They pay their employees as little as possible and expect them to give one hundred percent effort. I finished college with an Associates degree

in business while working for them in hopes of joining their management program(although now I must wonder what the hell I was thinking) After repeated excuses and delays it became apparent they were never going to give me an opportunity. I returned to college and earned a Bachelors Degree in computer science. I am now a computer administrator for a manufacturing company (and better off).

As for our Wal-Mart, they built just outside the city limits (Tipton, IA) to avoid the city zoning costs of course. When they found out they would have to pay for rural services (electricity, garbage pickup(What didn't blow into the adjacent field)etc., they allowed themselves to be annexed to the city.(Yippee) In the process they ran several small businesses out of business and have a monopoly on our little town for many, many products.

I have come away from my Wal-Mart experience disappointed and angry, and sympathize with you and your homeowners association."