The Pros And Cons Of Walmart

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We are being lied to! Some things the government doesn't tell us, for reasons we have yet to find out. Walmart is a big corporation that is home to billions of workers. They have to follow a strict guidelines and keep up[ to code so they can run the best places they can. Many people shop there daily to get the things they need to live. But there are five places that broke these rules. A place in California, one in Texas, a store in Oklahoma, Florida and in Canada. Five Walmart stores, unexpectedly closed in 2015 due to alleged “plumbing problems" as publicized, but there was no severance pay for the affected employees, there is no written record of the alleged plumbing issues, and there are suspicious tunnels underground below the Walmart stores that closed. There was a significantly large amount of people laid off, but with all the money walmart makes they couldn't help the people who lost their job; they would also …show more content…

“Even if we accept the claim that “plumbing problems” are to blame, for a company with $16 billion in profits last year alone, Walmart could easily afford to accommodate the basic needs of the hundreds of employees it laid off this week” (smiley). There is no way all that money is going into the plumbing. Laying off that many workers and no helping them out is very suspicious. “It was only a few months ago that Walmart CEO Doug McMillon stated one of the company’s “highest priorities must be to invest more in our people this year.” It’s hard to see how laying off hundreds of employees with only a few hours’ notice fits in with Walmart’s newly announced priorities. Once again, we see Walmart’s