why does wal-mart pay worker in texas and cali lower wages?

Question

I have work for wal-mart for ten years in new orleans but now because of harricane katrina I now live in texas.every store I try and tranfer to say I must take a pay cut from 13.25 to min wages . why is that

Answer 1

it is because you have a lot of worker that came from mexico and now live in those two states .its the way wal-mart has always worked,thats how they stay on top.low wages poor health care and over worked employees.If you don`t beleive me check some of there stores out and ask any worker

Answer 2

You just asked the perfect question, for showing the flaws in conservative reasoning. Nearly every answer you received shows how they just repeat talking points without really thinking things through at all, and they cling to ideologies that are far simpler than the real world is. Let's start with Longing4more and the answer that people should "find a different job". Only about half the jobs in the United States actually pay a living wage, the other half are low wage jobs such as Wal Mart. No matter how hard everyone tries to get a living wage job, only half the people in the US will have living wage jobs. There just aren't enough good jobs for everyone. If one person is finally lucky enough to land a living wage job, another low income applicant for that same job didn't get it. Someone is always going to get the short end of the stick. Is it fair to create a system where half the people in the country will not get paid enough money to live on? The user who claims to be "Exposing liberal lies" posted another argument that is easily refuted, by saying that a higher minimum wage causes inflation and nobody comes out ahead. First of all, many products are made by workers who don't actually make anywhere close to minimum wage. The cost of a house, or a new car, or new appliances, wouldn't go up at all. We wouldn't actually pay twice as much on everything if the minimum wage were doubled. We might pay a bit more for groceries and fast food, but many other products would stay the same. The cost of living would certainly not double. What an increase in the minimum wage would really do is reduce inequality, by giving more money to the people at the bottom. Does inequality need to be reduced? The bottom 50% of Americans make less money than the top 1%, even though those bottom 50% actually work harder. That is an obscene and unjustifiable level of inequality. It is unconscionable. It ought to be reduced. Conservatives say that people ought to earn money rather than take a handout from the government. I agree with them about this. So how about we start by creating a system where everyone is able to earn enough money to actually live on? Minimum wage is not a handout, it is money that people earn through their hard work. Then electripole brought up the "voluntary charity" argument and said you should just donate money to low income people. Really? That's the solution to all the poverty in the United States? For you to be told to dig into your own pocket to take care of the whole problem? Bill Gates couldn't even do that. It just goes to show that these people haven't thought anything through. They're just repeating a talking point that someone else told them, that they have never really given any thought to at all. I used to be like that, years ago... then I started actually thinking for myself and questioning these things with logic and reasoning, and I became a liberal.

Answer 3

It may have alot to do with the fact that a mexican will do this job for little to no money however i believe Wal-Mart has a plan to where you climb the ladder not fall down it, Tell the manager that you are a previous employer and show proof you were working at these wages you should be able to get the same money unless the cost of living is alot lower in your new location

Answer 4

Wal-Mart always pays the minimum they can get by with andstill keep employees. If the least they could get by with in Texas was $13 per hr., that is what they would pay. If it was $2 , that is what they would pay. I really think most businesses operate pretty close to this. A matter of survival and making a profit, which is why they are there.

Answer 5

I agree with tabovia. They will take advantage of you any way they can. I am a former employee - worked for them 7 years.

Answer 6

Because they are in it for $$$... They don't care about you... Your just a number, and if they can save a buck by lowering your wage, they will...