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Wal-Mart Tries To Sugar-Coat Harsher Employee Policies With Holiday Discounts - 12/05/06With Wal-Mart employees feeling more and more powerless, the company has adopted a new program to try and win them back. Jesse Russell has more: In recent months the world’s largest company has embarked on a new profit saving mission - a mission that includes using more part time workers, capping wages, and stiffer penalties for unpaid days off. The plan has created outrage amongst some employees and demonstrations have even broken out at some Wal-Mart stores around the country. According to the New York Times the company has adopted a new program intended to show the employees that the corporation still cares. Managers of the Wal-Mart stores will meet with 10 workers each week to hear their concerns. In addition, store managers can extend the 10 percent employee discount to an additional 10 percent on a single item in the store during the holiday period. The program also includes a special polo shirt for employees who have been with the company for more than 20 years. Wal-Mart does have other methods for employees to reach out to management - including an anonymous employee complaint line and an internal website where workers can ask questions of executives in the company including CEO Lee Scott. Wal-Mart | Posted 12/04/2006 - 5:56pm | 775 reads
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