bob if you love your job with Wal-Mart then good for you, you NEVER work a day in your life if you enjoy getting up and going too work each day. BUT I hope you are comfortable making XX dollars an hour. Oh you "could" prove yourself and move up within the company but be prepared for LOOOOOOOONG salaried hours, moving every two years and up-rooting your family. And for what? That job you LOVE? Trust me, I lived next door to a "hatchet man" that came from the corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Ark. He was a GREAT guy, we rode Harley's and shared a love for sports cars. BUT even he admitted that having moved allover the country was the reason he was on his second marriage, didnt have kids (had sense enough NOT to bring them into that environment) and was simply waiting for the day he could retire without being raped by the governement for tax purposes. Now this was a man that earned a 6 figure salary and answered too the top brass in Ark. So go ahead and keep on thinking you know ALL there is to know about Wal-Mart.

Livbuck, THANK YOU. You hit the nail directly on the head. Most communities are just IGNORANT of the truth. Everyone says, "yeah I want you to make a profit" but they do it with tongue in cheek and they it really means "I want you to make a profit on someone OTHER than myself!".

PhoenixMA you'll learn bud. I wish you THE greatest success in the world and I hope you make more money than your grandkids can spend. BUT after you have been in the business world (real world if you will) after your 5th year, THEN you will have a different perspective about "capitalism". Making a profit is getting harder and harder. Customers demand unreasonable discounts, sales during peak profit expectation times (like right now during Christmas) and then after you lower your prices to compete along comes taxation that is getting worse and worse. Everytime you earn a profit the government (both local, state AND Federal) look to whack you off at the knees. Trust me, working for someone else is a leadpipe cinch compared to doing it yourself. I just wish most employees had a clue as too that statements correctness!!!

Hey, MERRY CHRISTMAS too EVERYONE on this board... even you Wallyworld patrons!!!
RA