Walmart as a Bureaucracy Bureaucracies have increased and are quickly infiltrating almost every area of life in the Western Hemisphere. From the city government to the military, bureaucracy provides an important form of social organization. In fact, referencing the federal bureaucracy, The Washington Post states, “Our carefully constructed system of checks and balances is being negated by the rise of a fourth branch, an administrative state of sprawling departments and agencies that govern with increasing autonomy and decreasing transparency” (Turley, 2013). A bureaucracy can be a large formal organization, but regardless of its size, it often emphasizes memos and reports, sometimes leading people to believe that the bureaucracy does not care
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Most of these policies deal with animals and the quality of their health and freshness of meat. For instance, one of its policies states, “Each fresh pork supplier must implement an internal annual welfare audit for all farm that includes a grading system and corrective action tracking. This must occur at all farms” (Corporatewalmart.com, 2016). Other policies such as the Non-Discrimination -Heathcare Services policy deal with the customers, making sure that the Walmart employees do not discriminate the customers based on dress, manner, gender, or ethnicity. Additionally, other policies deal with coupons, returns, privacy, and price matches, and how the employees are responsible for enforcing these policies with their …show more content…
If an employee quits or is fired, another one simply takes his place. This impersonality and replaceablility is a characteristic of bureaucracies that often gives them a negative connotation. As in almost every company, employees sometimes feel as if the wages are not enough to pay for all of their necessities for daily living (Malcolm & O’Donnell, 2012). In 2012 the minimum hourly wage for a full-time employee was $12.40, and employees organized a group, called Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart) in order to raise awareness of their concerns about the minimum wage and various benefits (Malcolm & O’Donnell, 2012). Referencing these minimum wages, Doug Altner from Forbes quotes Robert Reich, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at U.C. Berkeley stating, “Walmart ‘can easily afford to pay $15 an hour’” (Altner,
Most of these policies deal with animals and the quality of their health and freshness of meat. For instance, one of its policies states, “Each fresh pork supplier must implement an internal annual welfare audit for all farm that includes a grading system and corrective action tracking. This must occur at all farms” (Corporatewalmart.com, 2016). Other policies such as the Non-Discrimination -Heathcare Services policy deal with the customers, making sure that the Walmart employees do not discriminate the customers based on dress, manner, gender, or ethnicity. Additionally, other policies deal with coupons, returns, privacy, and price matches, and how the employees are responsible for enforcing these policies with their …show more content…
If an employee quits or is fired, another one simply takes his place. This impersonality and replaceablility is a characteristic of bureaucracies that often gives them a negative connotation. As in almost every company, employees sometimes feel as if the wages are not enough to pay for all of their necessities for daily living (Malcolm & O’Donnell, 2012). In 2012 the minimum hourly wage for a full-time employee was $12.40, and employees organized a group, called Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart) in order to raise awareness of their concerns about the minimum wage and various benefits (Malcolm & O’Donnell, 2012). Referencing these minimum wages, Doug Altner from Forbes quotes Robert Reich, Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at U.C. Berkeley stating, “Walmart ‘can easily afford to pay $15 an hour’” (Altner,