Originally Posted by
Itisamuh
I used to work there, and I've done a little research on this as well. I don't believe Walmart for a minute when they say employee satisfaction is increasing over the last few years. Starting around four years ago, it started to get absolutely atrocious. I know the crappy new task management system isn't the direct reason for the strike, but I'm willing to bet it's adding to the stress of workers and making many look for other jobs, and in this economy, there often isn't another option. And I can verify, Walmart does indeed intimidate employees from trying to stand up for their problems in any kind of organized way. At my store, only the overnight shift had full time employees, because so few people were willing to work those hours, it was the hardest work of any shift, and it got hit the hardest by the new system. All day shift workers, besides managers, were part time, to avoid benefits. Starting pay was slightly over minimum wage with a forty cent raise per year for most of the time I was there, but toward the end a lot of people seemed to be getting knocked down to twenty cents per year. It's not nearly enough to live on. I don't fully understand what they expect to get out of a strike, but I certainly understand why employees aren't too happy with it.