Wal-Mart

There are a lot of big companies and stores that exist around the world usually there are important secrets about their success. When a store becomes bigger and all the people become aware of its importance; they will continue buying items from these stores as long as they do not exceed their rights. Wal-Mart is a big store that is a controversial subject around the United States, and there are people who have on unfriendly attitude toward Wal-Mart and there should be some side is causing problems.

In big cities Wal-Mart owners can do whatever they wanted, because it does not annoy the people who live there, but Wal-Mart should not open in small cities, and it should warn their businesses. Wal-Mart does not give their employees their rights. Wal-Mart has to deal with its employees equally and reward the good employees for their effort.

First of all, in small cities the people mostly depend on their own business to live, and they react with each other, but after this routine comes a person that attacks them by decreasing their opportunity of the benefits of their business. According to Jacobs (2005,para.1) ” Some Murphysboro and Carbondale residents are protesting a new Wal-Mart supercenter in Murphysboro because they fear it will destroy the town’s small business and the quality of life for some of its citizens” and that indicates that there are many people in this small town aware of the coming warning, and so that will change the people’s lives in a bad way, because there will be only one resource they will depend on.

Secondly, Wal-Mart does not treat its employees in the right way. Wal-Mart customers get the benefit from the store more than the employees. Also, although Wal-Mart has 1.3 million US employees, it only has given health insurance to a small percentage of its employees (UFCWIU,2005). Moreover it is not right to provide it for the others because the health insurance is the most important thing that protects the employees and saves their lives and their families’. Also, Wal-Mart’s employees do not have a high salary, and they are in a potential position of getting sick any time, so it is one of their rights to have the health insurance.

Thirdly, Wal-Mart is a big store, so they have to know that equality between the employees is well demanded. In addition, women’s right is a subject that many people have concerns about. “Women comprise 92% of Wal-Mart’s cashiers, but only 33% of its managers (Drog,2003.P.10); that means there are some issues going on in Wal-Mart and the women there do not get their right to be in a high position, regardless of their efforts. Also, they mostly give the management to the employees who have the most affective efforts. When the women stick in a specific place and their salary is lower than the men who do not deserve better salary than them then, the women have the right to criticize the owners.

The people who support Wal-Mart say that, we should appreciate this store by giving the people what they want at low price. However they are wrong because it is a temporary time we will be happy with the low price but the low price is not everything, and does not mean the store would be successful if they lower their prices. There are many things more important than the prices, such as the treatment between the employees, the quality of the items, and other things. Wal-Mart has been reached an unbelievable stage of gains and profits but even when the price is still low and the company treats the employees in a bad way, in this case the effect will be even on the customers, because maybe the employees will not treat them in a friendly way.

In conclusion, Wal-Mart is in an important position and they should know that so, any step they take or any mistake they cause will be discussed by the entire country.There are a lot of things wrong with the store, and they can correct them without losing their profits; at first they should look after their employees and make sure all of them are happy and feel comfortable about their situation, because if they could not pleasure their employees, it will affect their customers.