman at Wally World one day maybe 15 years ago. brewens Nov 2012 #11
lol obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #13
Eight whole people, huh? MadHound Nov 2012 #15
Good point. And how akward was it for the workers? ForgoTheConsequence Nov 2012 #18
And I thought the Rasmussen polling sample was small...nt joeybee12 Nov 2012 #31
Anyone that has not been privvy to the breakroom discussions of a Walmart... Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #39
Made up shit, for sure. Democracyinkind Nov 2012 #54
lol. Starry Messenger Nov 2012 #19
They thought you were a Walmart planted goon RegieRocker Nov 2012 #21
You *do* know that Wallyworld contracts "mystery shoppers" BlueCaliDem Nov 2012 #24
Lots of stores do that. Mariana Nov 2012 #33
It's sad, isn't it? The corporate "divide & conquer" strategy BlueCaliDem Nov 2012 #96
Exactly -- and what the poster below you says is also true obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #48
Yep. And so does Target. nt Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #86
I know. Target is a horrible employer, too. BlueCaliDem Nov 2012 #97
Happiness is mandatory. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #25
The favorite expression of some workaday grinders I once knew... pinboy3niner Nov 2012 #28
This may just be an anecdote bluestateguy Nov 2012 #26
What makes you think it's haphazard? DireStrike Nov 2012 #32
. littlemissmartypants Nov 2012 #34
Easy to say as you plant another fart in your seat cushion. nt RandiFan1290 Nov 2012 #45
A crappy, irrelevant, and misleading anecdote, to be sure. But you may be right quakerboy Nov 2012 #138
maybe. but it will get press. which labor issues aren't getting much of these days. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #140
And here's some anecdotal evidence from my friend's (Walmart employee) Facebook page: Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #35
That post is either sad or infuriating I can't decide which. white_wolf Nov 2012 #127
And I bet they would like Sherman A1 Nov 2012 #38
I just wanted to shout this at the top of my lungs DiverDave Nov 2012 #42
Please make an OP of this obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #49
you said nothing to be sorry for Dude. marasinghe Nov 2012 #134
A young neighbor recently got a job stocking at night at Walmart Fumesucker Nov 2012 #43
I bet the sweatshop slaves said the same thing. nt RandiFan1290 Nov 2012 #44
plenty of historical evidence that slaves loved being slaves. the masters said so. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #141
So where did you go msongs??? Caretha Nov 2012 #50
A lot of hourly workers are happy to get more hours. SheilaT Nov 2012 #51
Yeah... sure... 99Forever Nov 2012 #52
I'll listen to smug fuckers like you as soon as you get down on living on minimum wage Democracyinkind Nov 2012 #53
Thanks for another anecdote from the plutocrats Progressive dog Nov 2012 #55
They probably thought you were a management plant lunatica Nov 2012 #58
This. n/t Earth_First Nov 2012 #61
This whole OP smacks of smug, premeditated effort on your part... Earth_First Nov 2012 #60
What the frick? I heard some right wing radio host say this too! alp227 Nov 2012 #62
For most of those kids they want the extra money. ileus Nov 2012 #63
More often, the people working retail these days aren't kids. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #66
How many Walmart slaves are kids nowadays? Democracyinkind Nov 2012 #69
They are mainly laid off adukts and Seniors obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #72
Go to your local wallmart and look around nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #79
kids? have you ever been in a walmart? it ain't just kids working there. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #142
Congratulations for one of the most anti-worker, anti-union shitty threads ever on DU alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #67
+1 obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #75
You know, I have seen a lot of that lately. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2012 #100
At least this year, I have one thing to be thankful for... backscatter712 Nov 2012 #118
Bizarre, isn't it? n/t ProSense Nov 2012 #120
+1 Starry Messenger Nov 2012 #135
Ah yes, the old "thank you sir, may I have another" mentality Canuckistanian Nov 2012 #68
Maybe not all of them... octothorpe Nov 2012 #105
The point is, you don't work for Walmart wages Canuckistanian Nov 2012 #125
sure they did. dionysus Nov 2012 #76
You sure you do not work for their PR Department? nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #78
When I worked at K-Mart near 40 years ago, the floor clerks and check out Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #87
LMFAO RedCappedBandit Nov 2012 #89
And what did you expect them to say? Tree-Hugger Nov 2012 #92
Only because they get screwed over so badly NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #93
They don't like to pay overtime. I have a relative that came over at 6:00 am. She had gotten off southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #99
They don't get double time on holidays? octothorpe Nov 2012 #106
Read this post: TalkingDog Nov 2012 #107
Yes your right. I asked a friend who is working earlier and they are getting holiday pay and over southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #109
Yes, but they cut hours for that week so that the pay stays the same. TalkingDog Nov 2012 #115
I am almost positive that is only for FT employees obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #123
They don't get OT. They get paid for a holiday & pay for the day. Then they get HiPointDem Nov 2012 #143
No -- and no law says they have to obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #122
My understanding is Walmart works hard to avoid giving a worker more than 32 hours a week. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #152
I asked my husband who has been with them since 95. He said they consider 28 hrs full southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #153
My friend is. She e-mailed this: WinkyDink Nov 2012 #102
I have an idea. ProSense Nov 2012 #119
You'd be happy to work extra hours too wickerwoman Nov 2012 #124
It is because the will get an extra 10% discount on their entire purchase liberal N proud Nov 2012 #128
I used to volunteer to work the Holidays for the overtime. n/t Lil Missy Nov 2012 #129
No... malokvale77 Nov 2012 #130
Just dropped this match in the grass and walked away eh? nt Union Scribe Nov 2012 #131
of course they're going to say that Bombero1956 Nov 2012 #133
you'd take anything you can get if you're already squeezed by low wages and benefits. bigtree Nov 2012 #146
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