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Originally Posted by NottaVillager
For a couple of years my youngest son was a bakery manager at a Pennsylvania WalMart. The vast majority of today's WalMarts tend to look like WM has a cash-flow problem and can't pay for needed goods. Most WM stores suffer from poorly stocked shelves or out-of-stock items. Many times the store is not out-of-stock at all, but has the items in its back storage section lacking the necessary staff to move products from storage out onto the shelves. Since WM General Managers get their bonuses based on "the numbers" most managers do everything they can to keep payroll at "barely alive" levels. When my son was a bakery manager he had to argue each and every week with the store's GM to keep enough people on schedule just to staff his bakery.
WM has cut their costs to the bone, and then cracked open the bone and sucked out the marrow. Frequently there's nothing and nobody left and the stores are showing it. There's no savings to be had if you can't buy the item you want in the first place.
A number of business publications have reported on this story for awhile now. WM has to get serious about getting its house back in order.
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You have reinforced my opinion totally. The Summerfield is probably the worse and I place the blame on the manager. This store frequently has bare shelves and poor produce. For those that doubt my opinion, I suggest you go to the Summerfield WalMart, then go to the paint dpartment. I guarantee you will not find a clerk at that location and I also guarantee you that if you use the "ring bell for service" ring all you wish, but you will never have a clerk come to that location to assist you. I also believe the manager is more interested in his bonus than he is in providing enough employes. And to think this is the richest corporation in America !!! Other than managers, I cannot understand the differences we find in WalMarts. I like the idea behind such stores and restaurants as Cracker Barrel, Bob Evans. You would have difficulty pointing out any differences be the restaurants in Florida or California.
