Wal-Mart Heading For The Hills - Sad But True!

Lisa - My dad's a Target guy.  Maybe I need to switch too.  This really is sad.

~Renae

You're right, Kathy.  Unfortunately, they are such a big business here in Ohio that the stores are everywhere (almost literally).  It is sad how their commercials express that they are so concerned with making us have better lives and yet can turn around and close an entire store without a word, putting so many people out of a job without batting an eye.

~Renae

Yeah, Lindsey, it really could happen with any company.  The sad thing is that this store really hasn't been there that long.

There is a Super Walmart near here too, Gita, not really too far.  Unfortunately, that store has been open and operational for a few months now so I doubt these people will be able to get jobs there.

I'm not sure if it is built on a landfill, Mike.  If that's the case, is the entire shopping plaza on a landfill then?  Even so, is that reason to close the store with no warning to the employees?  That just doesn't seem right to me.

~Renae

Thanks for posting that link, Mike.  It was interesting reading, to say the least.  Do you know if there really IS a methane problem there or is it really because of money that they moved out.  I'd think if there was a real methane issue, the other stores in the shopping plaza would be chomping at the bit to get out of there, too!  It would make sense.  But just one store is affected?

You have it from a good source that half of the employees were relocated to another store but I was told by an employee leaving the store that they were told that morning that the store was closing.  (I didn't realize they were closed and needed tome diapes and vitamins so I ran over to Wal-Mart, which is 5 minutes from my house.)  And what happene tothe other 62 employees?  Are they just out of luck?

You're right, Chuck, it shouldn't happen that way.  Sad to say that it does in too many cases.

~Renae

You know, Sheila, unfortunately it probably happens a lot more than ANY of us realize.

To my unnamed commentor, I'm not spreading rumors like a high school kid. Wal-Mart did NOT relocate every employee in the store.  I stopped at Wal-Mart on a quick run and saw that the store was closed in the middle of the day. An employee leaving the store told me that they were told that morning that the store was closing.  Another commentor above said that 85 out of 147 employees were relocated. What about the rest? And just because they were relocated doesn't mean that everything is a-ok. What if they were relocated to a store that is much further away from where they live or more difficult to get to on public transportation? I know many people who would take a job anywhere if they were just told that their current job is gone. You need something so you'll take just about anything.  That doesn't make it right though.  If you know so much about the situation, why not identify yourself?

~Renae