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<blockquote data-quote="OKNewshawk" data-source="post: 3178573" data-attributes="member: 6592"><p>(Full disclosure: I am a full time associate at a Walmart, in the sporting goods department. I've worked at Walmart for almost four years.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>Why? It's a left wing advocacy piece masquerading as a documentary directed by Robert Greenwood and distributed by Brave new Films, which Wikipedia describes as "a nonprofit film studio whose work is distributed for free in concert with nonprofit partners and movements in order to educate and mobilize for <em>progressive </em>causes." (Emphasis added)</p><p></p><p>Unless you aren't counting salaried management as "actual employees" then Greenwood's assertion is incorrect. My store has, in addition to the store manager, at least eight full time assistant managers (I may have forgotten two or three in the grocery department.) All of the department managers are full time hourly management and there are a number of full time associates in addition to myself. (Full time at Walmart is defined as working more than 35 hours a week.)</p><p></p><p>While I've seen some branded items replaced with similar house brand items, for the most part Walmart carries their house branded products next to the national or regional brand products to give customers the option of buying the budget item or paying more for quality. Walmart even offers their own brand of TVs now, but still carries TVs from a stunning number of national (or international) manufacturers.</p><p></p><p>In addition, if you look at the groups that supported this film, you'd discover that they include MoveOn.org and unions (through their "Wake Up Walmart" and "Walmart Watch" campaigns) among others. You also have to consider that this movie is now 13 years old and much of the assertions made in this film no longer apply.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OKNewshawk, post: 3178573, member: 6592"] (Full disclosure: I am a full time associate at a Walmart, in the sporting goods department. I've worked at Walmart for almost four years.) Why? It's a left wing advocacy piece masquerading as a documentary directed by Robert Greenwood and distributed by Brave new Films, which Wikipedia describes as "a nonprofit film studio whose work is distributed for free in concert with nonprofit partners and movements in order to educate and mobilize for [I]progressive [/I]causes." (Emphasis added) Unless you aren't counting salaried management as "actual employees" then Greenwood's assertion is incorrect. My store has, in addition to the store manager, at least eight full time assistant managers (I may have forgotten two or three in the grocery department.) All of the department managers are full time hourly management and there are a number of full time associates in addition to myself. (Full time at Walmart is defined as working more than 35 hours a week.) While I've seen some branded items replaced with similar house brand items, for the most part Walmart carries their house branded products next to the national or regional brand products to give customers the option of buying the budget item or paying more for quality. Walmart even offers their own brand of TVs now, but still carries TVs from a stunning number of national (or international) manufacturers. In addition, if you look at the groups that supported this film, you'd discover that they include MoveOn.org and unions (through their "Wake Up Walmart" and "Walmart Watch" campaigns) among others. You also have to consider that this movie is now 13 years old and much of the assertions made in this film no longer apply. [/QUOTE]
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