Many people know how much minimum wage is because it affects them individually and society as a whole. Walmart employees have fought for many years trying to get their bosses to pay them higher wages because they have families they need to take care of. However, being paid less than two dollars more is not what they have fought for. They have fought for jobs than can cover health care and insurance. Families all across the country are overworked and struggle to pay rent. Walmart is guilty of overworking their employees for small pay and abusing them repeatedly. Walmart provides jobs to millions of people in the U.S, however, they do not pay well, nor do they treat their employees with respect. First of all, Walmart might have increased their
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Records show their stocks do exceptionally well and raising wages will not do too much damage. According to USA Today, “The world's biggest retailer, seeing the benefits of closure of some of its weaker stores and changes to its merchandise mix, reported net income rose to $3.8 billion, up 8.6% from $3.5 billion in the comparable quarter” (Jones, 2016). Walmart is commonly known for being the biggest retailer and having the most amount of employees in the United States. Buying a share in the stock market is always risky, however, investors still choose to invest in Walmart. The shares for Walmart are cheap, meaning when people invest, it shows that people put their faith in a massive corporation like Walmart. Also, By Wal Mart's shares always increasing, the company has an advantage and should attract and keep their employees by helping them support their …show more content…
Cutting health care for their employees alone proves that Walmart is unfair towards their workers and has no sympathy for them. “Walmart, which made $16 billion in profit in 2013, said its healthcare costs were getting too high” (Pagliery, 2016). By Walmart having a massive profit, the corporation could have kept healthcare for those 30,000 workers and increased their pay as well. The major cut has affected many families and impacted them negatively. Walmart is proven to not care much for their employees and what happens to them as long as they show up to work. The insensitivity Walmart shows makes them unattractive and workers need to educate themselves before working for such a
Records show their stocks do exceptionally well and raising wages will not do too much damage. According to USA Today, “The world's biggest retailer, seeing the benefits of closure of some of its weaker stores and changes to its merchandise mix, reported net income rose to $3.8 billion, up 8.6% from $3.5 billion in the comparable quarter” (Jones, 2016). Walmart is commonly known for being the biggest retailer and having the most amount of employees in the United States. Buying a share in the stock market is always risky, however, investors still choose to invest in Walmart. The shares for Walmart are cheap, meaning when people invest, it shows that people put their faith in a massive corporation like Walmart. Also, By Wal Mart's shares always increasing, the company has an advantage and should attract and keep their employees by helping them support their …show more content…
Cutting health care for their employees alone proves that Walmart is unfair towards their workers and has no sympathy for them. “Walmart, which made $16 billion in profit in 2013, said its healthcare costs were getting too high” (Pagliery, 2016). By Walmart having a massive profit, the corporation could have kept healthcare for those 30,000 workers and increased their pay as well. The major cut has affected many families and impacted them negatively. Walmart is proven to not care much for their employees and what happens to them as long as they show up to work. The insensitivity Walmart shows makes them unattractive and workers need to educate themselves before working for such a