Walmart seems to be in a state of decline recently. The company's low prices and low wages are beginning to become a recipe for disaster. To have a decent retail store, the workers need to be positively motivated and the prices of the in-store stock must be low. The current times don't seem to allow for both.
Today, workers are able to post their frustrations on social media. This allows us to see the real colors of the real Walmart. What people have been seeing isn't pretty. This past April, Walmart closed several stores, due to what the company called, "maintenance issues." It just so happened that the associates of these stores were attempting to organize. Walmart made sure that this did not happen. Walmart doesn't like any form of associate coordination. Talking to another associate while working is often frowned upon. It's very rare to work in any kind of team environment. Typically, there is only one associate working in any given department. These lone associates are performing tasks well beyond what they are getting paid for, and often lack the training necessary to complete these tasks. Store Managers lack the money and time to allow associates the training required to do their job effectively. This reason alone is why stores are often lacking stock. Associate don't know how and lack the time to figure it out. I can't remember the last time I was in a Walmart store when the laptop cases were stocked. It seems like the only thing anyone gets out of a Walmart store visit is a frustrating, wild goose chase to find an associate to help them locate what they are looking for. Often, the associates can't even help them. Why doesn't Walmart just run it's stores with members of management? Associates don't get paid enough and they aren't given the opportunity to train.
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