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by jonathankoren 3826 days ago
Perhaps you should read up on it's labor practices. Two cases in point: They encourage their employees to sign up for food stamps, which results in a $6.2B government subsidy[1]. Also, the workers are intentionally paid so little (via only part-time employment) the company asks customers to donate food to their employees.

That company is scum.

[1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/04/15/report-w... [2] http://www.cnbc.com/2014/11/20/wal-mart-defends-employee-foo...

2 comments

What's wrong with the government subsidizing low-income citizens? Where they happen to work is irrelevant.
So why do people work there if it such a bad job? My second job at Burger King wasn't great, but I didn't plan on making a career there.