This morning I received a letter in my inbox from another unhappy Wal Mart associate. For her privacy, I am not disclosing a name. That's how Wal Mart is run backstage: if her management were to find out she felt this way, she would automatically be targeted in her store. I know, I am speaking from experience. This is what she had to say:
Well, in general, I am not happy with the course Wal-Mart is taking on many issues, but my main complaint is the Pay-caps on long term associates.
I have worked for WM for over 20 yrs now, and am on yr 2 of being pay-capped, at $15.86 an hour. I think it is a crying shame that the company is doing this to it's most experienced and loyal people who have been there through thick and thin so to speak.
I spent over 15 yrs in Management, as an Asst. Mngr, so I know probably more than your average associate. I got out of Mngmt. because I could not take the long hours and just flat got sick and tired of the night shifts, the stress, and the job itself. Now I am just the Ladies Apparel Dept Mngr. in the store I started out at 20 yrs ago. There are many 20+ associates in my store and we are all against the pay-cap, but always we are quieted by the come-back statement that the new bonus incentives are the "cure-all" for no raise. But my store has received the max bonus every time since it's creation and still the amount would not equal what just a simply 6% raise would do for me.
So the unhappy associates are out there. Like I said, no one really knows what it's like being a slave for Lee Scott unless you've actually been there!
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