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You are comparing people with two very different wages. Walmart is paying the employees min wage or just a bit above. Radio Shack is/was paying their employees $9+ plus they are well trained. It all has to do with how much they are making. If I was making min wage with very little to if any benefits which most fast food, most mom and pops, and most Walmart employees endure, then they are not going to put pride in their job. I have seen a lot of posts stating that servers make a lot of money, and they can, but there are also slow times during the week and day where they are lucky to see a couple of tables. So they could work a 6 hour shift and walk home with $30 at best after they have tipped out busboys, and whomever else the employer had them tip out. (One restaurant I worked at, the cooks got a small percentage of that tip.) I think if you pay a person a fair wage, give them benefits, and train them well it can pay off in the way they perform at their job, they tend to stick around longer, and that in the long run saves the employer money in having to spend time hiring and training new staff all the time. Sure there are going to be lazy employees, but I know I sure feel good when I feel like a company treats their employees right and makes them feel more than they are just cattle.
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