Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Wal-mart


Before I saw this video I knew that Walmart was a big company and it was taking over stores but I didn't realize how much of an impact it had on people and our society. It was very clear that most people needed Walmart not only to buy what they needed but to sell different company products as well. I was surprised to find that that Rubbermaid the company needed Walmart to sell their product or else they wouldn't have a strong product sell. Most companies are different and they have their flaws and do things they aren't proud of but in my opinion what Walmart did was very fair. They were just doing what any other company would do to keep their word to their customers and to themselves. Of course they felt bad for dropping Rubbermaid's products but it was just something they had to do in order to stick to their word and have one of the lowest prices.

Outsourcing is a very good idea because it gives people the opinion to call or look online for the things and questions they have. This is a good way to increase job rates because if people are working at call centers and working outside of Walmart than they can get paid just like every other employer. A few jobs might be lost but it would be worth it in the long run. The people that will gain the most out of the price policy that they have would be in the long run the company but also the customers because the policy wants the customers to get the best prices and the best services because that is how they will come back into the store.

I've always shopped at Walmart and I will continue to shop their because the prices are cheap and the stores are in good locations. I just will not be fooled by what they are trying to trick us into. They try to put lower priced things out in the open to try to pull you in than they just set the prices higher while at the same time make us believe that even though the prices are higher we are still getting a good deal. I think everyone has benefited from Walmart because it gives the customers a good location and gives them low prices. Also the company because it is one of the largest and most popular place for people to go, they are really making a name for themselves. The people that wouldn't benefit from Walmart would be other companies trying to compete with them such as kmart, job lot, big lots and so on.
Walmart has a very good process going on because they can make things cheap but they are also getting a lot of income and getting popular for what they have. At least the company part of Walmart. The people that actually work in the stores don't really get paid a lot but you don't really have to have a skill to work their you just have to know common sense.

1 comment:

Sarah Start said...

I agree that I will continue shopping at Wal-Mart even though some of their busienss practices aren't as ethical as they could be. It's true that at entry level jobs you don't need a lot of skill or knowledge. The managers and higher up positions do have more qualifications and skills and deserve to have good benefits. Wal-mart knows that they can always get more employees, so I don't think they care too much about pleasing their current employees. I wouldn't necessarily agree that outsourcing is a good thing. I'm not sure that more jobs are created than are lost. I think America as a whole needs to stop putting so much power in China and ease off outsourcing.