Walmart 2nd ver. (grammatical mistakes applied)

Diverse incidents happen throughout the world everyday. They may seem all very different- from the very left to the very right. Whatever the reason is, and however convincing the excuse is, something unjust should not be considered as a natural consequence nor be allowed in this society we are living. But the reality is such an irony. There are tragedies happening everywhere. People lie, don’t trust each other, and the social gap is widened daily. Frankly, what degrades the world justice has been quite near us: Walmart.

Though there are tons of problems I could find associated with Walmart; the most serious among them was its relationship with people- meaning not only the consumers who want cheap products, but also those “associates” who work for the company. For this article, I would like to focus more on the latter. Walmart “associates” are working under desperate working conditions and intolerable treatment. Walmart is providing neither sufficient wage nor proper health care programs for the associates. Walmart does not listen to their associates’ desire for union protection. Walmart is not doing right.

To start with the labor, Walmart is said to provide a very low working condition. According to the rating toward working for Walmart online, by the people who used to work there, Walmart does not treat their “associates” like the word “associates” implies, not even as human beings in some cases. What they basically do is order those workers to do whatever they need done, even if it is not related to their work. After the workers finish what they are said to do, Walmart employers force them to do another thing, completely different task from what they have done.

For example, when one of the associates was employed for the counter work, the employer first ordered him to carry boxes for several hours. Right after he was done with that, the employer gave him another task of cleaning the restrooms. When he had finished all that, the last thing that the employer did was shout at him for not concentrating on his work at the cash-counter. This kind of situation could hardly be understood in common sense, but What it often happens in real life at Walmart.

Some could justify the situation for being paid higher wages. But at Walmart, that is not the case. According to an article in the New York Times, “The average full-time Wal-Mart employee is paid only about $17,000 a year.” Considering the fact that the workers at General Motors get an average wage of $29,000 per year, Walmart is providing a very petty amount of money for their workers.

They not only provide low wages, but also have a very weak Health Care Plan. The company's health care plan covers fewer than half of its workers. Since the company does not offer a proper health care program for their workers, associates tend to rely on other sources. When they reach 65, most Wal-Mart employees will rely heavily on Social Security - if the privatizers don't kill it. And many Wal-Mart employees already rely on Medicaid to pay for health care, especially for their children.

Because of all those inadequate conditions provided by the Walmart Corporations, there are associates protesting everywhere across the world: in front of Walmart itself, on the road, and on the Internet. Even just on Youtube.com, there are lots of videos of the labor union. The fact that their working conditions have not greatly changed through years shows how Walmart does not listen to what their family members claim. What was significant for me was that most associates were not being violent during the protest.

While watching several protesting videos online, it was quite shocking to see how there was no violence involved during the whole procedure. There are also people protesting toward big companies in Korea, such as Samsung or Hyundai. However, there is whole lot of difference between them. Basically there is no protest in Korea that does not involve severe injuries. Big companies usually hire a notorious group of gangsters to put down the protesters. Thus, compared to those situations, Walmart is not being “terrible” towards the protesters.

However, not being violent does not mean they are treating the “associates” rightfully. What really should happen are Walmart owners listening to every single employee, and finding out what the associates need in the first place. Having run for almost 30 years, it is now time for Walmart to move their whole attention from profit to people. By the time they realize their faults towards their people, and try to fix it for them, Walmart will turn to be a real “super” market from a “super hell” for everyone. 

---This essay only applied the grammatical mistakes with the red pen; the final version should be the paper copy in MLA format, which I would turn in soon! So please do not mark yet :)