Like I said in another post. If a convenance store chain is putting the pressure on for higher wadges
to get more qualified employees to work there and they are. What are these places like Wal Mart going
to have to end up doing ? You can't expect perfection out of a guy who is only makeing $7.50 to
nine dollars an hour. Even if he is qualified he doesn't care, getting greasy and dirty and crawling under cars all day long is not a motivating experience.
The turn around in these places should tell upper management a thing or two. These guys would be better off working at the local FORD dealership even if it is on commission. I was shocked to see that when my nephew got a job for $22.00 dollars an hour that it was a marginal wage to raise a family
on. Wow, in my day that kind of money was unheard of except where it was what a bussiness
charged for its services. The average retainer for an attourney is now as high as $2,500.00.
And it's only getting worse, Wal Mart with record earnings needs to wake up and smell the coffee.
When you have people with a PHD or a BS working as a common floor hand on a drilling rig there is a problem. The oil field is not known for its retention practices,it can shut down overnight.
But it's all these people have.
With record earnings it seems they are doing something correct. Their sole mission is to sell things that earn them money. When that coincides with what you want to purchase that day good for both parties.
As far as inventory at the store level goes, I'm betting they want to have the fastest moving product mix for the inventory dollar. They are too stinking big to micro manage the mix for each store, ... and they no longer have the trust in the store managers or dept. managers. They come up with big ideas and good ideas if profit statements are to be believed. I believe that good employees at the local level might have better ideas at times as well.
Face it if Wal*Mart were so screwed up K-Mart would be golden right now, and they are not. They will outlive their usefulness as have many other market dominate players. Sears, Montgomery Wards, Coast to Coast, Walden Books, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Mercury, Zayres, Airway, the list is endless. All were dominate players who stagnated and fell to the side. Wal*Marts time will come, if it is really so messed up.
Most of the time Wal*Mart is not for me I have other places I prefer to go. But, I do go there as apparently do many people.
What Wal*Mart needs first and foremost is a dress code and a bouncer, not a greeter.
