Walmart: Destroying America

erated by Wal-Mart (Hill para 3). As one enters the cheerful facade that Wal-Mart displays, it is easily noted that they employ a great number of people. These employees are the true engine of the Wal-Mart machine. Helping customers and driving sales, they are essential to the company making a profit. But when a Wal-Mart employee's tasks are compared to the pay they receive, a glaring contrast is apparent, Wal-Mart employee's are greatly underpaid. Making well under what is considered the poverty line for a family of three,Wal-Mart sales clerks make about $14,000 a year. Considering that the company employs roughly 1.3 million, every dollar that is squeezed out of employee's salaries hugely affects Wal-Marts profitability (Hill para 3). In addition to offering low wages, Wal-Mart rarely offers full time positions to their employees. By having an army of part time workers, the company is not forced to offer the majority of their work force benefits. For the employees tha
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