SOCI 142gm Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Uniqlo, Circuit City Corporation, Sexual Assault
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Test: gathering shopping carts this is the way to get them to quit: more unaffordable than other companies, public assistance. Indirect payment subsidy that we (taxpayers) are paying walmart. Indirect public subsidy: jobs, walmart gives employees handouts which tells them how to apply to social services (medicaid, food stamps) Walmart is asking the state to make up for poverty level. Employee model: circuit city 2007, employee model, wages. Inadequate training for aspiring managers: lower pay for women, discriminated by male managers, sexual assault from males, managers: ,000 for males. ,000 for female: general merchandise stores: 60% are women who hold management positions vs. walmart: 30% of women are managers, support higher pay for men to support the family . International markets: walmart tried putting one in south korea but got booted out, germany kicked them out too, walmart has struggled in japan, going green.
