Here are the facts

Wal-Mart’s heart has grown evermore black towards the treatment of their employees, and it shows. Around 70% of all Wal-Mart employees leave within their first year. With that percentage, you have to wonder why Wal-Mart still has 2.1 million employees. It’s easy if you put yourself in their position. Imagine being unemployed, maybe a single parent, little education, and low for money. Under those circumstances, they soon would get desperate, and guess who’s hiring? Wal-Mart in a way is a deadly trap; they lure you in and then snap, your life is damaged forever. To back this theory up, there are many, many facts. In 2004, the New York Times reported that 60,767 breaks were missed, 15,705 meal times were missed, and that there were at least 1371 instances of minors working too late on a school night. That same year, Wal-Mart representative George Millar said that the night-time employees were locked inside the building. Not only is that cruel, but what happens in a fire? In 2005, between 160,000 and 200,000 employees were forced to work off the clock with no breaks, and then were denied overtime pay. These incidents were terrible but I think the worst fact is an average Wal-Mart employee’s pay. The average annual salary is around $13,861 which is almost $1000 below the federal poverty line. Not being an actual Wal-Mart employee, I don’t know exactly how bad the environment is. But with just imagining, I know that these employees need help. So don’t just read this and think about, it’s time for action.