# Mckrackin Ford **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 16, 2007, 6:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mckrackin-ford/188065 "2007-02-16T06:38:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 49
**Author:** ![Blackbelt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blackbelt/32/5998_2.png) [@Blackbelt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blackbelt)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2007, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mckrackin-ford/188065/49 "2007-02-17T07:16:43Z")
> [@I Need To Fix...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-need-to-fix/28118/10): > > Funny, I worked for walmart for 2 years. You start at 6.00/hr. After 90 days you go to 6.25/hour. Every year after that you get a raise of between .10 and .25/hour. If you are promoted to a Department Manager you make 9.75/hour. After one year as a Department manager you can earn the next ‘level’ pay. Generally Department managers top out around 10.50/hour. Thats funny. For someone who has ‘heard’ and someone who has ‘been there, done that’ your figures are pretty inaccurate. > As for the people who work at places such as Taget, Kohls, Wendy’s, JoAnn’s, Best Buy, Red Lobster, Pet Smart, and Bravos… More often than not- theyy bus in. Just look at the bus stops on the way to and from the city. There are always people waiting for a bus. There are also several busses that stop several times to bring people to and from the city all the way there. Do you just assume ALL the people that are getting off the bus on McKnight in the morning (outbound) worked a night shift somewhere? I doubt it. > Walmart is for hillbillies > Target is for quality > > That is my .02. I’m done. :bigok: Well said!! Another trick WalFart does. They will come into an area and solicit the competitions department heads and floor managers. They will offer them 20-30% increase in pay. Then, they overstaff the shit out of the newly opened store, so customers will think “wow, it’s easy to get help here, i like walmart”. They use the pirated managers to train all the new hires. After 90 days, they fire at least 75% of them, and replace them with the people that THEY had just helped to train. My wife was a department manager att eh Kmart in Gibsonia when the Walmart on the hill opened. She didnt take the bait, but a lot of her co-workers did, and all but one got canned after 90 days. (my wife is in banking now instead of retail, thank God!). I hate Wal-Mart. Can’t stand walking in the place, and avoid it as much as possible. I agree with Jenn, their prices aren’t that the lowest always. No way. I would much rather go to Target. WalMart FTL --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mckrackin-ford/188065)._