Wal-Mart and women #1

In the article,”Wal-Mart, facing billions of dollars in damages, wants bias case tossed,” David Kravets states that Wal-Mart denies promotion to women and paid them less than men. Wal-Mart wants the government to decide this problem. Employees and counterparts deny Wal-Mart in order that Wal-Mart paid compensation back to current and former employees. One of employees says a statistical compensation formula that factors in pay, gender, job description and store location. Mostly lawsuits will be against discrimination. The conventional rules of class actions might not apply in this case because there are 3,400 stores that are managed as independent businesses with different managers and stores.

In my opinion there are many ways that Wal-Mart should manage women.

The first and most important way is Wal-Mart should have equality between men and women. Women should get the same wage as men because they can work like men do also. For instance, if women do work seriously, they should get a good income. I think it is unfair if they are industrious workers and work as many hours as men, but they did not get wage equality with other men. Sometimes men may be lazy or not do work seriously, so how do they manage that?

Moreover, Wal-Mart should get people in positions by job description. This method may be good for Wal-Mart because if Wal-Mart does that way, they may get more quality work from women. For instance, if women who can do the same things as men such as lifting something heavy, they should be able to have those jobs, so Wal-Mart should consider that. It helps Wal-Mart to have good employees and then Wal-Mart can pay the same salary to women as to men.

Furthermore, Wal-Mart should survey about women’s jobs or what kind of jobs that women can do well. If Wal-Mart knows about that job, they can focus on the position and find the best employee to work in their company. For example, some women are good at organization, so they may organize material or check stock. Some women know well about medicine and want to work about that, so they should work in the medicine store.

In conclusion, there are many ways that Wal-Mart should manage women. First, Wal-Mart should have equality between men and women. Second, Wal-Mart should get people in position by job description. Last, Wal-Mart should survey about women’s job. In the end, the result that women can be good as employees as men. Some women have good ability to do any work, so how does Wal-Mart know that men should get more wage than women. How can they measure that?


Reference
Kravets, D. (2005, August 5). Wal-Mart, facing billions of dollars in damages, wants bias case tossed. Retrieved on Jan. 23, 2006 from Lexis-Nexis.

Wal-Mart

In the article, “Some Cities Resisting Wal-Mart Expansion,” Emily Kaiser states that some cities denied Wal-Mart. Some people around the small town like Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is the biggest company in the world. It dominates in the small town. Most of the small stores do not like Wal-Mart because it made them be closed. Recently, Dallas and New Orleans refused Wal-Mart because of community. Wal-Mart will not appear in the big city such as New York or Chicago. In addition, Wal-Mart has a three-level store in Los Angeles, so people can bring carts between floors, but they feel annoyance rather than convenience. People do not like to go up; they are more likely to go down than up. They may go to a place that has food.

I feel that Wal-Mart is necessary in the small town. There are many reasons that I go to Wal-Mart.

The first and most important reason is Wal-Mart has a lot of things. I can buy everything that I want at Wal-Mart. In addition, I can choose which is the best thing for me because there are many kinds of things to buy such as clothing, food, pharmacy and stationery. For instance, if I want to buy some foods, I should go to Wal-Mart to buy food. There are many kinds of foods whether it is pork, beef, chicken, bacon or milk.

Not only does Wal-Mart have a lot of things, but it is also open 24 hours and every day. This is comfortable for people who are busy, because they can go there at any time; for example, people can go there when they finish their work or have a free time. Furthermore, I can go there any time and get whatever I need. For instance, if I get sick at night and then I do not have any medicine in my home, I can go to Wal-Mart to buy some medicines in order to relieve my pain. It is good for me if I have any problems suddenly.

Moreover, Wal-Mart has everything to buy and it is cheap. Wal-Mart is bigger than other supermarkets. For instance, when I go to Wal-Mart, I can buy clothing, furniture, kitchenware and other things in the same day. I do not have to spend time to go another place anymore. Even though some of it is not good, it is a low quality to use. I just use it for a while and then I throw it away, because it is not of high enough quality to use it again. In addition, I have no choice in that Wal-Mart is the only supermarket where I can buy everything.

In conclusion, there are many reasons that I go to Wal-Mart. First, Wal-Mart has everything to buy. Second, Wal-Mart is open 24 hours. Last, Wal-Mart has everything to buy and it is cheap. In the end, I still go to buy some stuff at Wal-Mart even though I know that something is not good or low quality.

Reference
Kaiser,E. (2003,July 12). Some cities resisting Wal-Mart expansion. Reuters, Common Dreams News Center. Retrieved on Jan. 17, 2006 from http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0712-06.htm

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