Originally Posted by
Onebyone
Some need to get the facts straight about Walmart and insurance. My niece works part time and could get cheaper insurance through the government then Walmart but couldn't get it because she had insurance through Walmart. Now she can. She's happy but some other part timers aren't happy. They didn't want the insurance at Walmart when hired and now they have to register for government insurance or get fined. Other big companies dropped insurance for part time workers long before Walmart.
I like shopping at Walmart. I save money to shop at quilt shops and other specialty stores so Walmart is helping me give the small stores my business.
You are so right ... my hubby is a manger of a national auto parts store and they completely eliminated all full time workers, except the managers. My hubby and his two assistants are the only ones allowed to have 40 hrs., everyone else is "part-time" and only allowed to work 20 - 25 hrs (notice these hours are way under the 30hrs. considered full time for health coverage.) This way the number of full time employees dropped like a rock and this corporation now has less employees to cover. Walmart is not the villain many want to think it is, because many large corporations started cutting full time employees long before Walmart.