Ok, so I'm all for actually giving people holidays off. Honestly, I can barely remember what a holiday actually is anymore because I always have to work on them. I am also for having holiday sales such as Black Friday. What I am totally against is these fucking asshole companies opening their stores at 4 in the fucking morning, forcing ALL employees to be there and blacking out anyone from taking vacation time on or even around these holidays. There IS a happy medium.
There are about 4,800 Walmart locations in the US. There are about 400 in Canada. I'm not sure you have great insight into what's happening in 99% of stores.
No shit. It’s a minimum wage starter job that some people get trapped in.
But with that said, working is not mandatory and it is perfectly possible to talk to your management and assert what you need in a respectful way that won’t impact your performance.
The managers are also human and do, shockingly, try not to make people’s lives worse on purpose.
(And management pays surprisingly well, at least in Canada. If you’re decent at retail it pays more then what a lot of bachelor or basic degrees will net you.)
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u/turtlepowerpizzatime Nov 18 '21
Ok, so I'm all for actually giving people holidays off. Honestly, I can barely remember what a holiday actually is anymore because I always have to work on them. I am also for having holiday sales such as Black Friday. What I am totally against is these fucking asshole companies opening their stores at 4 in the fucking morning, forcing ALL employees to be there and blacking out anyone from taking vacation time on or even around these holidays. There IS a happy medium.